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Volume 64 - May 2005

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Book Reviews—South Asia

In the Time of Trees and Sorrows: Nature, Power, and Memory in Rajasthan. By Ann Grodzins Gold and Bhoju Ram Gujar.Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2002. xxv, 403 pp. $69.95 (cloth); $23.95 (paper).
Nandini Sundar
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02 March 2007, pp. 496-497
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The Artists of Nathadwara: The Practice of Painting in Rajasthan. By Tryna Lyons. Ahmedabad: Mapin; Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004. 360 pp. $60.00 (cloth).
Sigrid Burton
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02 March 2007, pp. 781-783
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Gandhi in His Time and Ours: The Global Legacy of His Ideas. By David Hardiman. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. xiii, 338 pp. $32.50 (cloth).
Stephen P. Blake
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02 March 2007, pp. 225-226
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Courtly Culture and Political Life in Early Medieval India. By Daud Ali. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. xx, 296 pp. $75.00 (cloth).
Michael Linderman
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02 March 2007, pp. 1051-1053
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Reconstructing the World: B. R. Ambedkar and Buddhism in India. Edited By Surendra Jondhale Johannes Beltz. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2004. viii, 316 pp. Rs 995 (cloth).
Owen M. Lynch
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02 March 2007, pp. 497-499
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Purdah: An Anthology. Edited by Eunice De De Souza. New Delhi and New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. xxxi, 552 Rs 955 (cloth).
Judith E. Walsh
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02 March 2007, pp. 1053-1054
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The Indian Ocean in World History. By Milo Kearney. New York: Routlege, 2004. ix, 188 pp. $70.00 (cloth).
Kenneth McPherson
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02 March 2007, pp. 226-228
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The Sanskrit Hero: Karn.a in Epic Mahabharata. By Kevin McGrath. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2004. xii, 260 pp. $87.00 (cloth).
Aditya Adarkar
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02 March 2007, pp. 783-785
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Stitches on Time: Colonial Textures and Postcolonial Tangles. By Saurabh Dube. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2004. xv, 259 pp. $23.95 (paper).
Ajay Skaria
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02 March 2007, pp. 1054-1055
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Hindu Law: Beyond Tradition and Modernity. By Werner F. Menski. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2003. xxii, 648 pp. Rs 1595/$65.00 (cloth).
Enrica Garzilli
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02 March 2007, pp. 785-787
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The History of History: Politics and Scholarship in Modern India. By Vinay Lal. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2003. xi, 309 pp. Rs 1040 (cloth).
David Hardiman
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02 March 2007, pp. 228-229
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Against History, Against State: Counterperspectives from the Margins. By Shail Mayaram. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. xxii, 316 pp. $62.50 (cloth).
Jason Freitag
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02 March 2007, pp. 499-500
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Dowry Murder: The Imperial Origins of a Cultural Crime. By Veena Talwar Oldenburg. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. xv, 261 pp. $20.00 (paper).
Nancy Auer Falk
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02 March 2007, pp. 500-502
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Three Statesmen: Gokhale, Gandhi, and Nehru. By B. R. Nanda. New Delhi and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. 1168. Rs 1050 (cloth).
Walter Hauser
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02 March 2007, pp. 230-232
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The Lost Land of Lemuria: Fabulous Geographies, Catastrophic Histories. By Sumathi Ramaswamy. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2004. xvii, 334 pp. $60.00 (cloth).
Kristin Bloomer
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02 March 2007, pp. 787-789
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Civil Society and Democracy: A Reader. Edited by Carolyn M. Elliott. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2003. xi, 508 pp. $45.00 (cloth).
Jivanta Schōttli
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02 March 2007, pp. 1056-1057
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The Oxford India Premchand. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2004. 1000 pp. Rs 750 (cloth).
Daisy Rockwell
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02 March 2007, pp. 232-234
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The Four Hundred Songs of War and Wisdom: An Anthology of Poems from Classical Tamil; The Puranānāru. Translated and edited by George L. Hart and Hank Heifetz. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. xxxvii, 397 pp. $39.50 (cloth).
Martha Ann Selby
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02 March 2007, pp. 1057-1059
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Regional Modernities: The Cultural Politics of Development in India. Edited By K. Sivaramakrishnan and Arun Agrawal. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press; London: Eurospan 2003. 427 pp. $24.95 (paper).
Maxine Weisgrau
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02 March 2007, pp. 502-503
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The Indian Princes and Their States. By Barbara N. Ramusack. The New Cambridge History of India, vol. 3, bk. 6. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. xiv, 309 pp. $65.00 (cloth).
Edward S. Haynes
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02 March 2007, pp. 789-790
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Volume 64 - May 2005

Book Reviews—South Asia

In the Time of Trees and Sorrows: Nature, Power, and Memory in Rajasthan. By Ann Grodzins Gold and Bhoju Ram Gujar.Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2002. xxv, 403 pp. $69.95 (cloth); $23.95 (paper).

The Artists of Nathadwara: The Practice of Painting in Rajasthan. By Tryna Lyons. Ahmedabad: Mapin; Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004. 360 pp. $60.00 (cloth).

Gandhi in His Time and Ours: The Global Legacy of His Ideas. By David Hardiman. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. xiii, 338 pp. $32.50 (cloth).

Courtly Culture and Political Life in Early Medieval India. By Daud Ali. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. xx, 296 pp. $75.00 (cloth).

Reconstructing the World: B. R. Ambedkar and Buddhism in India. Edited By Surendra Jondhale Johannes Beltz. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2004. viii, 316 pp. Rs 995 (cloth).

Purdah: An Anthology. Edited by Eunice De De Souza. New Delhi and New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. xxxi, 552 Rs 955 (cloth).

The Indian Ocean in World History. By Milo Kearney. New York: Routlege, 2004. ix, 188 pp. $70.00 (cloth).

The Sanskrit Hero: Karn.a in Epic Mahabharata. By Kevin McGrath. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2004. xii, 260 pp. $87.00 (cloth).

Stitches on Time: Colonial Textures and Postcolonial Tangles. By Saurabh Dube. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2004. xv, 259 pp. $23.95 (paper).

Hindu Law: Beyond Tradition and Modernity. By Werner F. Menski. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2003. xxii, 648 pp. Rs 1595/$65.00 (cloth).

The History of History: Politics and Scholarship in Modern India. By Vinay Lal. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2003. xi, 309 pp. Rs 1040 (cloth).

Against History, Against State: Counterperspectives from the Margins. By Shail Mayaram. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. xxii, 316 pp. $62.50 (cloth).

Dowry Murder: The Imperial Origins of a Cultural Crime. By Veena Talwar Oldenburg. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. xv, 261 pp. $20.00 (paper).

Three Statesmen: Gokhale, Gandhi, and Nehru. By B. R. Nanda. New Delhi and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. 1168. Rs 1050 (cloth).

The Lost Land of Lemuria: Fabulous Geographies, Catastrophic Histories. By Sumathi Ramaswamy. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2004. xvii, 334 pp. $60.00 (cloth).

Civil Society and Democracy: A Reader. Edited by Carolyn M. Elliott. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2003. xi, 508 pp. $45.00 (cloth).

The Oxford India Premchand. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2004. 1000 pp. Rs 750 (cloth).

The Four Hundred Songs of War and Wisdom: An Anthology of Poems from Classical Tamil; The Puranānāru. Translated and edited by George L. Hart and Hank Heifetz. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. xxxvii, 397 pp. $39.50 (cloth).

Regional Modernities: The Cultural Politics of Development in India. Edited By K. Sivaramakrishnan and Arun Agrawal. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press; London: Eurospan 2003. 427 pp. $24.95 (paper).

The Indian Princes and Their States. By Barbara N. Ramusack. The New Cambridge History of India, vol. 3, bk. 6. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. xiv, 309 pp. $65.00 (cloth).

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