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Volume 70 - November 2011

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Page 13 of 16

Book Reviews—South Asia

India in the Shadows of Empire: A Legal and Political History (1774–1950). By Mithi Mukherjee. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2010. xxxviii, 278 pp. $50.00 (cloth).
Herman Tull
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22 December 2011, pp. 1192-1193
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The Modernity of Sanskrit. By Simona Sawhney. Minneapolis, Minn.: University of Minnesota Press, 2009. xi, 213 pp. $22.50 (paper).
Dorothy Figueira
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27 September 2011, pp. 885-887
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Fringes of Empire: Peoples, Places, and Spaces in Colonial India. Edited by Sameetah Agha and Elizabeth Kolsky, with a foreword by Nicholas B. Dirks. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2009. xvi, 256 pp. $49.95 (cloth).
Ilyse R. Morgenstein Fuerst
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24 June 2011, pp. 602-604
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Framing the Jina: Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History. By John E. Cort. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. xviii, 398 pp. $74.00 (cloth).
Lisa N. Owen
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23 February 2011, pp. 271-273
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Poetry and History: Bengali Maṅgal-kābya and Social Change in Precolonial Bengal. By David L. Curley. New Delhi: Chronicle Books, 2008. 296 pp. $46.95 (cloth).
George Pati
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23 February 2011, pp. 273-275
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Medicine, Race and Liberalism in British Bengal: Symptoms of Empire. By Ishita Pande. New York: Routledge, 2010. x, 257 pp. $135.00 (cloth).
Eric J. Rothgery
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22 December 2011, pp. 1194-1195
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The Sun Rises: A Shaman's Chant, Ritual Exchange and Fertility in the Apatani Valley. By Stuart Blackburn. Boston: Brill, 2010. xvii, 426 pp. $98.00 (cloth).
Amy Paris Langenberg
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24 June 2011, pp. 604-606
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Subject Lessons: The Western Education of Colonial India. By Sanjay Seth. Durham: Duke University Press, 2007. x, 280 pp. $84.95 (cloth), $23.95 (paper).
Srikanth Mallavarapu
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27 September 2011, pp. 887-888
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Extreme Poetry: The South Asian Movement of Simultaneous Narration. By Yigal Bronner. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. xvi, 356 pp. $50.00 (cloth).
Martha Ann Selby
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24 June 2011, pp. 606-608
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Breaking the Ashes: The Culture of Illicit Liquor in Sri Lanka. By Michelle Ruth Gamburd. x, 266 pp. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2008. 266 pp. $23.95 (paper).
Jonathan Spencer
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23 February 2011, pp. 275-276
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Language, Emotion, and Politics in South India: The Making of a Mother Tongue. By Lisa Mitchell. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2009. xvii, 251 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).
S.N. Sridhar
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22 December 2011, pp. 1195-1197
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In the Shadows of the State: Indigenous Politics, Environmentalism, and Insurgency in Jharkhand, India. By Alpa Shah. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2010. xiii, 273 pp. $84.95 (cloth); $23.95 (paper).
Haripriya Rangan
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27 September 2011, pp. 889-890
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Invoking Lakshmi: The Goddess of Wealth in Song and Ceremony. By Constantina Rhodes. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2010. xii, 279 pp. $23.95 (paper).
Christopher Key Chapple
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22 December 2011, pp. 1197-1199
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Krishna's Mandala: Bhagavata Religion and Beyond. By D. Dennis Hudson. Edited by John Stratton Hawley. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2010. 298 pp. $74.00 (cloth).
Jonathan Edelmann
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23 February 2011, pp. 277-278
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History, Culture and the Indian City. By Rajnarayan Chandavarkar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. 270 pp. $80.25 (cloth).
Tulasi Srinivas
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24 June 2011, pp. 608-609
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Anxieties of Empire and the Fiction of Intrigue. By Yumna Siddiqi. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008. 304 pp. $50.00 (cloth).
Pranav Jani
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27 September 2011, pp. 890-892
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Language in South Asia. Edited by Braj B. Kachru, Yamuna Kachru, and S. N. Sridhar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. xxiv, 608 pp. $120.99 (cloth); $50.00 (paper).
Herman Tull
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23 February 2011, pp. 279-280
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Faithful Education: Madrassahs in South Asia. By Ali Riaz. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2008. 289 pp. $59.95 (cloth).
C. Christine Fair
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22 December 2011, pp. 1199-1200
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The Sikh Separatist Insurgency in India: Political Leadership and Ethnonationalist Movements. By Jugdep S. Chima. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2010. xix, 314 pp. $39.95 (cloth).
Robin Jeffrey
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24 June 2011, pp. 610-611
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Play-House of Power: Theatre in Colonial India. Edited by Lata Singh. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2009. viii, 354 pp. $65.00. (cloth).
Archana Venkatesan
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27 September 2011, pp. 892-894
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Volume 70 - November 2011

Book Reviews—South Asia

India in the Shadows of Empire: A Legal and Political History (1774–1950). By Mithi Mukherjee. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2010. xxxviii, 278 pp. $50.00 (cloth).

The Modernity of Sanskrit. By Simona Sawhney. Minneapolis, Minn.: University of Minnesota Press, 2009. xi, 213 pp. $22.50 (paper).

Fringes of Empire: Peoples, Places, and Spaces in Colonial India. Edited by Sameetah Agha and Elizabeth Kolsky, with a foreword by Nicholas B. Dirks. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2009. xvi, 256 pp. $49.95 (cloth).

Framing the Jina: Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History. By John E. Cort. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. xviii, 398 pp. $74.00 (cloth).

Poetry and History: Bengali Maṅgal-kābya and Social Change in Precolonial Bengal. By David L. Curley. New Delhi: Chronicle Books, 2008. 296 pp. $46.95 (cloth).

Medicine, Race and Liberalism in British Bengal: Symptoms of Empire. By Ishita Pande. New York: Routledge, 2010. x, 257 pp. $135.00 (cloth).

The Sun Rises: A Shaman's Chant, Ritual Exchange and Fertility in the Apatani Valley. By Stuart Blackburn. Boston: Brill, 2010. xvii, 426 pp. $98.00 (cloth).

Subject Lessons: The Western Education of Colonial India. By Sanjay Seth. Durham: Duke University Press, 2007. x, 280 pp. $84.95 (cloth), $23.95 (paper).

Extreme Poetry: The South Asian Movement of Simultaneous Narration. By Yigal Bronner. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. xvi, 356 pp. $50.00 (cloth).

Breaking the Ashes: The Culture of Illicit Liquor in Sri Lanka. By Michelle Ruth Gamburd. x, 266 pp. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2008. 266 pp. $23.95 (paper).

Language, Emotion, and Politics in South India: The Making of a Mother Tongue. By Lisa Mitchell. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2009. xvii, 251 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).

In the Shadows of the State: Indigenous Politics, Environmentalism, and Insurgency in Jharkhand, India. By Alpa Shah. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2010. xiii, 273 pp. $84.95 (cloth); $23.95 (paper).

Invoking Lakshmi: The Goddess of Wealth in Song and Ceremony. By Constantina Rhodes. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2010. xii, 279 pp. $23.95 (paper).

Krishna's Mandala: Bhagavata Religion and Beyond. By D. Dennis Hudson. Edited by John Stratton Hawley. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2010. 298 pp. $74.00 (cloth).

History, Culture and the Indian City. By Rajnarayan Chandavarkar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. 270 pp. $80.25 (cloth).

Anxieties of Empire and the Fiction of Intrigue. By Yumna Siddiqi. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008. 304 pp. $50.00 (cloth).

Language in South Asia. Edited by Braj B. Kachru, Yamuna Kachru, and S. N. Sridhar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. xxiv, 608 pp. $120.99 (cloth); $50.00 (paper).

Faithful Education: Madrassahs in South Asia. By Ali Riaz. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2008. 289 pp. $59.95 (cloth).

The Sikh Separatist Insurgency in India: Political Leadership and Ethnonationalist Movements. By Jugdep S. Chima. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2010. xix, 314 pp. $39.95 (cloth).

Play-House of Power: Theatre in Colonial India. Edited by Lata Singh. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2009. viii, 354 pp. $65.00. (cloth).

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