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Volume 68 - Issue 3 - August 2009

The Journal of Asian Studies Volume 68 - Issue 3 -

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Book Reviews—China

Wuhan, 1938: War, Refugees, and the Making of Modern China. By Stephen R. MacKinnon. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2008. xiv, 182 pp. $39.95 (cloth).
R. Keith Schoppa
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19 August 2009, pp. 944-945
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The Social History of the Chinese Book: Books and Literati Culture in Late Imperial China. By Joseph R. McDermott. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2006. xiv, 294 pp. $57.95 (cloth), $24.95 (paper).
R. Kent Guy
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19 August 2009, pp. 945-947
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Performing Grief: Bridal Laments in Rural China. By Anne E. McLaren. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2008. x, 209 pp. $54.00 (cloth).
Christian de Pee
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19 August 2009, pp. 947-949
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China's Water Warriors: Citizen Action and Policy Change. By Andrew C. Mertha. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2008. xvii, 168 pp. $29.95 (cloth).
Jeremy T. Paltiel
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19 August 2009, pp. 949-950
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The Making of a Savior Bodhisattva: Dizang in Medieval China. By Zhiru Ng. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2007. xiii, 305 pp. $52.00 (cloth).
Jinhua Chen
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19 August 2009, pp. 951-952
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Culture, Courtiers, and Competition: The Ming Court (1368–1644). Edited by David M. Robinson. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Asia Center, 2008. xii, 432 pp. $49.50 (cloth).
Sarah Schneewind
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19 August 2009, pp. 952-954
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Hygienic Modernity: Meanings of Health and Disease in Treaty-Port China. By Ruth Rogaski. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2004. xiv, 401 pp. $60.00 (cloth).
Tong Lam
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19 August 2009, pp. 954-956
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Words Well Put: Visions of Poetic Competence in the Chinese Tradition. By Graham Sanders. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Asia Center, 2006. 316 pp. $44.95 (cloth).
Anna M. Shields
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19 August 2009, pp. 956-958
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China's Tibet? Autonomy or Assimilation. By Warren W. SmithJr. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2008. xxi, 313 pp. $49.95 (cloth).
Elliot Sperling
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19 August 2009, pp. 958-959
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Red-Light Novels of the Late Qing. By Chloë F. Starr. Leiden: Brill, 2007. xxvi, 294 pp. $155.00 (cloth).
Margaret B. Wan
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19 August 2009, pp. 960-961
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Postsocialism and Cultural Politics: China in the Last Decade of the Twentieth Century. By Xudong Zhang. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2008. x, 346 pp. $89.95 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).
Carlos Rojas
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19 August 2009, pp. 961-963
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Book Reviews—Inner Asia

Mipam on Buddha-Nature: The Ground of the Nyingma Tradition. By Douglas S. Duckworth. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2008. 1 pp. $80.00 (cloth).
Derek F. Maher
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19 August 2009, pp. 963-965
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On the Cultural Revolution in Tibet: The Nyemo Incident of 1969. By Melvyn C. Goldstein, Ben Jiao, and Tanzen Lhundrup. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2009. xvi, 234 pp. $24.95 (cloth).
Benno Ryan Weiner
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19 August 2009, pp. 965-966
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Early Christian Remains of Inner Mongolia: Discovery, Reconstruction and Appropriation, by Tjalling H. F. Halbertsma. Leiden: Brill, 2008. xxix, 356 pp. $178.00 (cloth).
Christopher P. Atwood
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19 August 2009, pp. 967-968
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A Political and Diplomatic History of Afghanistan, 1863–1901. By M. Hassan Kakar. Leiden: Brill, 2006. 259 pp. $111.00 (cloth).
Christine Noelle-Karimi
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19 August 2009, pp. 968-970
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The Tibetans. By Matthew T. Kapstein. Oxford: Blackwell, 2006. xxiv, 360 pp. $31.95 (cloth).
Toni Huber
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19 August 2009, pp. 970-972
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Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang. By James A. Millward. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007. xix, 440 pp. $40.00 (cloth).
Ildikó Bellér-Hann
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19 August 2009, pp. 972-974
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Nomads of Eastern Tibet: Social Organization and Economy of a Pastoral Estate in the Kingdom of Dege. By Rinzin Thargyal; edited by Toni Huber. Leiden: Brill, 2007. xii, 222 pp. $107.00 (cloth).
Geoff Childs
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19 August 2009, pp. 974-975
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Body and Spirit: Tibetan Medical Paintings. Edited by Laila Williamson and Serenity Young. New York: American Museum of Natural History in association with the University of Washington Press, 2009. 264 pp. $45.00 (paper).
Frances Garrett
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19 August 2009, pp. 975-977
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Book Reviews—Japan

Kitano Takeshi. By Aaron Gerow. London: British Film Institute, 2007. 1 pp. $25.95 (paper).
Daniel Johnson
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19 August 2009, pp. 977-980
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Book Reviews—China

Wuhan, 1938: War, Refugees, and the Making of Modern China. By Stephen R. MacKinnon. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2008. xiv, 182 pp. $39.95 (cloth).

The Social History of the Chinese Book: Books and Literati Culture in Late Imperial China. By Joseph R. McDermott. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2006. xiv, 294 pp. $57.95 (cloth), $24.95 (paper).

Performing Grief: Bridal Laments in Rural China. By Anne E. McLaren. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2008. x, 209 pp. $54.00 (cloth).

China's Water Warriors: Citizen Action and Policy Change. By Andrew C. Mertha. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2008. xvii, 168 pp. $29.95 (cloth).

The Making of a Savior Bodhisattva: Dizang in Medieval China. By Zhiru Ng. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2007. xiii, 305 pp. $52.00 (cloth).

Culture, Courtiers, and Competition: The Ming Court (1368–1644). Edited by David M. Robinson. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Asia Center, 2008. xii, 432 pp. $49.50 (cloth).

Hygienic Modernity: Meanings of Health and Disease in Treaty-Port China. By Ruth Rogaski. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2004. xiv, 401 pp. $60.00 (cloth).

Words Well Put: Visions of Poetic Competence in the Chinese Tradition. By Graham Sanders. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Asia Center, 2006. 316 pp. $44.95 (cloth).

China's Tibet? Autonomy or Assimilation. By Warren W. SmithJr. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2008. xxi, 313 pp. $49.95 (cloth).

Red-Light Novels of the Late Qing. By Chloë F. Starr. Leiden: Brill, 2007. xxvi, 294 pp. $155.00 (cloth).

Postsocialism and Cultural Politics: China in the Last Decade of the Twentieth Century. By Xudong Zhang. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2008. x, 346 pp. $89.95 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).

Book Reviews—Inner Asia

Mipam on Buddha-Nature: The Ground of the Nyingma Tradition. By Douglas S. Duckworth. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2008. 1 pp. $80.00 (cloth).

On the Cultural Revolution in Tibet: The Nyemo Incident of 1969. By Melvyn C. Goldstein, Ben Jiao, and Tanzen Lhundrup. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2009. xvi, 234 pp. $24.95 (cloth).

Early Christian Remains of Inner Mongolia: Discovery, Reconstruction and Appropriation, by Tjalling H. F. Halbertsma. Leiden: Brill, 2008. xxix, 356 pp. $178.00 (cloth).

A Political and Diplomatic History of Afghanistan, 1863–1901. By M. Hassan Kakar. Leiden: Brill, 2006. 259 pp. $111.00 (cloth).

The Tibetans. By Matthew T. Kapstein. Oxford: Blackwell, 2006. xxiv, 360 pp. $31.95 (cloth).

Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang. By James A. Millward. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007. xix, 440 pp. $40.00 (cloth).

Nomads of Eastern Tibet: Social Organization and Economy of a Pastoral Estate in the Kingdom of Dege. By Rinzin Thargyal; edited by Toni Huber. Leiden: Brill, 2007. xii, 222 pp. $107.00 (cloth).

Body and Spirit: Tibetan Medical Paintings. Edited by Laila Williamson and Serenity Young. New York: American Museum of Natural History in association with the University of Washington Press, 2009. 264 pp. $45.00 (paper).

Book Reviews—Japan

Kitano Takeshi. By Aaron Gerow. London: British Film Institute, 2007. 1 pp. $25.95 (paper).

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