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Volume 55 - Issue 1 - February 1992

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Bret Hinsch: Passions of the cut sleeve: the male homosexual tradition in China. xvii, 232 pp. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 1990. $22.50.
Frank DikÖtter
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Ulrich Stackmann: Die Geschichte der chinesischen Bibliothek Tian Yi Ge vom 16. Jahrhundert bis in die Gegenwart. (Münchener Ostasiatische Studien, Bd. 54.) [iv], 226 pp. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1990. DM 58.
Oliver Moore
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05 February 2009, pp. 171-172
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James Reardon-Anderson: The study of change: chemistry in China 1840–1949. xix, 444 pp. Cambridge, etc.: Cambridge University Press, 1991. £45, $59.50.
David Wright
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05 February 2009, pp. 172-174
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Paul Bailey: Reform the people: changing attitudes towards popular education in early 20th century China. x, 296 pp. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1990. £30.
Frank Dikötter
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Peter Jackson with David Morgan (ed.): The Mission of Friar William of Rubruck: his journey to the Great Khan Möngke. (Hakluyt Society, Second Series. Vol. 173.) xvi, 312 pp. London: Hakluyt Society, 1990. £25.
J. R. S. Phillips
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05 February 2009, pp. 174-175
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Carter J. Eckert and four others: Korea old and new: a history. ix, 454 pp. Seoul: Ilchokak Publishers for Korea Institute, Harvard University, 1990. $15.
Martina Deuchler
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05 February 2009, pp. 175-176
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Hermann Lautensach: Korea: a geography based on the author’s travels and literature. Translated by Eckart and Katherine Dege. xvii, 598 pp. Berlin: Springer- Verlag, 1988.
Keith Howard
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05 February 2009, p. 176
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Michael E. Robinson: Cultural nationalism in colonial Korea, 1920–1925. 217 pp. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1988. £16.
Keith Howard
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Edward Kamens: The Buddhist poetry of the Greak Kamo priestess: Daisaiin Senshi and Hosshin wakashū. xi, 170 pp. Ann Arbor: Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan, 1990.
Noel Pinnington
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05 February 2009, pp. 178-179
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R. L. Sims: A political history of modem Japan 1868–1952. (The Afro-Asian Nations. History and Culture.) xiii, 358 pp. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House, 1991.
Stephen S. Large
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05 February 2009, pp. 179-180
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Tokutomi Sohō: The future Japan. Translated and edited by Vinh Sinh, with co-editors Matsuzawa Hiroaki and Nicholas Wickenden. xxxviii, 222 pp. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1989. C$24.95.
Sarah F. Metzger-Court
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05 February 2009, pp. 180-181
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Nicole Revel (ed.): Le riz en Asie du Sud-Est: Atlas du vocabulaire de la plante. Articles; Vocabulaire; Cartes (in 3 volumes). 310 pp.; 311–370 pp.; 78 [loose] maps. Paris: Editions de l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, 1988. Fr. 550 the set.
Ian C. Glover
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05 February 2009, pp. 181-182
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Grant Evans: Lao peasants under socialism, xv, 268 pp. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1990. $35 (paper $25).
R. H. Taylor
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05 February 2009, p. 182
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Suehiro Akira: Capital accumulation in Thailand 1855–1985. xvii, 427 pp. Tokyo: Centre for East Asian Cultural Studies, 1989. $34.66. - Kevin Hewison: Bankers and bureaucrats: capital and the role of the state in Thailand. (Yale University Southeast Asia Studies Monograph Series, 34.) xv, 320 pp. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Center for International and Area Studies, [1989].
Ian Brown
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05 February 2009, pp. 182-183
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U Maung Maung: Burmese nationalist movements 1940–1948. xvii, 395 pp. Edinburgh: Kiscadale; Bangkok: White Lotus, 1989 [pub. 1990]. £36 (paper £15.50).
R. H. Taylor
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05 February 2009, pp. 183-184
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Unni Wikan: Managing turbulent hearts: a Balinese formula for living. xxvi, 343 pp., 16 plates. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1991. $63, £43.95 (paper $22.95, £15.95).
Felicia Hughes-Freeland
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05 February 2009, pp. 184-185
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Charles Macdonald: Sinsin: le théâtre des génies, le cycle rituel féminin de Punang-Iräräj, Palawan, Philippines. 202 pp. Paris: Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. 1991. Fr. 190.
R.H. Barnes
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05 February 2009, pp. 185-186
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Robert Harms: Games against nature: an eco-cultural history of the Nunu of Equatorial Africa. (Studies in Environment and History.) xi276 pp. Cambridge, etc.: Cambridge University Press, [1988].£30 ($42.50).
Philip Burnham
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05 February 2009, pp. 186-187
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Bawuro M. Barkindo: The Sultanate of Mandara to 1902. (Studien zur Kulturkunde, 91.) 292 pp. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH. 1989. DM 74.
A. H. M. Kirk-Greene
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05 February 2009, pp. 187-188
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David C. Conrad (ed.): A state of intrigue: the epic of Bamana Segu according toTayiru Banbera. (Union Académique Internationale. Fontes Historiae Africanae. Serie varia, vi.) x, 360 pp. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, 1990. £27.50.
Elizabeth Tonkin
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05 February 2009, pp. 188-189
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Bret Hinsch: Passions of the cut sleeve: the male homosexual tradition in China. xvii, 232 pp. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 1990. $22.50.

Ulrich Stackmann: Die Geschichte der chinesischen Bibliothek Tian Yi Ge vom 16. Jahrhundert bis in die Gegenwart. (Münchener Ostasiatische Studien, Bd. 54.) [iv], 226 pp. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1990. DM 58.

James Reardon-Anderson: The study of change: chemistry in China 1840–1949. xix, 444 pp. Cambridge, etc.: Cambridge University Press, 1991. £45, $59.50.

Paul Bailey: Reform the people: changing attitudes towards popular education in early 20th century China. x, 296 pp. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1990. £30.

Peter Jackson with David Morgan (ed.): The Mission of Friar William of Rubruck: his journey to the Great Khan Möngke. (Hakluyt Society, Second Series. Vol. 173.) xvi, 312 pp. London: Hakluyt Society, 1990. £25.

Carter J. Eckert and four others: Korea old and new: a history. ix, 454 pp. Seoul: Ilchokak Publishers for Korea Institute, Harvard University, 1990. $15.

Hermann Lautensach: Korea: a geography based on the author’s travels and literature. Translated by Eckart and Katherine Dege. xvii, 598 pp. Berlin: Springer- Verlag, 1988.

Michael E. Robinson: Cultural nationalism in colonial Korea, 1920–1925. 217 pp. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1988. £16.

Edward Kamens: The Buddhist poetry of the Greak Kamo priestess: Daisaiin Senshi and Hosshin wakashū. xi, 170 pp. Ann Arbor: Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan, 1990.

R. L. Sims: A political history of modem Japan 1868–1952. (The Afro-Asian Nations. History and Culture.) xiii, 358 pp. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House, 1991.

Tokutomi Sohō: The future Japan. Translated and edited by Vinh Sinh, with co-editors Matsuzawa Hiroaki and Nicholas Wickenden. xxxviii, 222 pp. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1989. C$24.95.

Nicole Revel (ed.): Le riz en Asie du Sud-Est: Atlas du vocabulaire de la plante. Articles; Vocabulaire; Cartes (in 3 volumes). 310 pp.; 311–370 pp.; 78 [loose] maps. Paris: Editions de l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, 1988. Fr. 550 the set.

Grant Evans: Lao peasants under socialism, xv, 268 pp. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1990. $35 (paper $25).

U Maung Maung: Burmese nationalist movements 1940–1948. xvii, 395 pp. Edinburgh: Kiscadale; Bangkok: White Lotus, 1989 [pub. 1990]. £36 (paper £15.50).

Unni Wikan: Managing turbulent hearts: a Balinese formula for living. xxvi, 343 pp., 16 plates. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1991. $63, £43.95 (paper $22.95, £15.95).

Charles Macdonald: Sinsin: le théâtre des génies, le cycle rituel féminin de Punang-Iräräj, Palawan, Philippines. 202 pp. Paris: Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. 1991. Fr. 190.

Robert Harms: Games against nature: an eco-cultural history of the Nunu of Equatorial Africa. (Studies in Environment and History.) xi276 pp. Cambridge, etc.: Cambridge University Press, [1988].£30 ($42.50).

Bawuro M. Barkindo: The Sultanate of Mandara to 1902. (Studien zur Kulturkunde, 91.) 292 pp. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH. 1989. DM 74.

David C. Conrad (ed.): A state of intrigue: the epic of Bamana Segu according toTayiru Banbera. (Union Académique Internationale. Fontes Historiae Africanae. Serie varia, vi.) x, 360 pp. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, 1990. £27.50.

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