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Volume 57 - Issue 2 - May 1998

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Book Reviews—South Asia

Elaborations on Emptiness: Uses of the Heart Sutra. By Donald S. LopezJr,. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996. xii, 264 pp. $3950 (cloth).
Jules B. Levinson
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26 March 2010, pp. 577-578
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The Good Parsi: The Fate of a Colonial Elite in a Postcolonial Society. By T. M. Luhrman. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1996. xiv, 317 pp. $49.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).
David L. White
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26 March 2010, pp. 578-580
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State, Society and Human Rights in South Asia. By Stig Toft Madsen. New Delhi: Manohar, 1996. xii, 370 pp. $34.00 (cloth).
Chris Toffold
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26 March 2010, pp. 580-581
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The Demography of Famines: An Indian Historical Perspective. By Arup Maharatna. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1996. xviii, 317 pp. $32.00 (cloth).
Marcia J. Frost
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26 March 2010, pp. 581-583
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Divine Enterprise: Gurus and the Hindu Nationalist Movement. By Lise Mckean. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. xviii, 361 pp. $60.00 (cloth); $21.95 (paper).
Ashutosh Varshney
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26 March 2010, pp. 583-584
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Yoga: Discipline of Freedom: The Yoga Sutra Attributed to Patanjali; A Translation of the Text, with Commentary, Introduction, and Glossary of Key Words. By Barbara Stoler Miller. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. xiv, 114 pp. $17.95 (cloth).
Joy Laine
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26 March 2010, pp. 584-586
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Kingship and Political Practice in Colonial India. By Pamela G. Price. University of Cambridge, Oriental Publications volume 51. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. xviii, 220 pp. $54.95 (cloth).
Thomas Metcalf
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26 March 2010, pp. 586-588
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Societies and Military Power. India and Its Armies. By Stephen Peter Rosen. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1996. xiv, 280 pp. $39.95 (cloth).
Douglas M. Peers
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26 March 2010, pp. 588-589
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The Dance of Śiva: Religion, Art and Poetry in South India. By David Smith. Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions volume 7. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. xii, 301 pp. $59.95 (cloth).
Karen Pechilis Prentiss
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26 March 2010, pp. 589-591
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The Northern Nadars of Tamil Nadu. An Indian Caste in the Process of Change. By Dennis Templeman. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1996. xxi, 284 p. $24.95 (cloth).
David Rudner
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26 March 2010, pp. 591-592
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Mughal Gardens: Sources, Places, Representations, and Prospects. Edited by James L. WescoatJr, and Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn. Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture, volume 16. Washington: Dumbarton Oaks, 1996. 288 pp. $60.00 (cloth).
Barbara D. Metcalf
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26 March 2010, pp. 593-594
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The Alchemical Body: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India. By David Gordon White. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. xviii, 596 pp. $59.95 (cloth).
Michael D. Rabe
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26 March 2010, pp. 594-596
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Dead Season: A Story of Murder and Revenge on the Philippine Island of Negros. By Alan Berlow. New York: Pantheon Books, 1996. xvi, 302 pp. $25.00.
Norman G. Owen
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26 March 2010, pp. 596-597
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Masters of War: Military Dissent and Politics in the Vietnam Era. By Robert Buzzanco. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996. xiv, 386 pp. $34.95 (cloth); $18.95 (paper).
Edwin E. Moise
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26 March 2010, pp. 597-598
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Vietnam: A Portrait of Its People at War. By David Chanoff and Doan Van Toai. London: I. B. Tauris, 1996. xxii, 215 pp. $16.95 (paper).
William Duiker
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26 March 2010, pp. 598-599
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Chinese Politics in Sarawak: A Study of the Sarawak United Peoples Party. By Chin Ung-Ho. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1996. xviii, 331 p. $65.00.
Craig A. Lockard
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26 March 2010, pp. 600-601
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Shared Hopes, Separate Fears: Fifty Years of U. S.–Indonesian Relations. By Paul F. Gardner. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1997. xvii, 318 pp. $75.00 (cloth); $21.95 (paper).
Stephen A. Douglas
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26 March 2010, pp. 601-602
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The Tet Offensive. Edited by Marc Jason Gilbert and William Head. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996, xiv, 286 pp. $24.95 (paper).
David Hunt
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26 March 2010, pp. 602-605
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Language, Power, and Ideology in Brunei Darussalam. By Geoffrey C. Gunn. Athens: Southeast Asia Series No. 99, Ohio University Center for International Studies, 1997. xxxix, 284 pp. $24.00 (paper).
Donald E. Brown
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26 March 2010, pp. 605-606
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Madonnas and Martyrs: Militarism and Violence in the Philippines. By Anne-Marie Hilsdon. St. Leonards, NSW: Allen and Unwin, 1995. xiv, 224 pp. $24.95 (paper). Distributed by Paul and Company.
Patricio N. Abinales
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26 March 2010, pp. 606-607
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Book Reviews—South Asia

Elaborations on Emptiness: Uses of the Heart Sutra. By Donald S. LopezJr,. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996. xii, 264 pp. $3950 (cloth).

The Good Parsi: The Fate of a Colonial Elite in a Postcolonial Society. By T. M. Luhrman. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1996. xiv, 317 pp. $49.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).

State, Society and Human Rights in South Asia. By Stig Toft Madsen. New Delhi: Manohar, 1996. xii, 370 pp. $34.00 (cloth).

The Demography of Famines: An Indian Historical Perspective. By Arup Maharatna. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1996. xviii, 317 pp. $32.00 (cloth).

Divine Enterprise: Gurus and the Hindu Nationalist Movement. By Lise Mckean. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. xviii, 361 pp. $60.00 (cloth); $21.95 (paper).

Yoga: Discipline of Freedom: The Yoga Sutra Attributed to Patanjali; A Translation of the Text, with Commentary, Introduction, and Glossary of Key Words. By Barbara Stoler Miller. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. xiv, 114 pp. $17.95 (cloth).

Kingship and Political Practice in Colonial India. By Pamela G. Price. University of Cambridge, Oriental Publications volume 51. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. xviii, 220 pp. $54.95 (cloth).

Societies and Military Power. India and Its Armies. By Stephen Peter Rosen. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1996. xiv, 280 pp. $39.95 (cloth).

The Dance of Śiva: Religion, Art and Poetry in South India. By David Smith. Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions volume 7. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. xii, 301 pp. $59.95 (cloth).

The Northern Nadars of Tamil Nadu. An Indian Caste in the Process of Change. By Dennis Templeman. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1996. xxi, 284 p. $24.95 (cloth).

Mughal Gardens: Sources, Places, Representations, and Prospects. Edited by James L. WescoatJr, and Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn. Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture, volume 16. Washington: Dumbarton Oaks, 1996. 288 pp. $60.00 (cloth).

The Alchemical Body: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India. By David Gordon White. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. xviii, 596 pp. $59.95 (cloth).

Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

Dead Season: A Story of Murder and Revenge on the Philippine Island of Negros. By Alan Berlow. New York: Pantheon Books, 1996. xvi, 302 pp. $25.00.

Masters of War: Military Dissent and Politics in the Vietnam Era. By Robert Buzzanco. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996. xiv, 386 pp. $34.95 (cloth); $18.95 (paper).

Vietnam: A Portrait of Its People at War. By David Chanoff and Doan Van Toai. London: I. B. Tauris, 1996. xxii, 215 pp. $16.95 (paper).

Chinese Politics in Sarawak: A Study of the Sarawak United Peoples Party. By Chin Ung-Ho. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1996. xviii, 331 p. $65.00.

Shared Hopes, Separate Fears: Fifty Years of U. S.–Indonesian Relations. By Paul F. Gardner. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1997. xvii, 318 pp. $75.00 (cloth); $21.95 (paper).

The Tet Offensive. Edited by Marc Jason Gilbert and William Head. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996, xiv, 286 pp. $24.95 (paper).

Language, Power, and Ideology in Brunei Darussalam. By Geoffrey C. Gunn. Athens: Southeast Asia Series No. 99, Ohio University Center for International Studies, 1997. xxxix, 284 pp. $24.00 (paper).

Madonnas and Martyrs: Militarism and Violence in the Philippines. By Anne-Marie Hilsdon. St. Leonards, NSW: Allen and Unwin, 1995. xiv, 224 pp. $24.95 (paper). Distributed by Paul and Company.

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