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Volume 49 - Issue 1 - February 1990

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Book Reviews—Asia General

Equity in Public Employment Across Nations. Edited by Krishna K. Tummala. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1989. xii, 245 pp. $28.75 (cloth); $15.50 (paper).
John A. Martin
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23 March 2011, pp. 114-116
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The Origins of Chinese Communism. By Arif Dirlik. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. xiv, 315 pp. $35.00.
Lucien Bianco
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23 March 2011, pp. 116-117
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China's Ibsen: From Ibsen to Ibsenism. By Elizabeth Eide. Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies Monograph Series 55. London: Curzon Press, 1987. 201 pp. £6.50 (paper).
Mau-sang Ng
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23 March 2011, pp. 117-118
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Last Chance in Manchuria: The Diary of Chang Kia-ngau. Edited by Donald G. Gillin and Ramon H. Myers. Translated by Dolores Zen, with the assistance of Donald G. Gillin. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 1989. viii, 350 pp. $36.95.
R. Edward Glatfelter
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23 March 2011, p. 119
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China's Regional Development. Edited by David S. G. Goodman. New York: Routledge, 1989. xvi, 204 pp. $66.50.
Gaye Christoffersen
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23 March 2011, pp. 120-121
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Searches for an Imaginary Kingdom: The Legend of the Kingdom of Prester John. By L. N. Gumilev. Translated by R. E. F. Smith. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. xx, 403 pp. $54.50.
Peter B. Golden
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23 March 2011, pp. 121-122
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Pianos and Politics in China: Middle-Class Ambitions and the Struggle over Western Music. By Richard Curt Kraus. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. xvi, 288 pp. $36.00.
Jeffrey C. Kinkley
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23 March 2011, pp. 122-123
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The Winking Owl: Art in the People's Republic of China. By Ellen Johnston Laing. Berkeley and Los Angles: University of California Press, 1988. x, 194 pp. $55.00.
Julia F. Andrews
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23 March 2011, pp. 123-124
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Policy in Evolution: The U.S. Role in China's Reunification. By Martin L. Lasater. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1989. x, 206 pp. $29.50 (paper).
James C. Hsiung
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23 March 2011, pp. 124-125
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The Ethos of the Hong Kong Chinese. By Lau Siu-kai and Kuan Hsin-chi. Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1988. xii, 217 pp. $7.50 (paper).
Graham E. Johnson
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23 March 2011, pp. 125-126
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Changes in China: Party, State, and Society. Edited by Shao-chuan Leng. The Miller Center Series on Asian Political Leadership 1. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1989. xviii, 368 pp. $36.50 (cloth); $19.75 (paper).
Kevin J. O'Brien
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23 March 2011, pp. 127-128
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Morning Breeze: A True Story of China's Cultural Revolution. By Fulang Lo. San Francisco: China Books and Periodicals, 1989. viii, 243 pp. $16.95 (cloth); $9.95 (paper).
Susan H. Marsh
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Mi-Lou: Poetry and the Labyrinth of Desire. By Stephen Owen. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1989. vi, 220 pp. $29.50.
Pauline Yu
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23 March 2011, pp. 129-130
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China's Science Policy in the Eighties. By Tony Saich. Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Humanities Press International, 1989. iv, 188 pp. $45.00. - Closing the Gap: Computer Development in the People's Republic of China. By Otto W. Witzell and J. K. Lee Smith. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1989. x, 153 pp. $15.95 (paper).
James Reardon-Anderson
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23 March 2011, pp. 131-132
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The Great Black Dragon Fire: A Chinese Inferno. By Harrison E. Salisbury. Boston: Little, Brown, 1989. xii, 180 pp. $17.95.
Nailene Chou Wiest
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23 March 2011, pp. 132-133
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Xiang Lake—Nine Centuries of Chinese Life. By R. Keith Schoppa. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989. xx, 284 pp. $30.00.
Pierre-Étienne Will
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23 March 2011, pp. 133-135
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The Political Economy of Chinese Socialism. By Mark Selden. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1988. xii, 241 pp. $29.95.
Peter Van Ness
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23 March 2011, pp. 135-136
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The Question of Hu. By Jonathan D. Spence. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. xviii, 187 pp. $18.95.
Nicolas Standaert
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23 March 2011, pp. 136-137
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Yang Tingyun, Confucian and Christian in Late Ming China: His Life and Thought. By Nicolas Standaert. Sinica Leidensia 19. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1988. xii, 263 pp. Fl 84 (paper).
Benjamin A. Elman
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23 March 2011, pp. 137-139
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Daughters Of the Canton Delta: Marriage Patterns and Economic Strategies in South China, 1860–1930. By Janice E. Stockard. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1989. xii, 221 pp. $32.50.
Maria H. A. Jaschok
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23 March 2011, pp. 139-140
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Volume 49 - Issue 1 - February 1990

Book Reviews—Asia General

Equity in Public Employment Across Nations. Edited by Krishna K. Tummala. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1989. xii, 245 pp. $28.75 (cloth); $15.50 (paper).

Book Reviews—China and Inner Asia

The Origins of Chinese Communism. By Arif Dirlik. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. xiv, 315 pp. $35.00.

China's Ibsen: From Ibsen to Ibsenism. By Elizabeth Eide. Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies Monograph Series 55. London: Curzon Press, 1987. 201 pp. £6.50 (paper).

Last Chance in Manchuria: The Diary of Chang Kia-ngau. Edited by Donald G. Gillin and Ramon H. Myers. Translated by Dolores Zen, with the assistance of Donald G. Gillin. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 1989. viii, 350 pp. $36.95.

China's Regional Development. Edited by David S. G. Goodman. New York: Routledge, 1989. xvi, 204 pp. $66.50.

Searches for an Imaginary Kingdom: The Legend of the Kingdom of Prester John. By L. N. Gumilev. Translated by R. E. F. Smith. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. xx, 403 pp. $54.50.

Pianos and Politics in China: Middle-Class Ambitions and the Struggle over Western Music. By Richard Curt Kraus. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. xvi, 288 pp. $36.00.

The Winking Owl: Art in the People's Republic of China. By Ellen Johnston Laing. Berkeley and Los Angles: University of California Press, 1988. x, 194 pp. $55.00.

Policy in Evolution: The U.S. Role in China's Reunification. By Martin L. Lasater. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1989. x, 206 pp. $29.50 (paper).

The Ethos of the Hong Kong Chinese. By Lau Siu-kai and Kuan Hsin-chi. Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1988. xii, 217 pp. $7.50 (paper).

Changes in China: Party, State, and Society. Edited by Shao-chuan Leng. The Miller Center Series on Asian Political Leadership 1. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1989. xviii, 368 pp. $36.50 (cloth); $19.75 (paper).

Morning Breeze: A True Story of China's Cultural Revolution. By Fulang Lo. San Francisco: China Books and Periodicals, 1989. viii, 243 pp. $16.95 (cloth); $9.95 (paper).

Mi-Lou: Poetry and the Labyrinth of Desire. By Stephen Owen. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1989. vi, 220 pp. $29.50.

The Great Black Dragon Fire: A Chinese Inferno. By Harrison E. Salisbury. Boston: Little, Brown, 1989. xii, 180 pp. $17.95.

Xiang Lake—Nine Centuries of Chinese Life. By R. Keith Schoppa. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989. xx, 284 pp. $30.00.

The Political Economy of Chinese Socialism. By Mark Selden. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1988. xii, 241 pp. $29.95.

The Question of Hu. By Jonathan D. Spence. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. xviii, 187 pp. $18.95.

Yang Tingyun, Confucian and Christian in Late Ming China: His Life and Thought. By Nicolas Standaert. Sinica Leidensia 19. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1988. xii, 263 pp. Fl 84 (paper).

Daughters Of the Canton Delta: Marriage Patterns and Economic Strategies in South China, 1860–1930. By Janice E. Stockard. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1989. xii, 221 pp. $32.50.

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