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Volume 63 - Issue 3 - August 2004

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Book Reviews—South Asia

Rajasthan, an Oral History: Conversations with Komal Kothari. By Bharucha Rustom. New Delhi: Penguin Books India, 2003. viii, 358 pp. CD. Rs 325/$26.95 (paper).

Archaeology and History: Early Settlements in the Andaman Islands. By Cooper Zarine. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2002. xv, 207 pp. $45.00 (cloth).

Sculpture at Vijayanagara: Iconography and Style. By L. Dallapiccola Anna and Verghese Anila. Vijayanagara Research Project Monograph Series, no. 6. New Delhi: Manohar, 1998. 390 pp. Rs 1100/$82.95 (cloth).

Konark. By E. Donaldson Thomas. Monumental Legacy Series. New Delhi and New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. xi, 85 pp. $24.95 (cloth).

The Goddesses' Henchmen: Gender in Indian Hero Worship. By Harlan Lindsey. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. 288 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $27.50 (paper).

Four Illusions: Candrakīrti's Advice to Travelers on the Bodhisattva Path. Translated by C. Lang Karen. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. xv, 240 pp. $55.00 (cloth); $21.95 (paper).

Shoveling Smoke: Advertising and Globalization in Contemporary India. By Mazzarella William. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2003. xi, 364 pp. $22.95 (paper).

Lured by Hope: A Biography of Michael Madhusudan Dutt. Translated by Majumdar Gopa. New Delhi and New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. xvi, 238 pp. $29.95 (cloth).

Hibiscus on the Lake: Twentieth-Century Telugu Poetry from India. Edited and translated by Narayana Rao Velcheru. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2003. xxiii, 330 pp. $45.00 (cloth); $18.95 (paper).

The Oxford India Ghalib: Life, Letters, and Ghazals. By Russell Ralph. New Delhi and New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. viii, 572 pp. Rs 1125/$39.95 (cloth).

Federalism without a Centre: The Impact of Political and Economic Reform on India's Federal System. By Sáez Lawrence. New Delhi and Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, 2002. 251 pp. $64.95 (cloth).

On Becoming an Indian Muslim: French Essays on Aspects of Syncretism. Translated and edited by M. Waseem. New Delhi and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. xiv, 355 pp. Rs 1040/$35.00 (cloth).

Book Reviews—Asia: Comparative and Transnational

The Living and the Dead: Social Dimensions of Death in South Asian Religions. Edited By Wilson Liz. SUNY Series in Hindu Studies. Albany: University of New York Press, 2003. xi, 212 pp. $68.50 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).

Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

Malaysia: The Making of a Nation. By Kheng Cheah Boon. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2002. xviii, 264 pp. $16.75 (paper).

Historical Dictionary of Cambodia. Compiled and edited By Corfield Justin and Summers Laura. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2003. xlvii, 511 pp. $90.00 (cloth).

The American Colonial State in the Philippines: Global Perspectives. Edited By Go Julian and L. Foster Anne. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2003. viii, 316 pp. $64.95 (cloth); $21.95 (paper).

Modern Dreams: An Inquiry into Power, Cultural Production, and the Cityscape in Contemporary Urban Penang, Malaysia. By Goh Beng-Lan. Studies on Southeast Asia, no. 31. Ithaca, N.Y.: Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, 2002. xi, 214 pp. $24.00 (paper).

From Cosmogony to Exorcism in a Javanese Genesis: The Spilt Seed. By C. Headley Stephen. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. xi, 250 pp. $70.00 (cloth).

Singapore's Foreign Policy: Coping with Vulnerability. By Leifer Michael. Politics in Asia Series. London: Routledge, 2000. xiv, 177 pp. $124.95 (cloth); $34.95 (paper).

Paths of Origin, Gates of Life: A Study of Place and Precedence in Southwest Timor. Compiled and edited By McWilliam Andrew. Leiden: KITLV Press, 2002. xvi, 331 pp. $40.00 (paper).

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