Book Reviews—South Asia
Bangladesh: Constitutional Quest for Autonomy, 1950–1971. By Moudud Ahmed. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1978. xvi, 318 pp. Appendix. $16. - Bangladesh Politics. Edited by Emajuddin Ahmed. Dacca: Centre for Social Studies, Dacca University, 1980. ii, 187 pp. $6. - Bangladesh Politics: Problems and Issues. By Rounaq Jahan. Dacca: University Press Limited, 1980. xxiv, 220 pp. $6. - Politics and Bureaucracy in a New Nation, Bangladesh. Edited by Mohammad Mohabbat Khan and Habib Mohammad Zafarullah. Dacca: Centre for Administrative Studies, Dacca University, 1980. xxiv, 259 pp. $8.
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Love and Sympathy in Theravāda Buddhism. By Harvey B. Aronson. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1980. viii, 127 pp. Notes, Bibliography, Glossary, Indexes. Rs 45.
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The Art of Eastern India, 300–800. By Frederick M. Asher. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1980. 103 pp. Bibliography, Index, Plates. $35.
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Caste and Other Inequities: Essays on Inequality. By Gerald D. Berreman. Meerut, India: Folklore Institute, 1979. xvii, 324 pp. Bibliography. Rs 85 (cloth).
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Beiträge zu Indischem Rechtsdenken [Contributions to Indian Legal Thinking]. By J. Duncan M. Derrett, Günther-Dieter Sontheimer, and Graham Smith. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1979. ix, 116 pp. Glossary, Bibliography, Index. DM 29 (cloth).
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Caste and Christianity: Attitudes and Policies on Caste of Anglo-Saxon Protestant Missions in India. By Duncan B. Forrester. London: Curzon Press, Humanities Press, 1980. viii, 202 pp. Bibliography, Index. $13.75 (cloth).
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 865-866
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Jawaharlal Nehru: An Anthology. Edited by Sarvepalli Gopal. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1980. xxi, 648 pp. Glossary, Index. $27 (cloth).
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Trade and Statecraft in the Age of the Cōḻas. By Kenneth R. Hall. New Delhi: Abhinav Publications, 1980. 212 pp. Appendixes, Bibliography, Inde. $16 (cloth). - Culture and Political-Military Behavior: The Hindus in Pre-Modern India. By Joel Larus. Columbia, Mo.: South Asia Books, 1979. xi, 208 pp. Index. $14.50.
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In Afghanistan's Shadow: Baluch Nationalism and Soviet Temptations. By Selig S. Harrison. New York: Carnegie Endowment, 1981. 228 pp. Maps, Photographs. N.p.
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Towards India's Freedom and Partition. By S. R. Mehrotra. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing, 1979. vi, 276 pp. Biographical Notes, Notes, Index. N.p.
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The Child and the Serpent: Reflections on Popular Indian Symbols. By Jyoti Sahi. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980. xiv, 191 pp. Notes, Bibliography, Index. $18.50 (paper).
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Kānphaṭā: Untersuchungen zu Kult, Mythologie and Geschichte Sivaitischer Tantriker im Nepal [Kānphaṭā: Research Concerning Cults, Mythology, History of Sivaitik Tantric in Nepal]. By Günter Unbescheid. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1980. xxxiii, 183 pp. Glossary, Bibliography, Summary, Illustrations, Maps. DM 28 (paper).
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Vālmīki's Sanskrit. By L. A. Van Daalen. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1980. xix, 335 pp. Charts, Appendix, General Index, Rāmāyaṇa Text-Places, Modern Authors, f 96.
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Book Reviews—Southeast Asia
The Sarawak Chinese. By John M. Chin. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1981. ix, 158 pp. Maps, Photographs, Appendix, Bibliography, Index. $19.95 (paper).
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L'Espace Social à propos de l'Asie du Sud-Est. By Georges Condominas. Paris: Flammarion, 1980. 542 pp. Maps, Photographs, Drawing, Glossary, Indexes. N.p.
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The Tobacco Monopoly in the Philippines: Bureaucratic Enterprise and Social Change, 1776–1880. By Ed. C. de Jesus. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1980. xvi, 228 pp. Appendixes, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. N.p.
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A History of South-East Asia. 4th ed. By D. G. E. Hall. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981. xxxi, 1,070 pp. Maps, Illustrations, Appendix, Bibliography, Index. $35 (cloth); $14.95 (paper).
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The Role of the Sangha in Modern Thailand. By Ruth-Inge Heinze. Taipei: Orient Cultural Service with Chinese Association for Folklore (Asian Folklore and Social Life Monographs 93), 1977. xiv, 279 pp. Maps, Plates, Tables, Glossary, Bibliography, Appendixes. N.p. (Distributed by E. Langstaff Orient Culture Service, South Pasadena, CA)
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Women, Politics and Change: The Kuam Ibu UMNO, Malaysia, 1945–1972. By Lenore Manderson. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1980. xvii, 294 pp. Glossary, Appendixes, List of Persons Interviewed, Select Bibliography, Index. $34.95.
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L'Angle de l'Asie. By Paul Mus. Edited by Serge Thion. Paris: Herman, Collection Savoir, 1977. 270 pp. Frontispiece, Bibliography, Index. 48 Fr.
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