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Volume 54 - Issue 2 - May 1995

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Book Reviews—Asia General

Japan and the Pacific Free Trade Area. By Pekka Korhonen. London & New York: Routledge, 1994. 208 pp. $65.00.
Terutomo Ozawa
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Industrial Structures and the Development of Small and Medium Enterprise Linkages: Examples from East Asia. Edited by Saha Dhevan Meyanathan. Washington, D.C.: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 1994. v., 158 pp. $9.95.
Ming Ivory
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26 March 2010, pp. 502-503
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Gender and National Identity: Women and Politics in Muslim Societies. Edited by Valentine M. Moghadam. Published for the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research. London & New Jersey: Zed Books Ltd., Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1994. xii, 180 pp. $19.95(paper).
Janet Contursi
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26 March 2010, pp. 503-505
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The Final Confrontation: Japan's Negotiations with the United States. 1941. Edited by James W. Morley. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994. xxxviii, 437 pp. $45.00(cloth).
Michael A. Barnhart
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26 March 2010, pp. 505-507
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Taxation and Economic Development Among Pacific Asian Countries. Edited by Richard A. Musgrave Ching-huei Chang and John Riew. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1994. Pp. vi, 290 $69.95.
John F. Due
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26 March 2010, pp. 507-508
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Telecommunications in the Pacific Basin: An Evolutionary Approach. Edited by Eli Noam Seisuke Komatsuzaki and Douglas A. Conn. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. xvii, 514 pp. $55.00.
John Ure
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26 March 2010, pp. 509-510
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Technology Diffusion, Productivity Employment, and Phase Shifts in Developing Economies. By Kazushi Ohkawa and Katsuo Otsuka. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1994. xiii, 291 pp.
Bruce L. Reynolds
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26 March 2010, pp. 510-511
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The New Asian Immigration in Los Angeles and Global Restructuring. Edited by Paul Ong Edna Bonacich and Lucie Cheng. Temple University Press, 1994. xi, 330 pp. $49.95.
William Wei
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26 March 2010, pp. 511-513
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From Reform to Revolution: The Demise of Communism in China and the Soviet Union. By Minxin Pei. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994. 253 pp. $39.95.
Jeanne L. Wilson
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26 March 2010, pp. 513-514
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Centuries of Economic Endeavor: Parallel Paths in Japan and Europe and Their Contrast with the Third World. By John P. Powelson. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1994. xii, 483 pp. $45.00 (cloth).
Frank B. Gibney
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26 March 2010, pp. 514-516
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Buddhism: A History. By Noble Ross Reat. Berkeley: Asian Humanities Press, 1994. xi, 376 pp. $60.00 (cloth); $18.95 (paper).
Donald K. Swearer
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26 March 2010, pp. 516-518
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The Failure of Political Islam. By Olivier Roy. Translated from French by Carol Volk. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1994. xi, 238 pp. $22.95.
Jean Berlie
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26 March 2010, pp. 518-520
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Does Technology Drive History? The Dilemma of Technological Determinism. Edited by Meritt Roe Smith and Leo Marx. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1994. xv, 280 pp. $35 hardbound, $16.95 paperback.
Michael Adas
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26 March 2010, pp. 520-521
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Gender and Slum Culture in Urban Asia. By Susanne Thorbek. London and New Jersey: Zed Books Ltd., 1994. 223 pp. $55.00 (cloth); $22.00 (paper).
Neville S. Arachchige Don
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26 March 2010, pp. 521-523
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Human Development Report 1994. By United Nations Development Programme. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, June 30, 1994. xi, 226 pp. $29.95 (cloth); $17.95 (paper).
Walter E. Hoadley
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26 March 2010, pp. 523-525
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Social Costs of Economic Restructuring in Asia and the Pacific. Development Papers No. 15. Bangkok: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 1992. vii, 568 pp.
John Sidel
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26 March 2010, pp. 525-526
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The Dragon, the Lion, and the Eagle: Chinese-British-American Relations, 1949–1958. By Qiang Zhai. The Kent State University Press, 1994. 284 pp. $32.
Shizhang Hu
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26 March 2010, pp. 526-527
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Book Reviews—China and Inner Asia

Civil Law in Qing and Republican China. Edited by Kathryn Bernhardt and Philip C. C. Huang. Standford: Standford University Press, 1994. xii, 340 pp. $45.00.
Thomas Buoye
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26 March 2010, pp. 528-529
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The Painter's Practice: How Artists Lived and Worked in Traditional China. By James Cahill. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994. xi, 187 pp. $32.50.
Susan E. Nelson
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26 March 2010, pp. 529-531
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Li Hung-chang and China's Early Modernization. Edited by Samuel C. Chu and Kwang-ching Liu. Armonk, New York and London, England: M. E. Sharpe, 1994. xi, 308 pp. $49.50 (hardcover); $22.50 (paperback).
Mary Backus Rankin
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Volume 54 - Issue 2 - May 1995

Book Reviews—Asia General

Japan and the Pacific Free Trade Area. By Pekka Korhonen. London & New York: Routledge, 1994. 208 pp. $65.00.

Industrial Structures and the Development of Small and Medium Enterprise Linkages: Examples from East Asia. Edited by Saha Dhevan Meyanathan. Washington, D.C.: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 1994. v., 158 pp. $9.95.

The Final Confrontation: Japan's Negotiations with the United States. 1941. Edited by James W. Morley. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994. xxxviii, 437 pp. $45.00(cloth).

Taxation and Economic Development Among Pacific Asian Countries. Edited by Richard A. Musgrave Ching-huei Chang and John Riew. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1994. Pp. vi, 290 $69.95.

Telecommunications in the Pacific Basin: An Evolutionary Approach. Edited by Eli Noam Seisuke Komatsuzaki and Douglas A. Conn. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. xvii, 514 pp. $55.00.

Technology Diffusion, Productivity Employment, and Phase Shifts in Developing Economies. By Kazushi Ohkawa and Katsuo Otsuka. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1994. xiii, 291 pp.

The New Asian Immigration in Los Angeles and Global Restructuring. Edited by Paul Ong Edna Bonacich and Lucie Cheng. Temple University Press, 1994. xi, 330 pp. $49.95.

From Reform to Revolution: The Demise of Communism in China and the Soviet Union. By Minxin Pei. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994. 253 pp. $39.95.

Centuries of Economic Endeavor: Parallel Paths in Japan and Europe and Their Contrast with the Third World. By John P. Powelson. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1994. xii, 483 pp. $45.00 (cloth).

Buddhism: A History. By Noble Ross Reat. Berkeley: Asian Humanities Press, 1994. xi, 376 pp. $60.00 (cloth); $18.95 (paper).

The Failure of Political Islam. By Olivier Roy. Translated from French by Carol Volk. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1994. xi, 238 pp. $22.95.

Does Technology Drive History? The Dilemma of Technological Determinism. Edited by Meritt Roe Smith and Leo Marx. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1994. xv, 280 pp. $35 hardbound, $16.95 paperback.

Gender and Slum Culture in Urban Asia. By Susanne Thorbek. London and New Jersey: Zed Books Ltd., 1994. 223 pp. $55.00 (cloth); $22.00 (paper).

Human Development Report 1994. By United Nations Development Programme. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, June 30, 1994. xi, 226 pp. $29.95 (cloth); $17.95 (paper).

Social Costs of Economic Restructuring in Asia and the Pacific. Development Papers No. 15. Bangkok: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 1992. vii, 568 pp.

The Dragon, the Lion, and the Eagle: Chinese-British-American Relations, 1949–1958. By Qiang Zhai. The Kent State University Press, 1994. 284 pp. $32.

Book Reviews—China and Inner Asia

Civil Law in Qing and Republican China. Edited by Kathryn Bernhardt and Philip C. C. Huang. Standford: Standford University Press, 1994. xii, 340 pp. $45.00.

The Painter's Practice: How Artists Lived and Worked in Traditional China. By James Cahill. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994. xi, 187 pp. $32.50.

Li Hung-chang and China's Early Modernization. Edited by Samuel C. Chu and Kwang-ching Liu. Armonk, New York and London, England: M. E. Sharpe, 1994. xi, 308 pp. $49.50 (hardcover); $22.50 (paperback).

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