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Volume 57 - November 1998

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Page 7 of 21

Book Reviews—China

The Vimalakirti Sutra. Translated by Burton Watson. New York: Columbia University Press, 1996. 168 pp.
Brook Ziporyn
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26 March 2010, pp. 205-206
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Ungrounded Empires: The Cultural Politics of Modern Chinese Transnationalism. Edited by Aihwa Ong and Donald Nonini. New York and London: Routledge, 1997. viii, 343 pp. $74.95 (cloth); $21.95 (paper).
Joseph Bosco
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26 March 2010, pp. 832-833
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Danwei: The Changing Chinese Workplace in Historical Perspective. Edited by Elizabeth Perry and Xiaobo Lu. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1997. 259 pp. $72.95 (cloth); $34.95 (paper).
Corinna-Barbara Francis
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26 March 2010, pp. 1135-1137
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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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Before Confucius: Studies in the Creation of the Chinese Classics. By Edward L. Shaughnessy. Albany.: State University of New York Press, 1997. x, 262 pp. $19.95.
David Schaberg
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26 March 2010, pp. 1137-1138
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China's New Business Elite: The Political Consequences of Economic Reform. By Margaret M. Pearson. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. x, 207 pp. $35.00 (cloth).
Elizabeth J. Perry
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26 March 2010, pp. 833-835
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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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In Search of Civil Society: Market Reform and Social Change in Contemporary China. By Gordon White Jude Howell, and Shang Xiaoyuan. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. 241 pp. $69.00.
Dali L. Yang
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26 March 2010, pp. 206-207
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Lost Tai Ch'i Classics from the Late Ch'ing Dynasty. By Douglas Wile. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996. xviii, 251 pp. $17.00 (paper).
Tao-Tao Huang
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26 March 2010, pp. 208-210
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Proletarian Power: Shanghai in the Cultural Revolution. By Elizabeth J. Perry and Li Xun. Boulder, Colo.: Westview, 1997. xiii, 249 pp. $69.00 (cloth); $23.00 (paper).
Marc Blecher
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26 March 2010, pp. 835-836
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Political Participation in Beijing. By Tianjian Shi. Cambridge.: Harvard University Press, 1997. xv, 322 pp. $49.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).
Melanie Manion
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26 March 2010, pp. 1138-1140
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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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Traditional Chinese Fiction and Fiction Commentary: Reading and Writing Between the Lines. David L. Rolston. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997. xiii, 428 pp. $55.00.
Sheldon H. Lu
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26 March 2010, pp. 836-838
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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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Fiscal Management and Economic Reform in the People's Republic of China. By Christine P. W. Wong Christopher Heady, and Wing T. Woo. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press (for the Asian Development Bank), 1995. xvi, 271 pp. $55.00 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).
Shu-Ki Tsang
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26 March 2010, pp. 210-211
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Policing Shanghai, 1927–1937. By Frederic WakemanJr. Berkeley.: University of California Press, 1995. xvii, 507 pp. $18.95 (paper).
David Strand
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26 March 2010, pp. 1140-1142
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Writing Women in Late Imperial China. Edited by Ellen Widmer and Kang-I Sun Chang. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1997. xiii, 544 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).
Paul Rouzer
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26 March 2010, pp. 1142-1143
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Mencius and Early Chinese Thought. By Kwong-loi Shun. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997. xvi, 295 pp. $45.00 (cloth).
Philip J. Ivanhoe
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26 March 2010, pp. 838-839
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The Chinese Economy: Fighting Inflation, Deepening Reform. By The World Bank. A World Bank Country Study. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, 1996. xv, 112 pp. $9.95.
Penelope B. Prime
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26 March 2010, pp. 211-213
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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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Volume 57 - November 1998

Book Reviews—China

The Vimalakirti Sutra. Translated by Burton Watson. New York: Columbia University Press, 1996. 168 pp.

Ungrounded Empires: The Cultural Politics of Modern Chinese Transnationalism. Edited by Aihwa Ong and Donald Nonini. New York and London: Routledge, 1997. viii, 343 pp. $74.95 (cloth); $21.95 (paper).

Danwei: The Changing Chinese Workplace in Historical Perspective. Edited by Elizabeth Perry and Xiaobo Lu. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1997. 259 pp. $72.95 (cloth); $34.95 (paper).

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

Before Confucius: Studies in the Creation of the Chinese Classics. By Edward L. Shaughnessy. Albany.: State University of New York Press, 1997. x, 262 pp. $19.95.

China's New Business Elite: The Political Consequences of Economic Reform. By Margaret M. Pearson. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. x, 207 pp. $35.00 (cloth).

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

In Search of Civil Society: Market Reform and Social Change in Contemporary China. By Gordon White Jude Howell, and Shang Xiaoyuan. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. 241 pp. $69.00.

Lost Tai Ch'i Classics from the Late Ch'ing Dynasty. By Douglas Wile. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996. xviii, 251 pp. $17.00 (paper).

Proletarian Power: Shanghai in the Cultural Revolution. By Elizabeth J. Perry and Li Xun. Boulder, Colo.: Westview, 1997. xiii, 249 pp. $69.00 (cloth); $23.00 (paper).

Political Participation in Beijing. By Tianjian Shi. Cambridge.: Harvard University Press, 1997. xv, 322 pp. $49.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).

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

Traditional Chinese Fiction and Fiction Commentary: Reading and Writing Between the Lines. David L. Rolston. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997. xiii, 428 pp. $55.00.

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).

Fiscal Management and Economic Reform in the People's Republic of China. By Christine P. W. Wong Christopher Heady, and Wing T. Woo. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press (for the Asian Development Bank), 1995. xvi, 271 pp. $55.00 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).

Policing Shanghai, 1927–1937. By Frederic WakemanJr. Berkeley.: University of California Press, 1995. xvii, 507 pp. $18.95 (paper).

Writing Women in Late Imperial China. Edited by Ellen Widmer and Kang-I Sun Chang. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1997. xiii, 544 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).

Mencius and Early Chinese Thought. By Kwong-loi Shun. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997. xvi, 295 pp. $45.00 (cloth).

The Chinese Economy: Fighting Inflation, Deepening Reform. By The World Bank. A World Bank Country Study. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, 1996. xv, 112 pp. $9.95.

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.

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