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Volume 43 - Issue 4 - August 1984

Book Reviews—Japan

Family Planning in Japanese Society: Traditional Birth Control in a Modern Urban Culture. By Samuel Coleman. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1983 x, 269 pp. Tables, Figures, Appendixes, References in English, References in Japanese, Index. $25.

River Mist and Other Stories. By Kunikida Doppo. Translated by David Chibbett. New York: Kodansha International, 1983. xxx, 151 pp. $14.95.

Lessons from History: Arai Hakuseki's Tokushi yoron. Translated, and with a Commentary, by Joyce Ackroyd. New York: University of Queensland Press, 1982. lx, 417 pp. Appendixes, Notes, Bibliography, Tables, Maps and Plans, Index. $34.50.

A History of Japanese Literature. Volume 2: The Years of Isolation. Volume 3: The Modern Years. By Shuichi Kato. Translated by Don Sanderson. New York: Kodansha International, 1983. Vol. 2, 230 pp. Vol. 3, 307 pp. Glossary, Bibliographical Notes, Index in each volume. $35.00 each volume.

Documents on New Zealand External Relations. Volume 2: The Surrender and Occupation of Japan. Edited by Robin Kay. Wellington: P. D. Hasselberg, Government Printer, 1982. c, 1,782 pp. Bibliography, Index. NZ$75.

The Noh Theater: Principles and Perspectives. By Kunio Komparu. Translated by Jane Corddry and Stephen Comee. New York: John Weatherhill, and Kyoto: Tankosha, 1983. xxiv, 376 pp. Illustrations, Appendixes, Index of Noh Plays, Glossary-Index. $32.50.

Patriarchy and Fertility: Japan and Sweden, 1880–1960. By Carl Mosk. New York: Academic Press, 1983. xxii, 320 pp. Illustrations, Tables, References, Index. $41.50.

Japan's High Schools. By Thomas P. Rohlen. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983. xi, 363 pp. Illustrations, Appendix, Glossary, References, Index. $35 (cloth); $10.95 (paper).

Tense and Aspect in Modern Colloquial Japanese. By Matsuo Soga. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1983. viii, 245 pp. Appendix, Notes, Bibliography. N.p.

The Changelings: A Classical Japanese Court Tale. Translated, with an introduction and notes, by Rosette F. Willig. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1983. 248 pp. Appendix, Works Cited. $19.50.

Book Reviews—South Asia

India and the Indian Ocean: New Horizons. By Maharaj K. Chopra. New Delhi: Humanities Press, 1982. xi, 234 pp. Maps, Bibliography, Index. $15.

Subaltern Studies I: Writings on South Asian History and Society, 1982. Edited by Ranajit Guha. New York: Oxford University Press, 1982. viii, 231 pp. Glossary, Index. N.p.

Viraha-Bhakti: The Early History of Kṛṣṇa Devotion in South India. By Friedhelm Hardy. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1983. xxiii, 692 pp. Appendixes, Bibliographies, Index. $49.95.

Poverty and Women's Work: A Study of Sweeper Women in Delhi. By Malavika Karlekar. Delhi: Vikas Publishing House, 1982. ix, 158 pp. Tables, Appendix, References, Index. $22.50. (Distributed in the United States and Canada by Advent Books, New York.)

Elections in India: Its Social Basis. By Susheela Kaushik. Calcutta: K. P. Bagchi, 1982. xi, 238 pp. Appendix, Tables, Index. Rs.65.

Reluctant Debutante: Response of Bengali Women to Modernization, 1849–1905. By Ghulam Murshid. Rajshahi, Bangladesh: Sahitya Samsad, Rajshahi University, 1983. 285 pp. Appendixes, Select Bibliography, Index. N.p.

Bharatiya Jana Sangh: Organization and Ideology. By Geeta Puri. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1980. viii, 292 pp. Select Bibliography, Index. $24.95. (Distributed by Asia Book Corporation of America, Queen's Village, N.Y)

Social Perspective of Development of Science and Technology in India. Edited by B. V. Rangarao and N. P. Chaubey. Calcutta: Naya Prokash (on behalf of the Indian Academy of Social Sciences, Allahabad), 1982. xiv, 192 pp. N.p.

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