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Volume 58 - Issue 4 - November 1999

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Book Reviews—China

Imperfect Conceptions: Medical Knowledge, Birth Defects, and Eugenics in China. By Frank Dikötter. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. x, 226 pp. $27.50.
Carol Benedict
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26 March 2010, pp. 1102-1103
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Die Sowjetunion und das kommunistische China, 1945–1950: Der beschwerliche Weg zum Buendniss (The Soviet Union and Communist China, 1945–1950: The Difficult Road to the Alliance.) By Dieter Heinzig. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 1998. xviii, 710 pp.
Thomas P. Bernstein
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26 March 2010, pp. 1103-1106
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Lianda: A Chinese University in War and Revolution. By John Israel. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1998. xv, 459 pp. $60.00.
Patricia Stranahan
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26 March 2010, pp. 1106-1107
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Shifu, Soul of Chinese Anarchism. By Edward S. Krebs. Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 1998. xv, 291 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).
Yasuko Shin-Nakagawa
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26 March 2010, pp. 1108-1109
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Controlling From Afar: The Daoguang Emperor's Management of the Grand Canal Crisis, 1824–1826. By Jane Kate Leonard. Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, 1996. x, 331 pp. $25.00 (paper).
Peter C. Perdue
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26 March 2010, pp. 1109-1111
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Centre and Provinces: China 1978–1993: Power as a Non-Zero Sum Game. By Linda Chelan Li. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. xiv, 342 pp. $85.00.
David S. G. Goodman
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26 March 2010, pp. 1111-1112
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The Changing Role of the British Protestant Missionaries in China, 1945–1952. By Oi Ki Ling. Madison, NJ. and London: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press and Associated University Presses, 1999. 303 pp. $45.00.
Daniel H. Bays
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26 March 2010, pp. 1112-1113
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Understanding Confucian Philosophy: Classical and Sung-Ming. By Shu-hsien Liu. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1998. xii, 273 pp. $69.50 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).
Bryan W. Van Norden
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26 March 2010, pp. 1114-1115
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Politics and Transcendent Wisdom: The Scripture for Humane Kings in the Creation of Chinese Buddhism. By Charles D. Orzech. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998. xv, 351 pp. $55.00.
James A. Benn
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26 March 2010, pp. 1115-1116
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Son of Heaven and Heavenly Qaghan; Sui-Tang China and its Neighbors. By Pan Yihong. Bellingham: Western Washington University, 1997. xvi, 428 pp. $35.00.
David C. Wright
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26 March 2010, pp. 1117-1118
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Other Modernities: Gendered Yearnings in China After Socialism. By Lisa Rofel. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. xvi, 330 pp. $40.00 (cloth); $16.95 (paper).
Ellen R. Judd
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26 March 2010, pp. 1118-1119
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Taiwan: A New History. Edited by Murray A. Rubinstein. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1999. xiv, 520 pp. $67.95 (cloth); $27.95 (paper).
Alan M. Wachman
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26 March 2010, pp. 1119-1121
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Methods of the Way: Early Chinese Ethical Thought. By Rune Svarverud. Sinica Leidensia, Vol. 42. Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, 1998. xvi, 430 pp. $179.50.
Robert Eno
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26 March 2010, pp. 1121-1122
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Unstately Power, Volume II. Local Causes of China's Intellectual, Legal and Governmental Reforms. By Lynn T. WhiteIII. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, Inc, 1998. xxii, 765 pp.
Tony Saich
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26 March 2010, pp. 1122-1124
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No Dogs and Not Many Chinese: Treaty Port Life in China 1843–1943. By Frances Wood. London: John Murray, 1998. xiii, 368 pp. £25.00.
Nicholas R. Clifford
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26 March 2010, pp. 1124-1125
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Spaces of Their Own. Women's Public Sphere in Transnational China. Edited by Mayfair Mei-Hui Yang. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1999. vii, 375 pp.
Barbara Mittler
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26 March 2010, pp. 1125-1127
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Vignettes from the Late Ming: A Hsiao-p'in Anthology. Translated with annotations and introduction by Yang Ye. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1999. xxxviii, 152 pp. $19.95 (paper).
Kenneth J. Hammond
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26 March 2010, pp. 1127-1128
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The Clouds Float North: The Complete Poems of Yu Xuanji. Translated by David Young and Jiann I. Lin. Hanover, N.H. and London: University Press of New England, 1998. xviii, 75 pp. $25.00.
Jonathan Pease
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26 March 2010, pp. 1128-1130
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Book Reviews—Inner Asia

Education in Tibet. Policy and Practice Since 1950. By Catriona Bass. London and New York: Zed Books and Tibetan Information Network, 1998. xiii, 300 pp. $25.00.
A. Tom Grunfeld
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26 March 2010, pp. 1130-1131
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The Cult of Pure Crystal Mountain: Popular Pilgrimage and Visionary Landscape in Southeast Tibet. By Toni Huber. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. xv, 297 pp. $65.00.
Matthew T. Kapstein
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26 March 2010, pp. 1131-1133
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Book Reviews—China

Imperfect Conceptions: Medical Knowledge, Birth Defects, and Eugenics in China. By Frank Dikötter. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. x, 226 pp. $27.50.

Die Sowjetunion und das kommunistische China, 1945–1950: Der beschwerliche Weg zum Buendniss (The Soviet Union and Communist China, 1945–1950: The Difficult Road to the Alliance.) By Dieter Heinzig. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 1998. xviii, 710 pp.

Lianda: A Chinese University in War and Revolution. By John Israel. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1998. xv, 459 pp. $60.00.

Shifu, Soul of Chinese Anarchism. By Edward S. Krebs. Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 1998. xv, 291 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).

Controlling From Afar: The Daoguang Emperor's Management of the Grand Canal Crisis, 1824–1826. By Jane Kate Leonard. Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, 1996. x, 331 pp. $25.00 (paper).

Centre and Provinces: China 1978–1993: Power as a Non-Zero Sum Game. By Linda Chelan Li. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. xiv, 342 pp. $85.00.

The Changing Role of the British Protestant Missionaries in China, 1945–1952. By Oi Ki Ling. Madison, NJ. and London: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press and Associated University Presses, 1999. 303 pp. $45.00.

Understanding Confucian Philosophy: Classical and Sung-Ming. By Shu-hsien Liu. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1998. xii, 273 pp. $69.50 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).

Politics and Transcendent Wisdom: The Scripture for Humane Kings in the Creation of Chinese Buddhism. By Charles D. Orzech. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998. xv, 351 pp. $55.00.

Son of Heaven and Heavenly Qaghan; Sui-Tang China and its Neighbors. By Pan Yihong. Bellingham: Western Washington University, 1997. xvi, 428 pp. $35.00.

Other Modernities: Gendered Yearnings in China After Socialism. By Lisa Rofel. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. xvi, 330 pp. $40.00 (cloth); $16.95 (paper).

Taiwan: A New History. Edited by Murray A. Rubinstein. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1999. xiv, 520 pp. $67.95 (cloth); $27.95 (paper).

Methods of the Way: Early Chinese Ethical Thought. By Rune Svarverud. Sinica Leidensia, Vol. 42. Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, 1998. xvi, 430 pp. $179.50.

Unstately Power, Volume II. Local Causes of China's Intellectual, Legal and Governmental Reforms. By Lynn T. WhiteIII. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, Inc, 1998. xxii, 765 pp.

No Dogs and Not Many Chinese: Treaty Port Life in China 1843–1943. By Frances Wood. London: John Murray, 1998. xiii, 368 pp. £25.00.

Spaces of Their Own. Women's Public Sphere in Transnational China. Edited by Mayfair Mei-Hui Yang. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1999. vii, 375 pp.

Vignettes from the Late Ming: A Hsiao-p'in Anthology. Translated with annotations and introduction by Yang Ye. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1999. xxxviii, 152 pp. $19.95 (paper).

The Clouds Float North: The Complete Poems of Yu Xuanji. Translated by David Young and Jiann I. Lin. Hanover, N.H. and London: University Press of New England, 1998. xviii, 75 pp. $25.00.

Book Reviews—Inner Asia

Education in Tibet. Policy and Practice Since 1950. By Catriona Bass. London and New York: Zed Books and Tibetan Information Network, 1998. xiii, 300 pp. $25.00.

The Cult of Pure Crystal Mountain: Popular Pilgrimage and Visionary Landscape in Southeast Tibet. By Toni Huber. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. xv, 297 pp. $65.00.

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