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Volume 56 - August 1997

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Book Reviews—South Asia

Indian Muslims Since Independence. By Omar Khalidi. New Delhi: Vikas, 1995. xii, 246 pp. Rs. 295 (cloth).
Usha Sanyal
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Indus Age: The Writing System. By Gregory L. Possehl. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996. xvi, 244 pp. $45.00 (cloth).
J. Mark Kenoyer
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26 March 2010, pp. 1139-1140
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The Sari: Styles, Patterns, History, Techniques. By Linda Lynton. Photographs by Sanjay K. Singh. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1995. 206 photographs. 208 pp. $49.95 (cloth).
Irene Joshi
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26 March 2010, pp. 532-533
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Social Change in Nineteenth Century Ceylon. By Patrick Peebles. New Delhi: Navrang, 1995. xi, 288 pp.
John D. Rogers
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26 March 2010, pp. 534-535
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Japan's Asia Policy: Regional Security and Global Interests. By Wolf Mendl. New York: Routledge, 1995. xiv, 228 pp. $65.00.
Tsuneo Akaha
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26 March 2010, pp. 797-798
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Incorporating Environmental Concerns into Power Sector Decision making: A Case Study of Sri Lanka. By Peter Meier and Mohan Munasinghe. World Bank Environment Paper Number 6. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, 1994. viii, 167 pp. $10.95 (paper).
Eric Strahorn
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26 March 2010, pp. 236-237
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Syllables of Sky: Studies in South Indian Civilization in Honour of Velcberu Narayana Rao. Edited by David Shulman. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1995. xii, 478 pp. $29.95 (cloth).
Peter L. Schmitthenner
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26 March 2010, pp. 535-537
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Indigenous Capital and Imperial Expansion: Bombay, Surat and the West Coast. By Lakshmi Subramanian. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1996. ix, 368 pp. $29.95 (cloth).
Douglas E. Haynes
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26 March 2010, pp. 1143-1144
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The New Cambridge History of India. Volume III. 4. Ideologies of the Raj. By Thomas R. Metcalf. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. xii, 244 pp. $44.95 (cloth).
Robert Eric Frykenberg
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26 March 2010, pp. 237-238
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Japan's Asia Policy: Regional Security and Global Interests. By Wolf Mendl. New York: Routledge, 1995. xiv, 228 pp. $65.00.
Tsuneo Akaha
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24 March 2024, pp. 797-798
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Myths, Saints and Legends in Medieval India. By Charlotte Vaudeville. Compiled and with an introduction by Vasudha Dalmia. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1996. 334 pp. $35.00 (cloth).
Sagaree Sengupta
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26 March 2010, pp. 1144-1146
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Upholding the Common Life: The Community of Mirabai. By Parita Mukta. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1994. xv, 269 pp. $24.00 (cloth).
Nancy M. Martin
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26 March 2010, pp. 239-240
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The Two-Headed Deer: Illustrations of the Rāmāyana in Orissa. By Joanna Williams. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. xxiv, 210 pp. 289 plates. $65.00 (cloth).
Janice Leoshko
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26 March 2010, pp. 537-538
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Partings at Dawn: An Anthology of Japanese Gay Literature. Edited by Stephen D. Miller. San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press, 1996. 351 pp. $19.95.
Joshua S. Mostow
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24 March 2024, pp. 798-799
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Volume 56 - August 1997

Book Reviews—South Asia

Indian Muslims Since Independence. By Omar Khalidi. New Delhi: Vikas, 1995. xii, 246 pp. Rs. 295 (cloth).

Indus Age: The Writing System. By Gregory L. Possehl. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996. xvi, 244 pp. $45.00 (cloth).

The Sari: Styles, Patterns, History, Techniques. By Linda Lynton. Photographs by Sanjay K. Singh. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1995. 206 photographs. 208 pp. $49.95 (cloth).

Book Review

The Impact of Traditional Thought on Present-Day Japan. Edited by Josef Kreiner. Munich: Iudicium-Verl, 1996. 236 pp.

Book Reviews—South Asia

Imperial Burdens: Countercolonialism in Former French India. By William F. S. Miles. Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner, 1995. xi, 201 pp. $45.00 (cloth).

India's Agony over Religion. By Gerald James Larson. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995. xiv, 393 pp. $59.50 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).

The White Buddhist: The Asian Odyssey of Henry Steel Olcott. By Stephen Prothero. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996. xiv, 242 pp. $35.00 (cloth).

Book Review

The Impact of Traditional Thought on Present-Day Japan. Edited by Josef Kreiner. Munich: Iudicium-Verl, 1996. 236 pp.

Book Reviews—South Asia

Devotional Islam and Politics in British India: Ahmad Riza Khan Barelwi and His Movement, 1870–1920. By Usha Sanyal. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1996. xxi, 365 pp. $35.00 (cloth).

Social Change in Nineteenth Century Ceylon. By Patrick Peebles. New Delhi: Navrang, 1995. xi, 288 pp.

Book Review

Japan's Asia Policy: Regional Security and Global Interests. By Wolf Mendl. New York: Routledge, 1995. xiv, 228 pp. $65.00.

Book Reviews—South Asia

Incorporating Environmental Concerns into Power Sector Decision making: A Case Study of Sri Lanka. By Peter Meier and Mohan Munasinghe. World Bank Environment Paper Number 6. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, 1994. viii, 167 pp. $10.95 (paper).

Syllables of Sky: Studies in South Indian Civilization in Honour of Velcberu Narayana Rao. Edited by David Shulman. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1995. xii, 478 pp. $29.95 (cloth).

Indigenous Capital and Imperial Expansion: Bombay, Surat and the West Coast. By Lakshmi Subramanian. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1996. ix, 368 pp. $29.95 (cloth).

The New Cambridge History of India. Volume III. 4. Ideologies of the Raj. By Thomas R. Metcalf. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. xii, 244 pp. $44.95 (cloth).

Book Review

Japan's Asia Policy: Regional Security and Global Interests. By Wolf Mendl. New York: Routledge, 1995. xiv, 228 pp. $65.00.

Book Reviews—South Asia

Myths, Saints and Legends in Medieval India. By Charlotte Vaudeville. Compiled and with an introduction by Vasudha Dalmia. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1996. 334 pp. $35.00 (cloth).

Upholding the Common Life: The Community of Mirabai. By Parita Mukta. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1994. xv, 269 pp. $24.00 (cloth).

The Two-Headed Deer: Illustrations of the Rāmāyana in Orissa. By Joanna Williams. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. xxiv, 210 pp. 289 plates. $65.00 (cloth).

Book Review

Partings at Dawn: An Anthology of Japanese Gay Literature. Edited by Stephen D. Miller. San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press, 1996. 351 pp. $19.95.

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