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Volume 58 - Issue 3 - August 1999

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Book Reviews—South Asia

Arguing Sainthood: Modernity, Psychoanalysis, and Islam. By Katherine Pratt Ewing. Durham, N.C. and London: Duke University Press, 1997. xiv, 312 pp. $17.95 (paper).
Barbara D. Metcalf
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26 March 2010, pp. 862-863
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Nationalism and Ethnicity in a Hindu Kingdom: The Politics of Culture in Contemporary Nepal. Edited by David N. Gellner, Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka, and John Whelpton. Studies in Anthropology and History, Vol. 20. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1997. xxii, 623 pp. $75.00 (cloth).
James F. Fisher
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26 March 2010, pp. 863-865
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Postcolonial Developments: Agriculture in the Making of Modern India. By Akhil Gupta. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, xv, 409 pp. $64.95 (cloth); $21.95 (paper).
R. Thomas Rosin
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26 March 2010, pp. 865-866
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Kashmir Dispute: An International Law Perspective. By Ijaz Hussain. Islamabad: Quaid-I-Azam Chair, 1998. xiii, 309 pp. $25.00 (cloth).
Sumantra Bose
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26 March 2010, pp. 866-868
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Indian Muslim Perceptions of the West During the Eighteenth Century. By Gulfishan Khan. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1998. xxiv, 407 pp. $16.00 (cloth).
Michael H. Fisher
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26 March 2010, pp. 868-869
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Resisting Regimes: Myth, Memory and the Shaping of a Muslim Community. By Shail Mayaram. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. xiv, 298 pp. $29.95 (cloth).
Saurabh Dube
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26 March 2010, pp. 869-871
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Borders and Boundaries: Women in India's Partition. By Ritu Menon and Kamla Bhasin. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1998. xiii, 274 pp. $50.00 (cloth); $20.00 (paper).
Gail Minault
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26 March 2010, pp. 871-872
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The Decline of the Bengal Zamindars: Midnapore, 1870–1920. By Chitta Panda. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. xxi, 231 pp. $24.95 (cloth). - Cotton and Famine in Berur, 1850–1900. By Laxman D. Satya. New Delhi: Manohar, 1997. 344 pp.
Rashmi Ball Chilka
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26 March 2010, pp. 872-874
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Port Cities and Intruders: The Swahili Coast, India, and Portugal in the Early Modern Era. By Michael N. Pearson. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. x, 202 pp. $35.95 (cloth).
Patricia Risso
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26 March 2010, pp. 874-875
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Ideology of the Hindi Film: A Historical Construction. By M. Madhava Prasad. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998. ix, 258 pp. $24.95 (cloth). - Pakistan Cinema, 1947–1997. By Mushtaq Gazdar. The Jubilee Series. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1997. xii, 356 pp. $75.00 (cloth).
Lalitha Gopalan
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26 March 2010, pp. 875-877
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Indian Traffic: Identities in Question in Colonial and Postcolonial India. By Parama Roy. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. 236 pp. $16.95 (paper).
Ambreen Hai
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26 March 2010, pp. 877-878
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Taming the Waters: The Political Economy of Large Dams in India. By Satyajit Singh. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. xiv, 270 pp. $23.95 (cloth).
Amitrajeet A. Batabyal
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26 March 2010, pp. 878-879
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Selves in Time and Place: Identities, Experience, and History in Nepal. Edited Debra Skinner, Alfred PachIII and Dorothy Holland. Afterword by Robert I. Levy. Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1998. xii, 342 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $26.95 (paper).
Charles Ramble
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26 March 2010, pp. 879-881
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White Mutiny: British Military Culture in India. By Peter Stanley. New York: New York University Press, 1998. xiv, 314 pp. $40.00 (cloth).
Douglas M. Peers
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26 March 2010, pp. 881-883
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Jute and Empire: The Calcutta Jute Wallahs and the Cultures of Empire. By Gordon T. Stewart. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1998. xiv, 258 pp. $79.95 (cloth).
Ian J. Kerr
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26 March 2010, pp. 883-884
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Violence and Truth: A Rajasthani Kingdom Confronts Colonial Authority. By Denis Vidal. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. xiv, 244 pp.
Ajay Skaria
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26 March 2010, pp. 884-885
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Viramma, Life of an Untouchable. By Josiane Racine Viramma, and Jean-Luc Racine. Translated by Will Hobson. Unesco Collection of Representatives Works. London and New York: Verso, 1997. viii, 312 pp. $19.00 (paper).
Eleanor Zelliot
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26 March 2010, pp. 885-886
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Al-Hind: The Making of the Indo-lslamic World. Volume 2. The Slave Kings and the Islamic Conquest, 11th–13th Centuries. By André Wink. Leiden: Brill, 1997. xii, 427 pp. $137.50 (cloth).
Gavin R. G. Hambly
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26 March 2010, pp. 887-888
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Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

The Politics of Economic Development in Indonesia: Contending Perspectives. Edited by Ian Chalmers and Vedi R. Hadiz. London and New York: Routledge, 1997. xxx, 269 pp. $75.00 (cloth).
R. William Liddle
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26 March 2010, pp. 888-890
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Government and Society in Malaysia. By Harold Crouch. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1996. xiii, 266 pp. $42.50 (cloth); $16.95 (paper).
Thomas J. Bellows
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26 March 2010, pp. 890-892
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Book Reviews—South Asia

Arguing Sainthood: Modernity, Psychoanalysis, and Islam. By Katherine Pratt Ewing. Durham, N.C. and London: Duke University Press, 1997. xiv, 312 pp. $17.95 (paper).

Nationalism and Ethnicity in a Hindu Kingdom: The Politics of Culture in Contemporary Nepal. Edited by David N. Gellner, Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka, and John Whelpton. Studies in Anthropology and History, Vol. 20. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1997. xxii, 623 pp. $75.00 (cloth).

Postcolonial Developments: Agriculture in the Making of Modern India. By Akhil Gupta. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, xv, 409 pp. $64.95 (cloth); $21.95 (paper).

Kashmir Dispute: An International Law Perspective. By Ijaz Hussain. Islamabad: Quaid-I-Azam Chair, 1998. xiii, 309 pp. $25.00 (cloth).

Indian Muslim Perceptions of the West During the Eighteenth Century. By Gulfishan Khan. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1998. xxiv, 407 pp. $16.00 (cloth).

Resisting Regimes: Myth, Memory and the Shaping of a Muslim Community. By Shail Mayaram. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. xiv, 298 pp. $29.95 (cloth).

Borders and Boundaries: Women in India's Partition. By Ritu Menon and Kamla Bhasin. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1998. xiii, 274 pp. $50.00 (cloth); $20.00 (paper).

The Decline of the Bengal Zamindars: Midnapore, 1870–1920. By Chitta Panda. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. xxi, 231 pp. $24.95 (cloth). - Cotton and Famine in Berur, 1850–1900. By Laxman D. Satya. New Delhi: Manohar, 1997. 344 pp.

Port Cities and Intruders: The Swahili Coast, India, and Portugal in the Early Modern Era. By Michael N. Pearson. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. x, 202 pp. $35.95 (cloth).

Ideology of the Hindi Film: A Historical Construction. By M. Madhava Prasad. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998. ix, 258 pp. $24.95 (cloth). - Pakistan Cinema, 1947–1997. By Mushtaq Gazdar. The Jubilee Series. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1997. xii, 356 pp. $75.00 (cloth).

Indian Traffic: Identities in Question in Colonial and Postcolonial India. By Parama Roy. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. 236 pp. $16.95 (paper).

Taming the Waters: The Political Economy of Large Dams in India. By Satyajit Singh. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. xiv, 270 pp. $23.95 (cloth).

Selves in Time and Place: Identities, Experience, and History in Nepal. Edited Debra Skinner, Alfred PachIII and Dorothy Holland. Afterword by Robert I. Levy. Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1998. xii, 342 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $26.95 (paper).

White Mutiny: British Military Culture in India. By Peter Stanley. New York: New York University Press, 1998. xiv, 314 pp. $40.00 (cloth).

Jute and Empire: The Calcutta Jute Wallahs and the Cultures of Empire. By Gordon T. Stewart. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1998. xiv, 258 pp. $79.95 (cloth).

Violence and Truth: A Rajasthani Kingdom Confronts Colonial Authority. By Denis Vidal. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. xiv, 244 pp.

Viramma, Life of an Untouchable. By Josiane Racine Viramma, and Jean-Luc Racine. Translated by Will Hobson. Unesco Collection of Representatives Works. London and New York: Verso, 1997. viii, 312 pp. $19.00 (paper).

Al-Hind: The Making of the Indo-lslamic World. Volume 2. The Slave Kings and the Islamic Conquest, 11th–13th Centuries. By André Wink. Leiden: Brill, 1997. xii, 427 pp. $137.50 (cloth).

Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

The Politics of Economic Development in Indonesia: Contending Perspectives. Edited by Ian Chalmers and Vedi R. Hadiz. London and New York: Routledge, 1997. xxx, 269 pp. $75.00 (cloth).

Government and Society in Malaysia. By Harold Crouch. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1996. xiii, 266 pp. $42.50 (cloth); $16.95 (paper).

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