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Volume 51 - Issue 4 - November 1992

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Book Reviews—Korea

New God, New Nation: Protestants and Self-Reconstruction Nationalism in Korea, 1896–1937. By Kenneth M. Wells. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1990. xi, 222 pp. $32.00.
Edward W. Poitras
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23 March 2011, pp. 943-944
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Origins of Muslim Consciousness in India: A World-System Perspective. By Syed Nesar Ahmad. Foreword by Immanuel Wallerstein. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991. xv, 311 pp. $47.95.
Ayesha Jalal
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23 March 2011, pp. 944-946
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Indian Women in a Changing Industrial Scenario. Edited by Nirmala Banerjee. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1991. 320 pp. $35.00. - Gender and Poverty in India. A World Bank Country Study. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Publications, 1991. xxix, 374 pp.
Ranjana Damle
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23 March 2011, pp. 946-947
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Rome and India: The Ancient Sea Trade. Edited by Vimala Begley and Richard Daniel de Puma. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1991. xix, 226 pp.
Carla M. Sinopoli
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23 March 2011, pp. 948-949
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Revenue and Reform: The Indian Problem in British Politics 1757–1773. By H. V. Bowen. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. xi, 204 pp. $44.50.
Lynn Zastoupil
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23 March 2011, pp. 949-950
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Nuwara Eliya: “Hill Station” und Zentraler Ort im Hochland Der Insel Ceylon (Sri Lanka). By Monika Bührlein. Stuttgart: Steiner, 1991. 508 pp.
Judith Kenny
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23 March 2011, pp. 950-951
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Ritual in an Oscillating Universe: Worshiping Śiva in Medieval India. By Richard H. Davis. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992. xvi, 200 pp. $35.00.
R. Blake Michael
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23 March 2011, pp. 951-952
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Living Without Silver: The Monetary History of Early Medieval North India. By John S. Deyell. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1990. xx, 369 pp. Rs. 325.00.
Stephen P. Blake
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23 March 2011, pp. 952-953
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Devotion Divine: Bhakti Traditions from the Regions of India. Studies in Honor of Charlotte Vaudeville. Edited by Diana L. Eck and Francoise Mallison. Groningen: Ebert Forsten, 1991. xvii, 298 pp.
David L. Haberman
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23 March 2011, pp. 953-954
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The Unquiet Woods: Ecological Change and Peasant Resistance in the Himalaya. By Ramachandra Guha. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. xxii, 214 pp. $29.95.
James R. Hagen
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23 March 2011, pp. 954-955
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Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha. By Thich Nhat Hanh. Translated by Mobi Ho. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1991. viii, 599 pp. $25.00.
Daniel Perdue
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23 March 2011, pp. 956-957
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The Cult of Draupadi. Volume 2, On Hindu Ritual and the Goddess. By Alf Hiltebeitel. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1991. xxi, 533 pp. $74.95 (cloth); $27.50 (paper).
Pamela G. Price
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23 March 2011, pp. 957-958
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Religious Controversy in British India: Dialogues in South Asian Languages. Edited by Kenneth W. Jones. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1992. xi, 291 pp.
Usha Sanyal
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23 March 2011, pp. 958-959
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Indian Muslims in North America. Edited by Omar Khalidi. Watertown, Mass.: South Asia Press, 1991. vii, 99 pp.
Bruce La Brack
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23 March 2011, p. 960
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Three Indian Poets: Nissim Ezekiel, A. K. Ramanujan, Dom Moraes. By Bruce King. Madras: Oxford University Press, 1991. 147 pp. $7.95.
Geeta Patel
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23 March 2011, pp. 960-961
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Mesocosm: Hinduism and the Organization of a Traditional Newar City in Nepal. By Robert I. Levy with Kedar Raj Rajopadhyaya. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. xxii, 829 pp. $85.00.
William Sax
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23 March 2011, pp. 961-963
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The Politics of Urban Redevelopment: A Study of Old Delhi. By Ajay K. Mehra. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1991. 176 pp.
Narayani Gupta
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23 March 2011, pp. 963-964
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The First Buddhist Women: Translations and Commentary on the Therigatha. By Susan Murcott. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1991. ix, 219 pp.
Tessa Bartholomeusz
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23 March 2011, pp. 964-965
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Environmental Law and Policy in India: Cases, Materials and Statutes. By Armin Rosencranz, Shyam Divan, and Martha L. Noble. Bombay: Tripathi Private Limited, 1991. xxviii, 555 pp. $15.00.
Richard P. Tucker
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23 March 2011, pp. 965-966
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Mountain Goddess: Gender and Politics in a Himalayan Pilgrimage. By William S. Sax. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. x, 235 pp. $35.00 (cloth); $13.95 (paper).
Cynthia Ann Humes
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23 March 2011, pp. 966-967
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Volume 51 - Issue 4 - November 1992

Book Reviews—Korea

New God, New Nation: Protestants and Self-Reconstruction Nationalism in Korea, 1896–1937. By Kenneth M. Wells. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1990. xi, 222 pp. $32.00.

Book Reviews—South Asia

Origins of Muslim Consciousness in India: A World-System Perspective. By Syed Nesar Ahmad. Foreword by Immanuel Wallerstein. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991. xv, 311 pp. $47.95.

Indian Women in a Changing Industrial Scenario. Edited by Nirmala Banerjee. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1991. 320 pp. $35.00. - Gender and Poverty in India. A World Bank Country Study. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Publications, 1991. xxix, 374 pp.

Rome and India: The Ancient Sea Trade. Edited by Vimala Begley and Richard Daniel de Puma. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1991. xix, 226 pp.

Revenue and Reform: The Indian Problem in British Politics 1757–1773. By H. V. Bowen. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. xi, 204 pp. $44.50.

Nuwara Eliya: “Hill Station” und Zentraler Ort im Hochland Der Insel Ceylon (Sri Lanka). By Monika Bührlein. Stuttgart: Steiner, 1991. 508 pp.

Ritual in an Oscillating Universe: Worshiping Śiva in Medieval India. By Richard H. Davis. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992. xvi, 200 pp. $35.00.

Living Without Silver: The Monetary History of Early Medieval North India. By John S. Deyell. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1990. xx, 369 pp. Rs. 325.00.

Devotion Divine: Bhakti Traditions from the Regions of India. Studies in Honor of Charlotte Vaudeville. Edited by Diana L. Eck and Francoise Mallison. Groningen: Ebert Forsten, 1991. xvii, 298 pp.

The Unquiet Woods: Ecological Change and Peasant Resistance in the Himalaya. By Ramachandra Guha. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. xxii, 214 pp. $29.95.

Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha. By Thich Nhat Hanh. Translated by Mobi Ho. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1991. viii, 599 pp. $25.00.

The Cult of Draupadi. Volume 2, On Hindu Ritual and the Goddess. By Alf Hiltebeitel. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1991. xxi, 533 pp. $74.95 (cloth); $27.50 (paper).

Religious Controversy in British India: Dialogues in South Asian Languages. Edited by Kenneth W. Jones. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1992. xi, 291 pp.

Indian Muslims in North America. Edited by Omar Khalidi. Watertown, Mass.: South Asia Press, 1991. vii, 99 pp.

Three Indian Poets: Nissim Ezekiel, A. K. Ramanujan, Dom Moraes. By Bruce King. Madras: Oxford University Press, 1991. 147 pp. $7.95.

Mesocosm: Hinduism and the Organization of a Traditional Newar City in Nepal. By Robert I. Levy with Kedar Raj Rajopadhyaya. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. xxii, 829 pp. $85.00.

The Politics of Urban Redevelopment: A Study of Old Delhi. By Ajay K. Mehra. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1991. 176 pp.

The First Buddhist Women: Translations and Commentary on the Therigatha. By Susan Murcott. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1991. ix, 219 pp.

Environmental Law and Policy in India: Cases, Materials and Statutes. By Armin Rosencranz, Shyam Divan, and Martha L. Noble. Bombay: Tripathi Private Limited, 1991. xxviii, 555 pp. $15.00.

Mountain Goddess: Gender and Politics in a Himalayan Pilgrimage. By William S. Sax. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. x, 235 pp. $35.00 (cloth); $13.95 (paper).

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