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ISSN: 0021-9118

EISSN: 1752-0401

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Volume 39 - Issue 2 - February 1980

Book Reviews—South Asia

Life of Amir Dost Mohammed Khan of Kabul. By Mohan Lal. With a new introduction by Nancy Hatch Dupree. New York: Oxford University Press (Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints from Pakistan), 1978. Two volumes: lii, 399 pp.; xiii, 498pp. $39.50.

Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

Poverty and Social Change in Southeast Asia (Selections from the Proceedings, Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies, 1978). Edited by Ozay Mehmet. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 1979. 283 pp. Tables, Maps. N.p.l. (paper).

Kinship and Marriage in Burma: A Cultural and Psychodynamic Analysis. By Melford E. Spiro. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977. xix, 313 pp. Bibliography, Index. $15.00 (cloth).

The Constitutionalist Party in Cochinchina: The Years of Decline, 1930–1942. By Megan Cook. Clayton, Victoria: Monash University Centre of Southeast Asian Studies (Monash Papers on Southeast Asia No. 6), 1977. vi, 200 pp. Appendix, Bibliography. A$7.10 (paper).

Chinese Society in Nineteenth Century Singapore. By Lee Poh Ping. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1978. xiii, 139 pp. Tables, Maps, Bibliography, Index. $18.95 (cloth).

Notes on the History of Malayan Chinese New Literature 1920–1942. By Fang Xiu. Translated by Angus W. McDonaldJr. Tokyo: The Centre for East Asian Cultural Studies (East Asian Cultural Studies Series No. 18), 1977, xv, 352 pp. Notes, Index, Glossary. $27.60.

The Indonesian Tragedy. By Brian May. London and Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978. xvii, 438 pp. Glossary, Notes, Index. $22.50.

Cosmology and Social Behavior in a West Javanese Settlement. By Robert Wessing. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Center for International Studies (Papers in International Studies Southeast Asia Series No. 47), 1978. xv, 192 pp. Plates, Maps, Mathematical Appendix, Glossary, Bibliography. $8.00 (paper).

Splendid Symbols: Textiles and Tradition in Indonesia. By Mattiebelle Gittinger. Washington, D.C.: The Textile Museum, 1979. 240 pp. Plates, Appendix, Glossary, Bibliography. $15.00.

Indonesian Banda: Colonialism and Its Aftermath in the Nutmeg Islands. By Willard A. Hanna. Philadelphia: ISHI, Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1978. xi, 164 pp. Plates, Maps, Glossary, Postscript on Sources, Bibliography, Index. $12.50.

East Timor: Nationalism and Colonialism. By Jill Jolliffe. St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press, 1978. xi, 362 pp. Plates, Notes, Glossary, Appendixes, Index. $11.75 (cloth). (Distributed by Technical Impex Corp.)

Muslim Filipinos: Heritage and Horizon. By Peter G. Gowing. Quezon City: New Day Publishers, 1979. xiii, 286 pp. Plates, Maps, Bibliography, Appendix, Index. $11.50 (paper). (Distributed by Cellar Bookshop.).

Correspondence

A Reply to LaFleur

A Clarification

A Reply to Professor Wang

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