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Volume 69 - Issue 4 - November 2010

The Journal of Asian Studies Volume 69 - Issue 4 -

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Book Reviews—China

Understanding Labor and Employment Law in China. By Ronald Brown. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. xvi, 332 pp. $90.00 (cloth).
Virginia Harper Ho
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10 November 2010, pp. 1181-1182
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Marginalization in China: Recasting Minority Politics. Edited by Siu-Keung Cheung, Joseph Tse-Hei Lee, and Lida V. Nedilsky. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. xii, 263 pp. $95.00 (cloth).
Ann Maxwell Hill
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10 November 2010, pp. 1183-1184
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The New Presence of China in Africa. Edited by Meine Pieter van Dijk. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2009. 224 pp. €37.50 (paper).
George T. Yu
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10 November 2010, pp. 1184-1186
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Piracy and the State: The Politics of Intellectual Property Rights in China. By Martin K. Dimitrov. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. xviii, 307 pp. $85.00 (cloth).
Gordon C. K. Cheung
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10 November 2010, pp. 1186-1187
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China, the Developing World, and the New Global Dynamic. Edited by Lowell Dittmer and George T. Yu. Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner, 2010. viii, 251 pp. $59.95 (cloth); $22.50 (paper).
Yongnian Zheng
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10 November 2010, pp. 1188-1189
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Chinese Shakespeares: Two Centuries of Cultural Exchange. By Alexander C. Y. Huang. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. xvi, 350 pp. $84.50 (cloth); $26.50 (paper).
John B. Weinstein
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10 November 2010, pp. 1190-1191
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The Readability of the Past in Early Chinese Historiography. By Wai-yee Li. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Asia Center, 2007. xii, 449 pp. $49.50 (cloth).
Willard Peterson
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10 November 2010, pp. 1191-1193
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Oil and Gas in China: The New Energy Superpower's Relations with Its Region. By Lim Tai Wei. Hackensack, N.J.: World Scientific, 2009. xviii, 161 pp. $75.00 (cloth).
Gaye Christoffersen
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10 November 2010, pp. 1193-1195
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Backward Glances: Contemporary Chinese Cultures and the Female Homoerotic Imaginary. By Fran Martin. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2010. xx, 290 pp. $84.95 (cloth); $23.95 (paper).
Wenqing Kang
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10 November 2010, pp. 1195-1196
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Polygamy and Sublime Passion: Sexuality in China on the Verge of Modernity. By Keith McMahon. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2010. vii, 215 pp. $55.00 (cloth).
Paize Keulemans
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10 November 2010, pp. 1197-1198
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Fishing Wars and Environmental Change in Late Imperial and Modern China. By Micah S. Muscolino. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2009. vi, 286 pp. $39.95 (cloth).
Robert B. Marks
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10 November 2010, pp. 1199-1200
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Mirroring the Past: The Writing and Use of History in Imperial China. By On-cho Ng and Q. Edward Wang. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2005. xxiii, 306 pp. $57.00 (cloth).
Anthony E. Clark
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10 November 2010, pp. 1201-1202
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The Lives of Confucius: Civilization's Greatest Sage through the Ages. By Michael Nylan and Thomas Wilson. New York: Doubleday, 2010. ix, 293 pp. $25.00 (cloth).
Catherine Hudak Klancer
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10 November 2010, pp. 1203-1204
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The Good Communist: Elite Training and State Building in Today's China. By Frank N. Pieke. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. vii, 229 pp. $90.00 (cloth).
Charlotte P. Lee
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10 November 2010, pp. 1204-1206
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Different Worlds of Discourse: Transformations of Gender and Genre in Late Qing and Early Republican China. Edited by Nanxiu Qian, Grace S. Fong, and Richard J. Smith. Leiden: Brill, 2008. xi, 415 pp. $162.00 (cloth).
Katherine Carlitz
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10 November 2010, pp. 1206-1208
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Maoist Model Theatre: The Semiotics of Gender and Sexuality in the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966–1976). By Rosemary A. Roberts. Leiden: Brill, 2010. xxii, 285 pp. $132.00 (cloth).
Colin Mackerras
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10 November 2010, pp. 1208-1210
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Power of Place: The Religious Landscape of the Southern Sacred Peak (Nanyue 南嶽) in Medieval China. By James Robson. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Asia Center, 2009. xx, 506 pp. $49.95 (cloth).
Morten Schlütter
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10 November 2010, pp. 1210-1211
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The Struggle for Sustainability in Rural China: Environmental Values and Civil Society. By Bryan Tilt. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. xvi, 192 pp. $89.50 (cloth); $29.50 (paper).
Fengshi Wu
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10 November 2010, pp. 1212-1213
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Fractured Rebellion: The Beijing Red Guard Movement. By Andrew G. Walder. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2009. xii, 400 pp. $39.95 (cloth).
Patricia M. Thornton
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10 November 2010, pp. 1213-1215
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The End of the Revolution: China and the Limits of Modernity. By Wang Hui. London: Verso, 2010. xxxiii, 238 pp. $26.95 (cloth).
Fei-Ling Wang
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10 November 2010, pp. 1215-1217
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Book Reviews—China

Understanding Labor and Employment Law in China. By Ronald Brown. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. xvi, 332 pp. $90.00 (cloth).

Marginalization in China: Recasting Minority Politics. Edited by Siu-Keung Cheung, Joseph Tse-Hei Lee, and Lida V. Nedilsky. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. xii, 263 pp. $95.00 (cloth).

The New Presence of China in Africa. Edited by Meine Pieter van Dijk. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2009. 224 pp. €37.50 (paper).

Piracy and the State: The Politics of Intellectual Property Rights in China. By Martin K. Dimitrov. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. xviii, 307 pp. $85.00 (cloth).

China, the Developing World, and the New Global Dynamic. Edited by Lowell Dittmer and George T. Yu. Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner, 2010. viii, 251 pp. $59.95 (cloth); $22.50 (paper).

Chinese Shakespeares: Two Centuries of Cultural Exchange. By Alexander C. Y. Huang. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. xvi, 350 pp. $84.50 (cloth); $26.50 (paper).

The Readability of the Past in Early Chinese Historiography. By Wai-yee Li. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Asia Center, 2007. xii, 449 pp. $49.50 (cloth).

Oil and Gas in China: The New Energy Superpower's Relations with Its Region. By Lim Tai Wei. Hackensack, N.J.: World Scientific, 2009. xviii, 161 pp. $75.00 (cloth).

Backward Glances: Contemporary Chinese Cultures and the Female Homoerotic Imaginary. By Fran Martin. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2010. xx, 290 pp. $84.95 (cloth); $23.95 (paper).

Polygamy and Sublime Passion: Sexuality in China on the Verge of Modernity. By Keith McMahon. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2010. vii, 215 pp. $55.00 (cloth).

Fishing Wars and Environmental Change in Late Imperial and Modern China. By Micah S. Muscolino. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2009. vi, 286 pp. $39.95 (cloth).

Mirroring the Past: The Writing and Use of History in Imperial China. By On-cho Ng and Q. Edward Wang. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2005. xxiii, 306 pp. $57.00 (cloth).

The Lives of Confucius: Civilization's Greatest Sage through the Ages. By Michael Nylan and Thomas Wilson. New York: Doubleday, 2010. ix, 293 pp. $25.00 (cloth).

The Good Communist: Elite Training and State Building in Today's China. By Frank N. Pieke. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. vii, 229 pp. $90.00 (cloth).

Different Worlds of Discourse: Transformations of Gender and Genre in Late Qing and Early Republican China. Edited by Nanxiu Qian, Grace S. Fong, and Richard J. Smith. Leiden: Brill, 2008. xi, 415 pp. $162.00 (cloth).

Maoist Model Theatre: The Semiotics of Gender and Sexuality in the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966–1976). By Rosemary A. Roberts. Leiden: Brill, 2010. xxii, 285 pp. $132.00 (cloth).

Power of Place: The Religious Landscape of the Southern Sacred Peak (Nanyue 南嶽) in Medieval China. By James Robson. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Asia Center, 2009. xx, 506 pp. $49.95 (cloth).

The Struggle for Sustainability in Rural China: Environmental Values and Civil Society. By Bryan Tilt. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. xvi, 192 pp. $89.50 (cloth); $29.50 (paper).

Fractured Rebellion: The Beijing Red Guard Movement. By Andrew G. Walder. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2009. xii, 400 pp. $39.95 (cloth).

The End of the Revolution: China and the Limits of Modernity. By Wang Hui. London: Verso, 2010. xxxiii, 238 pp. $26.95 (cloth).

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