Book Reviews—South Asia
The Many Faces of Murukaṉ: The History and Meaning of A South Indian God. By Fred W. Clothey. With the poem “Prayers to Lord Murukaṉ” by A. K. Ramanujan. The Hague: Mouton Publishers (Religion and Society No. 6), 1978. vxi, 252 pp. Notes, References, Index. DM76. (Distributed by Walter de Gruyter, Berlin.)
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 625-627
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Another Lonely Voice: The Urdu Short Stories of Saadat Hasan Manto. By Leslie A. Flemming. Berkeley: Center for South and Southeast Asia Studies, University of California (Monograph No. 18), 1979. ix, 133 pp. Bibliography, Index. $10.75. (Distributed by Cellar Bookshop, Detroit, Michigan.)
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 627-629
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Land Tenure and Peasant in South Asia. Edited by Robert Eric Frykenberg. New Delhi: Orient Longman for the Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin, 1977. x, 312 pp. Maps, List of References, Glossary, and Index. $15.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 629-631
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Rajput Art and Architecture. By Hermann Goetz. Edited by Jyotindra Jain and Jutta Jain-Neubauer. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag (Schriftenreihe des Südasien-Institut Universität Heidelberg, Band 26), 1978. xxi, 229 pp. Plates, Bibliography, Index. DM36
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 631-632
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Businessmen and Politics: Rising Nationalism and a Modernising Economy in Bombay, 1918–1933. By A. D. D. Gordon. New Delhi: Manohar Publications, 1978. xvi, 323 pp. Graph, Maps, Diagram, Tables, Appendix, Bibliography, Index. Rs. 50.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 633-634
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People, Princes and Paramount Power: Society and Politics in the Indian Princely States. Edited by Robin Jeffrey. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1978. xii, 396 pp. Glossary, Appendix. $15.50.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 634-637
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The Bauls of Bangladesh: A Study of an Obscure Cult. By Anwarul Karim. Kushtia, Bangladesh: Lalan Academy, 1980. viii, 208 pp. List of Composers of Baul Songs, Bibliography. Tk. 35.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 637-638
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Studies in the Indus Valley Inscriptions. By John E. Mitchiner. New Delhi: Oxford and I.B.H. Publishing Co., 1978. ix, 86 pp. Bibliography, Index. $12.50. (Distributed in U.S. by Humanities Press, Atlantic Highlands, N.J.).
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 638-639
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Politics Mainly Indian. By W. H. Morris-Jones. Bombay: Orient Longman, 1978. xix, 392 pp. Index. $18. (Distributed in U.S. by South Asian Books, Columbia, Mo.)
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- 23 March 2011, p. 640
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The Transformation of a Sacred Town: Bhubaneswar, India. Edited by Susan Seymour. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1980. xiii, 283 pp. Index. $28.50.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 641-642
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Politics and Society in India. By Surindar Suri. Calcutta: Naya Prokash, 1974. xii, 338 pp. References, Index. Rs. 30 (cloth).
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Book Reviews—Southeast Asia
Asian Studies in the Philippines. By Leslie E. Bauzon. Tokyo: Center for East Asian Cultural Studies (East Asian Cultural Studies, 18, Nos. 1–4), 1979. 183 pp. Bibliographical Index. $17.50.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 644-645
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The Village of the Deep Pond: Ban Xa Phang Meuk, Laos. By Fred Branfman. Edited with an Introduction by James A. Hafner and Joel M. Halpern. Amherst: University of Massachusetts at Amherst, International Area Studies Program, 1978. vi, 47 pp. N.p. - The Old Man: A Biographical Account of a Lao Villager. By Fred Branfman. Edited with an Introduction by Joel M. Halpern and James A. Hafner. Amherst: University of Massachusetts at Amherst, International Area Studies Program (Asia Studies Committee Occasional Papers Series No. 4), 1979. iv, 49 pp. N.p.
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Public Policy and Population Change in Singapore. Edited by Peter S. J. Chen and James T. Fawcett. New York: The Population Council, 1979. 228 pp. Index. $6.95.
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Revolt in Mindanao: The Rise of Islam in Philippine Politics. By T. J. S. George. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1980. v, 294 pp. Bibliography, Index, Maps. $21.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 649-650
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Interaction in the Thai Bureaucracy: Structure, Culture, and Social Exchange. By David F. Haas. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1979. xii, 180 pp. Appendixes, References, Tables, Figures. $18. - Mayors and Managers in Thailand: The Struggle for Political Life in Administrative Settings. By Ronald L. Krannich. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Center for International Studies, Southeast Asia Program (Papers in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series No. 51), 1978. x, 129 pp. $6.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 650-652
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Malaysian Mosaic: Perspectives from a Poly-Ethnic Society. By Judith A. Nagata. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1979. xix, 316 pp. Glossary, Maps, Appendixes, Notes, Bibliography, Index. $24.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 652-653
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Village at War: An Account of Revolution in Vietnam. By James Walker TrullingerJr. Foreword by Eugene J. McCarthy. New York: Longman, 1980. xx, 235 pp. Bibliography, Index. $17.50.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 654-655
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A Preliminary Study of Japanese-Filipino Joint Ventures. By Mamoru Tsuda. Foreword by Renato Constantino. Quezon City: Foundation for Nationalist Studies, 1978. xi, 174 pp. Foreword, Tables, Diagrams, Appendixes. 20 pesos; $4.50.
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A Kawi Lexicon. By Soewojo Wojowasito. Edited by Roger F. Mills. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies (Michigan Papers on South and Southeast Asia, No. 17), 1980. xv, 629 pp. N.p.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 657-658
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