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Volume 54 - Issue 1 - February 1995

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Book Reviews—South Asia

The New Cambridge History of India, Volume 11.4. The Marathas, 1600–1818. By Stewart Gordon. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. xv, 202 pp. $44.95.
Cynthia Talbot
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26 March 2010, pp. 236-237
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History and Historiography of the Age of Harsha. By Shankar Goyal. Jodhpur: Kusumanjali Prakashan, 1992. xx, 343 pp. Rs. 200.
Robert A. Hueckstedt
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26 March 2010, pp. 237-239
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Living Banaras: Hindu Religion in Cultural Context. Edited by Bradley R. Hertel and Cynthia Ann Humes. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1993. xi, 320 pp.
Daniel Gold
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26 March 2010, pp. 239-240
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The Rise and Decline of the Ruhela Chieftaincies in 18th Century India. By Iqbal Husein. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1994. xii, 253 pp. $16.00.
Stewart Gordon
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26 March 2010, pp. 240-241
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Contemporary Problems of Pakistan. Edited by J. Henry Korson. Published in cooperation with the American Institute of Pakistan Studies. Boulder, Colo.: Westview press, and Lahore: Pak Book Coporation, 1993. xiv, 216 pp. $34.95.
Craig Baxter
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26 March 2010, pp. 241-242
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Nature, Man and the Indian Economy. Edited by Tapas Majumdar. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1993. xvi, 413 pp. Rs. 575.
Jnanabrata Bhattacharyya
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26 March 2010, pp. 242-244
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Reinventing Revolution: New Social Movements and the Socialist Tradition in India. By Gail Omvedt. New York: M. E. Sharpe, 1993. xvii, 353 pp. $55.00 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).
Beth Roy
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26 March 2010, pp. 244-245
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Above the Forest: A Study of Andamanese Ethnoanemology, Cosmology, and the Power of Ritual. By Vishvajit Panday. Delhi: Oxford university Press, 1993. xxxiii, 319 pp. $24.00.
Deborah Winslow
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26 March 2010, pp. 246-247
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When God Is a Customer: Telugu Courtesan Songs by Kṣetrayya and Others. Edited by A. K. Ramanujan, Velcheru Narayana Rao, and David Shulman. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994. 158 pp. $25.00 (cloth); $12.00 (paper).
Leslie C. Orr
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26 March 2010, pp. 247-248
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The Hungry God: Hindu Tales of Filicide and Devotion. By David Shulman. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1993. x, 157 pp. $27.50.
Phillip B. Wagoner
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26 March 2010, pp. 248-249
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Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

The Key to the South: Britain, the United States, and Thailand During the Approach of the Pacific War, 1929–1942. By Richard J. Aldrich. Kuala Lampur: Oxford University Press, 1993.xxii, 416 pp. $49.95.
Arlene Neher
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26 March 2010, pp. 249-251
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Patches of Padang: The History of an Indonesian Town in the Twentieth Century and the Use of Urban Space.. By Freed Colombijn. Leiden: Research School, Centre for Non-Western Studies, Leiden University, 1994.xiii, 428 pp.
James L. Cobban
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26 March 2010, pp. 251-253
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Papers on Tai Languages, Linguistics, and Literatures in Honor of William J. Gedney on his 77th Birthday. Edited by Carol Compton and John F. Hartmann. Occasional Paper no. 16. DeKalb: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University, 1992. xxi, 302 pp. $26.00.
Thomas W. Gething
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26 March 2010, pp. 253-254
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South Wind Changing. By Jade Ngoc Quang Huynh. St. Paul: Graywolf Press, 1994. 305 pp. $20.00.
Steve Rabson
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26 March 2010, pp. 254-256
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Cambodia: a Shattered Society. By Marie Alexandrine Martin. Translated by Mark W. McLeod. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994. xix, 398 pp. $35.00.
David Chandler
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26 March 2010, pp. 256-257
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Malaysian Shadow Play and Music: Continuity of an Oral Tradition. By Patricia Matusky. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1994. xiv, 149 pp. $49.95.
Margaret Sarkissian
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26 March 2010, pp. 258-259
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Historical Dictionary of Singapore. By K. Mulliner and Lian The-Mulliner. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1991. xxxii, 251 pp. $32.50.
Tom Bellows
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26 March 2010, pp. 259-260
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Harvest of Fear: A History of Australia' Vietnam War. By John Murphy Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1994. xxii, 335 pp. $19.95.
David Hunt
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26 March 2010, pp. 260-262
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Plantation Labour, Unions, Capital, and the State in Peninsular Malaysia. By P. Ramasamy. Kuala Lampur: Oxford University Press, 1994. xv, 193 pp. $45.00.
Amarjit Kaur
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26 March 2010, pp. 262-263
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Text/Politics in Island Southeast Asia: Essays in Interpretation. By D. M. Roskies. Athens: Ohio University Press, 1993. ix, 321 pp. $25.00.
Roger J. Bresnahan
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26 March 2010, pp. 263-264
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Book Reviews—South Asia

The New Cambridge History of India, Volume 11.4. The Marathas, 1600–1818. By Stewart Gordon. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. xv, 202 pp. $44.95.

History and Historiography of the Age of Harsha. By Shankar Goyal. Jodhpur: Kusumanjali Prakashan, 1992. xx, 343 pp. Rs. 200.

Living Banaras: Hindu Religion in Cultural Context. Edited by Bradley R. Hertel and Cynthia Ann Humes. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1993. xi, 320 pp.

The Rise and Decline of the Ruhela Chieftaincies in 18th Century India. By Iqbal Husein. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1994. xii, 253 pp. $16.00.

Contemporary Problems of Pakistan. Edited by J. Henry Korson. Published in cooperation with the American Institute of Pakistan Studies. Boulder, Colo.: Westview press, and Lahore: Pak Book Coporation, 1993. xiv, 216 pp. $34.95.

Nature, Man and the Indian Economy. Edited by Tapas Majumdar. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1993. xvi, 413 pp. Rs. 575.

Reinventing Revolution: New Social Movements and the Socialist Tradition in India. By Gail Omvedt. New York: M. E. Sharpe, 1993. xvii, 353 pp. $55.00 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).

Above the Forest: A Study of Andamanese Ethnoanemology, Cosmology, and the Power of Ritual. By Vishvajit Panday. Delhi: Oxford university Press, 1993. xxxiii, 319 pp. $24.00.

When God Is a Customer: Telugu Courtesan Songs by Kṣetrayya and Others. Edited by A. K. Ramanujan, Velcheru Narayana Rao, and David Shulman. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994. 158 pp. $25.00 (cloth); $12.00 (paper).

The Hungry God: Hindu Tales of Filicide and Devotion. By David Shulman. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1993. x, 157 pp. $27.50.

Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

The Key to the South: Britain, the United States, and Thailand During the Approach of the Pacific War, 1929–1942. By Richard J. Aldrich. Kuala Lampur: Oxford University Press, 1993.xxii, 416 pp. $49.95.

Patches of Padang: The History of an Indonesian Town in the Twentieth Century and the Use of Urban Space.. By Freed Colombijn. Leiden: Research School, Centre for Non-Western Studies, Leiden University, 1994.xiii, 428 pp.

Papers on Tai Languages, Linguistics, and Literatures in Honor of William J. Gedney on his 77th Birthday. Edited by Carol Compton and John F. Hartmann. Occasional Paper no. 16. DeKalb: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University, 1992. xxi, 302 pp. $26.00.

South Wind Changing. By Jade Ngoc Quang Huynh. St. Paul: Graywolf Press, 1994. 305 pp. $20.00.

Cambodia: a Shattered Society. By Marie Alexandrine Martin. Translated by Mark W. McLeod. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994. xix, 398 pp. $35.00.

Malaysian Shadow Play and Music: Continuity of an Oral Tradition. By Patricia Matusky. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1994. xiv, 149 pp. $49.95.

Historical Dictionary of Singapore. By K. Mulliner and Lian The-Mulliner. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1991. xxxii, 251 pp. $32.50.

Harvest of Fear: A History of Australia' Vietnam War. By John Murphy Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1994. xxii, 335 pp. $19.95.

Plantation Labour, Unions, Capital, and the State in Peninsular Malaysia. By P. Ramasamy. Kuala Lampur: Oxford University Press, 1994. xv, 193 pp. $45.00.

Text/Politics in Island Southeast Asia: Essays in Interpretation. By D. M. Roskies. Athens: Ohio University Press, 1993. ix, 321 pp. $25.00.

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