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Volume 57 - Issue 2 - May 1998

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Book Reviews—Asia General

Rural Poverty in Developing Asia: Volume 2—Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Philippines and Thailand. Edited by M. G. Quibria. Manila: Asian Development Bank, 1996. xxx, 774 pp. $25.00 (paper). Distributed by Paul and Company.
Ramdas Menon
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26 March 2010, pp. 476-478
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Feminist Nationalism. Edited by Lois A. West. New York: Routledge, 1997. xxxvi, 294 pp. $69.95 (cloth); $18.95 (paper).
Ann Cordilia
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26 March 2010, pp. 478-479
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Chūgoku shichiya gyōshi (History of Chinese Pawn Shops). By Asada Taizō. Tokyo: Tōhō shōten, 1997. 230 pp. ¥ 2,400.
Ronald Suleski
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26 March 2010, pp. 480-481
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Christianity in China: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present. Edited by Daniel H. Bays. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1996. xxii, 483 pp.
Richard Madsen
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26 March 2010, pp. 481-483
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The Soldier and the Citizen, The Role of the Military in Taiwan's Development. By Monte R. Bullard. Armonk, N.Y. and London: M. E. Sharpe, 1997. xix, 223 pp. $62.95 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).
Peter W. Colm
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26 March 2010, pp. 483-484
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History in Three Keys: The Boxers as Event, Experience, and Myth. By Paul A. Cohen. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997. xviii, 428 pp. $34.50 (cloth).
James L. Hevia
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26 March 2010, pp. 484-486
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Science and Civilisation in China. Vol. 6. Biology and Biological Technology. Part III. Agro-Industries and Forestry. Agro-Industries: Sugarcane Technology. By Christian Daniels. Forestry. By Nicholas K. Menzies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. xxvii, 740 pp. $150.00.
Nathan Sivin
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26 March 2010, pp. 486-487
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In Search of the Supernatural: The Written Record. Translated by Kenneth DeWoskin and J. I. CrumpJr., Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1996. xxxvi, 283 pp. $39.50.
Madeline K. Spring
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26 March 2010, pp. 487-489
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Diplomacy and Deception: The Secret History of Sino-Soviet Diplomatic Relations, 1917–1927. By Bruce A. Elleman. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1997. xviii, 322 pp. $72.95 (cloth); $29.95 (paper).
Julian Chang
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26 March 2010, pp. 489-491
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The Pure Land Tradition: History and Development. Berkeley Buddhist Studies Series 3. Edited by James Foard, Michael Solomon, and Richard K. Payne. Berkeley: Berkeley Buddhist Studies Series, 1996. x, 548 pp. $45.00.
Paul Nietupski
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26 March 2010, pp. 491-494
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Mount Lu Revisited: Buddhism in the Life and Writings of Su Shih. By Beata Grant. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1994. vii, 249 pp. $36.00
Stuart H. Sargent
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26 March 2010, pp. 494-496
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Dangerous Pleasures: Prostitution and Modernity in Twentieth-Century Shanghai. By Gail Hershatter. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. xi, 694 pp. $45.00.
Ming-Bao Yu
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26 March 2010, pp. 496-497
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Taiwan's Security in the Changing International System. By Dennis van Vranken Hickey. Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner, 1997.
T. Y. Wang
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26 March 2010, pp. 498-499
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China Briefing: The Contradictions of Change. Edited by William A. Joseph. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1997. Published in cooperation with the Asia Society, x, 336 pp. $58.95 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).
Suzanne Ogden
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26 March 2010, pp. 499-501
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The Voyage of the Frolic: New England Merchants and the Opium Trade. By Thomas N. Layton. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1997. xi, 227 pp. $24.95.
James L. Hevia
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26 March 2010, pp. 501-502
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Rediscovering China: Dynamics and Dilemmas of Reform. By Cheng Li., Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 1997. xxvi, 353 pp. $54.95 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).
Shiping Zheng
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26 March 2010, pp. 502-504
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The Ways of Confucianism: Investigations in Chinese Philosophy. By David S. Nivison, edited with an introduction by Bryan W. Van Norden. Chicago and La Salle, Ill.: Open Court, 1996. xiv, 339 pp. $46.95 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).
James D. Sellmann
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26 March 2010, pp. 504-505
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Taoism: Growth of a Religion. By Isabelle Robinet, translated by Phyllis Brooks. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997. xx, 296 pp.
Livia Kohn
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26 March 2010, pp. 505-507
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Salt of the Earth: The Political Origins of Peasant Protest and Communist Revolution in China. By Ralph A. ThaxtonJr., Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 1997. xix, 425 pp. $65.00.
Michael Gasster
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26 March 2010, pp. 507-509
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High Culture Fever: Politics, Aesthetics, and Ideology in Deng's China. By Jing Wang. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. x, 399 pp. $50.00 (cloth); $20.00 (paper).
Gregory B. Lee
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26 March 2010, pp. 509-511
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Book Reviews—Asia General

Rural Poverty in Developing Asia: Volume 2—Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Philippines and Thailand. Edited by M. G. Quibria. Manila: Asian Development Bank, 1996. xxx, 774 pp. $25.00 (paper). Distributed by Paul and Company.

Feminist Nationalism. Edited by Lois A. West. New York: Routledge, 1997. xxxvi, 294 pp. $69.95 (cloth); $18.95 (paper).

Book Reviews—China

Chūgoku shichiya gyōshi (History of Chinese Pawn Shops). By Asada Taizō. Tokyo: Tōhō shōten, 1997. 230 pp. ¥ 2,400.

Christianity in China: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present. Edited by Daniel H. Bays. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1996. xxii, 483 pp.

The Soldier and the Citizen, The Role of the Military in Taiwan's Development. By Monte R. Bullard. Armonk, N.Y. and London: M. E. Sharpe, 1997. xix, 223 pp. $62.95 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).

History in Three Keys: The Boxers as Event, Experience, and Myth. By Paul A. Cohen. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997. xviii, 428 pp. $34.50 (cloth).

Science and Civilisation in China. Vol. 6. Biology and Biological Technology. Part III. Agro-Industries and Forestry. Agro-Industries: Sugarcane Technology. By Christian Daniels. Forestry. By Nicholas K. Menzies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. xxvii, 740 pp. $150.00.

In Search of the Supernatural: The Written Record. Translated by Kenneth DeWoskin and J. I. CrumpJr., Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1996. xxxvi, 283 pp. $39.50.

Diplomacy and Deception: The Secret History of Sino-Soviet Diplomatic Relations, 1917–1927. By Bruce A. Elleman. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1997. xviii, 322 pp. $72.95 (cloth); $29.95 (paper).

The Pure Land Tradition: History and Development. Berkeley Buddhist Studies Series 3. Edited by James Foard, Michael Solomon, and Richard K. Payne. Berkeley: Berkeley Buddhist Studies Series, 1996. x, 548 pp. $45.00.

Mount Lu Revisited: Buddhism in the Life and Writings of Su Shih. By Beata Grant. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1994. vii, 249 pp. $36.00

Dangerous Pleasures: Prostitution and Modernity in Twentieth-Century Shanghai. By Gail Hershatter. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. xi, 694 pp. $45.00.

Taiwan's Security in the Changing International System. By Dennis van Vranken Hickey. Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner, 1997.

China Briefing: The Contradictions of Change. Edited by William A. Joseph. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1997. Published in cooperation with the Asia Society, x, 336 pp. $58.95 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).

The Voyage of the Frolic: New England Merchants and the Opium Trade. By Thomas N. Layton. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1997. xi, 227 pp. $24.95.

Rediscovering China: Dynamics and Dilemmas of Reform. By Cheng Li., Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 1997. xxvi, 353 pp. $54.95 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).

The Ways of Confucianism: Investigations in Chinese Philosophy. By David S. Nivison, edited with an introduction by Bryan W. Van Norden. Chicago and La Salle, Ill.: Open Court, 1996. xiv, 339 pp. $46.95 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).

Taoism: Growth of a Religion. By Isabelle Robinet, translated by Phyllis Brooks. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997. xx, 296 pp.

Salt of the Earth: The Political Origins of Peasant Protest and Communist Revolution in China. By Ralph A. ThaxtonJr., Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 1997. xix, 425 pp. $65.00.

High Culture Fever: Politics, Aesthetics, and Ideology in Deng's China. By Jing Wang. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. x, 399 pp. $50.00 (cloth); $20.00 (paper).

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