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Volume 44 - February 1985

Book Reviews—South Asia

Politics, Technology, and Bureaucracy in South Asia. Edited by Yogendra K. Malik. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1983. 140 pp. Tables, Index. f48.

District Administration and Rural Development: Policy Objectives and Administrative Change in Historical Perspective. By B. B. Misra. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1983. xiii, 431 pp. Notes, Select Bibliography, Index. Rs 150; $29.95.

Buddhist Cosmology (From Single World System to Pure Land: Science and Theology in the Images of Motion and Light). By Randy Kloetzli. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1983. xi, 195 pp. Bibliography, Index. Rs. 75. (Distributed by Asian Humanities Press, Berkeley, Calif.)

India: History and Thought (Essays in Honour of A. L. Basham). Edited by S. N. Mukherjee. Calcutta: Subarnarekha, 1982. xii, 331 pp. Tables, Glossary, Maps, Bibliography. Rs 180.

The Khilāfat Movement: Religious Symbolism and Political Mobilization in India. By Gail Minault. New York: Columbia University Press, 1982. x, 294 pp. Abbreviations, Notes, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. $25.

India's Search for Power: Indira Gandhi's Foreign Policy, 1966–1982. By Surjit Mansingh. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1984. xv, 405 pp. Appendixes, Name and Author Index, Country and Subject Index. N.p.

Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition: A Case Study of West Bengal. By E. Alan Morinis. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1984. x, 346 pp. Appendixes, Bibliography, Maps and Figures, Index. $34.95. (Available from Oxford University Press, New York.)

Elephanta: The Cave of Shiva. By Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty, George Michell, and Carmel Berkson. Photographs by Carmel Berkson. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1983. xvii, 48 pp. Bibliography. $35 (cloth); $18.50 (paper).

Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation. By T. J. Nossiter. Berkeley: University of California Press (for the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London), 1982. xv, 462 pp. Maps, Tables, Appendixes, Bibliography, Index. $35.

Dreams, Illusion, and Other Realities. By Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984. xvi, 361 pp. Plates, Appendixes, Notes, Bibliography, Index of Names and Terms, Subject Index. $25.

India's Quest for Technological Independence. Vol. 1: Policy Foundation and Policy Change. Vol. 2: The Results of Policy. By Baldev Raj Nayar. New Delhi: Lancers, 1983. Vol. 1: 560 pp.; Vol. 2: 550 pp. Tables, Bibliography, Index. Rs 350/set.

Anthropology in Pakistan: Recent Sociocultural and Archaeological Perspectives. Edited by Stephen Pastner and Louis Flam. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University, South Asia Program (Occasional Papers and Theses), 1982. 230 pp. Notes, Tables, References. N.p.

An Anthology of Modern Writing from Sri Lanka. Edited by Ranjini Obeyesekere and Chitra Fernando. (Association for Asian Studies Monograph, no. 38). Tucson, Ariz.: University of Arizona Press, 1981. xv, 307 pp. $12.95 (cloth); $6.50 (paper).

The Cult of the Goddess Pattini. By Gananath Obeyesekere. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984. xvii, 629 pp. Figures, References, Name Index, Subject Index, Plates. $42.50.

The Making of Colonial Lucknow, 1856–1877. By Veena Talwar Oldenburg. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1984. xxv, 287 pp. Bibliography, Index. $32.50.

Concepts of Person: Kinship, Caste, and Marriage in India. Edited by Ákos Östör, Lina Fruzzetti, and Steve Barnett. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982. xv, 271 pp. Figures, Tables, References, Index. $35.

The Karmic Theatre: Self, Society, and Astrology in Jaffna. By R. S. Perinbanayagam. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1982. xi, 190 pp. Notes, References, Index. $22.50.

The United States and India: The Dimensions of Influence. By Norman D. Palmer. New York: Praeger, 1984. xiv, 302 pp. Select Bibliography, Index. N.p.

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Book Reviews—South Asia