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Volume 49 - November 1990

Book Reviews—Asia General

The Revival of Values Education in Asia and the West. Edited by William K. Cummings, S. Gopinathan, and Yasumasa Tomoda. Comparative and International Education Series 7. New York: Pergamon Press, 1988. viii, 183 pp. $39.95 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).

Urbanism, Colonialism, and the World-Economy. Cultural and Spatial Foundations of the World Urban System. By Anthony D. King. London and New York: Routledge, 1990. xii, 185 pp. $49.95

Death by Migration: Europe's Encounter with the Tropical World in the Nineteenth Century. By Philip D. Curtin. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1989.

Governments and Markets in Economic Development Strategies: Lessons from Korea, Taiwan and Japan. By M. Shahid Alam. New York: Praeger, 1989. x, 189 pp. $39.95.

Scientific Development and Higher Education: The Case of Newly Industrializing Nations. Edited by Philip G. Altbach et al. New York: Praeger, 1989. xx, 385 pp.

Science and Technology: Lessons for Development Policy. Edited by Robert E. Evenson and Gustav Ranis. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1990. xiv, 391 pp. $35.00 (paper).

Visible Speech: The Diverse Oneness of Writing Systems. By John DeFrancis. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1989. xiv, 306 pp. $27.50.

Money and The Morality of Exchange. Edited by Jonathan Parry and Maurice Bloch. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. viii, 276 pp.

Economic Reforms in the Socialist World. Edited by Stanislaw Gomulka, Yong-Chool Ha, and Cae-One Kim. Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 1989. x, 244 pp.

New Technology and Rural Development: The Social Impact. Edited by M. J. Campbell. London: Routledge, 1990. x, 513 pp.

Philosophy in World Perspective: A Comparative Hermeneutic of the Major Theories. By David A. Dilworth. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989. viii, 232 pp. $26.50.

Buddhist Art of East Asia. By Dietrich Seckel. Translated by Ulrich Mammitsch. Bellingham: Western Washington University, 1989. viii, 411 pp. $40.00.

The Oriental, the Ancient, and the Primitive: Systems of Marriage and the Family in the Pre-industrial Societies of Eurasia. By Jack Goody. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. xix 542 pp. $49.50 (cloth) $14.95 (paper).

Global Adjustment and the Future of Asian-Pacific Economy. Edited by Miyohei Shinohara and Fu-chen Lo. Tokyo: Maruzen Co., Ltd., 1989. 606 pp. Hardcover, $80 (sea mail), $104 (air mail)

The Asian Dilemma in U.S. Foreign Policy: National Interest vs. Strategic Planning. By K. Holly Maze Carter. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1989. xxiv, 247 pp.

Monks and Magicians: Religious Biographies in Asia. Edited by Phyllis Granoff and Koichi Shinohara. New York: Mosaic Press, 1988. 274 pp. $29.95 (cloth); $14.95 (paper).

Book Reviews—China and Inner Asia

Land Without Ghosts: Chinese Impressions of America from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to the Present. Translated and edited by R. David Arkush and Leo O. Lee. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1989. xvii, 309 pp. $25.

Book Reviews—Asia General

Rethinking Scripture: Essays from a Comparative Perspective. Edited by Miriam Levering. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989. x, 276 pp. $44.50 (cloth); $14.95 (paper).

Urbanization in Asia: Spatial Dimensions and Policy Issues. Edited by Frank J. Costa, Ashok K. Dutt, Laurence J. C. Ma, and Allen G. Noble. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1989. x, 412 pp. $44.00.

The Asian Way to Peace: A Story of Regional Cooperation. By Michael Haas. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1989. xxxii, 304 pp. $49.95.

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Book Reviews—Asia General

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