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Comments on Victor Lieberman, Strange Parallels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2011

Victor H. Mair
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When volume 2 of Victor Lieberman's magnum opus first came out a couple of years ago, several colleagues specializing in Southeast Asian Studies called it to my attention and suggested that I read it. They told me that it made use of my ideas (which rather surprised me, since I am in East Asian Studies) and said that I would like it. I certainly found the title intriguing, but never had a chance to read it until being asked to join this roundtable. Now that I have read the book, I find it tremendously invigorating and thought-provoking, so I am all the more grateful for the opportunity afforded by my participation in this roundtable to become acquainted with Lieberman's masterwork.

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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 70 , Issue 4 , November 2011 , pp. 979 - 982
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Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2011

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