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Volume 57 - Issue 4 - November 1998

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Book Reviews—South Asia

The Challenge in Kashmir: Democracy, Self-Determination and a Just Peace. By Sumantra Bose. New Delhi: Sage, 1997. 211 pp. $19.95 (cloth).
Robert G. Wirsing
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26 March 2010, pp. 1188-1189
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Teak and Arecanut: Colonial State, Forest and People in the Western Ghats (South India), 1800–1947. By Marlene Buchy. Pondichery: Institut Français de Pondichery, 1996. $18.00 (paper).
Richard P. Tucker
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26 March 2010, pp. 1189-1191
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Ethnicity, Security, and Separatism in India. By Maya Chadda. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997. xx, 286 pp. $49.50 (cloth); $18.50 (paper).
Martha Crenshaw
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26 March 2010, pp. 1191-1192
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Philosophy and Theistic Mysticism of the Ālvārs. By S. M. Srinivasa Chari. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1997. xx, 263 pp. Rs. 300 (cloth).
Francis X. Clooney, S. J.
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26 March 2010, pp. 1192-1193
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The Nationalization of Hindu Traditions: Bhāratendu Hariśchandra and Nineteenth-century Banaras. By Vasudha Dalmia. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1996. xii, 490 pp. $39.95 (cloth).
Kathryn Hansen
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26 March 2010, pp. 1194-1195
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The Kulasekhara Perumals of Travancore: History and State Formation in Travancore from 1671 to 1758. By Mark de Lannoy. Leiden: Research School CNWS, Leiden University, 1997. viii, 247 pp. Dfl. 45 (paper).
Kate Brittlebank
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26 March 2010, pp. 1196-1197
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Indian Development: Selected Regional Perspectives. Edited by Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. xx, 420 pp. $78.00.
John Echeverri-Gent
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26 March 2010, pp. 1197-1198
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India's Environmental Policies, Programmes, and Stewardship. By O. P. Dwivedi. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. xx, 235 pp. $65.00 (cloth). - Trade, Environment, and Sustainable Development: A South Asian Perspective. Edited by Veena Jha Grant Hewison Maree Underhill. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. xiv, 229 pp. $69.95 (cloth).
K. Sivaramakrishnan
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26 March 2010, pp. 1198-1201
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Producing Workers: The Politics of Gender, Class, and Culture in the Calcutta Jute Mills. By Leela Fernandes. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997. xviii, 199 pp. $42.50 (cloth); $22.50 (paper).
Geraldine Forbes
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26 March 2010, pp. 1201-1202
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Gifts of Power: Lordship in an Early Indian State. By James Heitzman. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. xiv, 277 pp. $35.00 (cloth).
Daud Ali
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26 March 2010, pp. 1202-1204
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History of India. By Hermann Kulke and Dietmar Rothermund. 3rd edition. New York: Routledge, 1998. x, 395 pp. $85.00 (cloth); $24.99 (paper).
George W. Spencer
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26 March 2010, pp. 1204-1205
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Britain and Indian Nationalism: The Imprint of Ambiguity, 1919–1942. By D. A. Low. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. xvi, 358 pp. $74.95 (cloth).
Peter Ward Fay
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26 March 2010, pp. 1206-1207
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Devoted to the Goddess: The Life and Work of Ramprasad. By Malcolm McLean. SUNY Series in Hindu Studies. Edited by Wendy Doniger. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998. xix, 205 pp. $59-50 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).
Rachel Fell McDermott
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26 March 2010, pp. 1207-1208
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Subnational Movements in South Asia. Edited by Subrata K. Mitra and R. Alison Lewis. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1996. xiv, 256 pp. $59.00 (cloth).
Yasmin Saikia
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26 March 2010, pp. 1208-1210
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Peasant Moorings: Village Ties and Mobility Rationales in South India. Edited by Jean-Luc Racine. New Delhi: Sage Publishing, 1997.
James R. Hagen
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26 March 2010, pp. 1210-1211
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The Flowering Tree and Other Oral Tales from India. By A. K. Ramanujan. Edited by Stuart Blackburn and Alan Dundes. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. xvi, 270 pp. $48.00 (cloth); $17.95 (paper).
Kirin Narayan
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26 March 2010, pp. 1211-1212
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Die Dschungelkönige: Ethnohistorische Aspekte von Politik und Ritual in Südorissa/Indien. By Burkhard Schnepel. Stuttgart: Steiner, 1997. viii, 443 pp.
Peter Gaeffke
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26 March 2010, pp. 1212-1213
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The Career and Legend of Vasco da Gama. By Sanjay Subrahmanyam. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. xxiii, 400 pp. $59.95 (cloth).
Richard M. Eaton
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26 March 2010, pp. 1213-1215
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The Durga Temple at Aihole: A Historiographical Study. By Gary Michael Tartakov. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. xvii, 153 pp. $29.95 (cloth).
Ajay J. Sinha
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26 March 2010, pp. 1215-1216
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Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

Burma: The Challenge of Change in a Divided Society. Edited by Peter Carey. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. xxii, 254 pp. $65.00.
Mary P. Callahan
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26 March 2010, pp. 1216-1218
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Book Reviews—South Asia

The Challenge in Kashmir: Democracy, Self-Determination and a Just Peace. By Sumantra Bose. New Delhi: Sage, 1997. 211 pp. $19.95 (cloth).

Teak and Arecanut: Colonial State, Forest and People in the Western Ghats (South India), 1800–1947. By Marlene Buchy. Pondichery: Institut Français de Pondichery, 1996. $18.00 (paper).

Ethnicity, Security, and Separatism in India. By Maya Chadda. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997. xx, 286 pp. $49.50 (cloth); $18.50 (paper).

Philosophy and Theistic Mysticism of the Ālvārs. By S. M. Srinivasa Chari. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1997. xx, 263 pp. Rs. 300 (cloth).

The Nationalization of Hindu Traditions: Bhāratendu Hariśchandra and Nineteenth-century Banaras. By Vasudha Dalmia. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1996. xii, 490 pp. $39.95 (cloth).

The Kulasekhara Perumals of Travancore: History and State Formation in Travancore from 1671 to 1758. By Mark de Lannoy. Leiden: Research School CNWS, Leiden University, 1997. viii, 247 pp. Dfl. 45 (paper).

Indian Development: Selected Regional Perspectives. Edited by Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. xx, 420 pp. $78.00.

Producing Workers: The Politics of Gender, Class, and Culture in the Calcutta Jute Mills. By Leela Fernandes. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997. xviii, 199 pp. $42.50 (cloth); $22.50 (paper).

Gifts of Power: Lordship in an Early Indian State. By James Heitzman. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. xiv, 277 pp. $35.00 (cloth).

History of India. By Hermann Kulke and Dietmar Rothermund. 3rd edition. New York: Routledge, 1998. x, 395 pp. $85.00 (cloth); $24.99 (paper).

Britain and Indian Nationalism: The Imprint of Ambiguity, 1919–1942. By D. A. Low. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. xvi, 358 pp. $74.95 (cloth).

Devoted to the Goddess: The Life and Work of Ramprasad. By Malcolm McLean. SUNY Series in Hindu Studies. Edited by Wendy Doniger. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998. xix, 205 pp. $59-50 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).

Subnational Movements in South Asia. Edited by Subrata K. Mitra and R. Alison Lewis. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1996. xiv, 256 pp. $59.00 (cloth).

Peasant Moorings: Village Ties and Mobility Rationales in South India. Edited by Jean-Luc Racine. New Delhi: Sage Publishing, 1997.

The Flowering Tree and Other Oral Tales from India. By A. K. Ramanujan. Edited by Stuart Blackburn and Alan Dundes. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. xvi, 270 pp. $48.00 (cloth); $17.95 (paper).

Die Dschungelkönige: Ethnohistorische Aspekte von Politik und Ritual in Südorissa/Indien. By Burkhard Schnepel. Stuttgart: Steiner, 1997. viii, 443 pp.

The Career and Legend of Vasco da Gama. By Sanjay Subrahmanyam. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. xxiii, 400 pp. $59.95 (cloth).

The Durga Temple at Aihole: A Historiographical Study. By Gary Michael Tartakov. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. xvii, 153 pp. $29.95 (cloth).

Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

Burma: The Challenge of Change in a Divided Society. Edited by Peter Carey. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. xxii, 254 pp. $65.00.

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