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Volume 70 - Issue 1 - February 2011

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Book Reviews—China

The Landscape of Words: Stone Inscriptions from Early and Medieval China. By Robert E. HarristJr. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008. xxvii, 397 pp. $60.00 (cloth).
Stanley K. Abe
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23 February 2011, pp. 196-198
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Rising China and Its Postmodern Fate: Memories of Empire in a New Global Context. By Charles Horner. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2009. xiv, 224 pp. $34.95 (cloth).
Roger Des Forges
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23 February 2011, pp. 198-200
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Sojourners in a Strange Land: Jesuits and Their Scientific Missions in Late Imperial China. By Florence Hsia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. xv, 273. $45.00 (cloth).
Eugenio Menegon
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23 February 2011, pp. 200-201
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China from the Inside Out: Fitting the People's Republic into the World. By Ronald C. Keith. London: Pluto Press, 2009. xv, 192 pp. $80.00 (cloth); $29.95 (paper).
David Chandler
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23 February 2011, pp. 202-203
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The Age of Confucian Rule: The Song Transformation of China. By Dieter Kuhn. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009. 368 pp. $36.50 (cloth).
John W. Chaffee
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23 February 2011, pp. 203-205
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Revolution of the Heart: A Genealogy of Love in China, 1900–1950. By Haiyan Lee. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2007. xii, 364 pp. $35.00 (cloth); $27.95 (paper).
Alexander Des Forges
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23 February 2011, pp. 205-207
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Leprosy in China: A History. By Angela Ki Che Leung. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. xi, 373 pp. $55.00 (cloth).
Carol Benedict
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23 February 2011, pp. 207-208
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Redeemed by Fire: The Rise of Popular Christianity in Modern China. By Lian Xi. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2010. xi, 333 pp. $45.00 (cloth).
Richard Madsen
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23 February 2011, pp. 209-210
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Competing Chinese Political Visions: Hong Kong vs. Beijing on Democracy. By Sonny Shui-hing Lo. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Praeger, 2010. xii, 294 pp. $59.95 (cloth).
James D. Seymour
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23 February 2011, pp. 211-212
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China, Cambodia, and the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. By Sophie Richardson. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. 344 pp. $50.00 (cloth).
Andrew Mertha
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23 February 2011, pp. 212-214
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Cities Surround the Countryside: Urban Aesthetics in Postsocialist China. By Robin Visser. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2010. xxii, 362 pp. $89.95 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).
Andrew Jones
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23 February 2011, pp. 214-216
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China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know. By Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. xxii, 164 pp. $74.00 (cloth); $16.95 (paper).
Barrett L. McCormick
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23 February 2011, pp. 216-218
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Monks, Bandits, Lovers, and Immortals: Eleven Early Chinese Plays. Edited and translated by Stephen H. West and Wilt L. Idema. Indianapolis, Ind.: Hackett, 2010. xlii, 478 pp. $48.00 (cloth); $16.95 (paper).
Kimberly Besio
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23 February 2011, pp. 218-219
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The Individualization of Chinese Society By Yunxiang Yan. New York: Berg, 2009. xl, 304 pp. $79.96 (cloth); $34.95 (paper).
Jørgen Delman
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23 February 2011, pp. 219-221
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China's Peaceful Rise in a Global Context: A Domestic Aspect of China's Map to Democratization. By Jinghao Zhou. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2010. 217 pp. $65.00 (cloth).
Edward Friedman
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23 February 2011, pp. 221-223
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Book Reviews—Inner Asia

Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire. Edited by William W. Fitzhugh, Morris Rossabi, and William Honeychurch. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Perpetua Press, 2009. 317 pp. $40.00 (paper).
Peter Jackson
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23 February 2011, pp. 223-225
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Esoteric Buddhism at Dunhuang: Rites and Teachings for This Life and Beyond. Edited by Matthew T. Kapstein and Sam van Schaik. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2010. 300 pp. $147.00 (cloth).
Joe McClellan
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23 February 2011, pp. 225-227
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Dictionary of Sonom Gara's Erdeni-yin Sang: A Middle Mongol Version of the Tibetan Sa skya legs bshad [Mongol–English–Tibetan] By György Kara. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2009. xlii, 337 pp. $179.00 (cloth).
Paul D. Buell
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23 February 2011, pp. 227-228
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Empire's Twilight: Northeast Asia under the Mongols. By David M. Robinson. Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series 68. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Asia Center, 2009. xiv, 439 pp. $49.50 (cloth).
Timothy May
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23 February 2011, pp. 229-230
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One Hundred Thousand Moons: An Advanced Political History of Tibet. By Tsepon Wangchuk Deden Shakabpa. Translated and annotated by Derek F. Maher. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2010. Vol. 1, xlviii, 574 pp.; vol. 2, viii, 612 pp. $398.00 (cloth).
Françoise Pommaret
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23 February 2011, pp. 230-233
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Book Reviews—China

The Landscape of Words: Stone Inscriptions from Early and Medieval China. By Robert E. HarristJr. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008. xxvii, 397 pp. $60.00 (cloth).

Rising China and Its Postmodern Fate: Memories of Empire in a New Global Context. By Charles Horner. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2009. xiv, 224 pp. $34.95 (cloth).

Sojourners in a Strange Land: Jesuits and Their Scientific Missions in Late Imperial China. By Florence Hsia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. xv, 273. $45.00 (cloth).

China from the Inside Out: Fitting the People's Republic into the World. By Ronald C. Keith. London: Pluto Press, 2009. xv, 192 pp. $80.00 (cloth); $29.95 (paper).

The Age of Confucian Rule: The Song Transformation of China. By Dieter Kuhn. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009. 368 pp. $36.50 (cloth).

Revolution of the Heart: A Genealogy of Love in China, 1900–1950. By Haiyan Lee. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2007. xii, 364 pp. $35.00 (cloth); $27.95 (paper).

Leprosy in China: A History. By Angela Ki Che Leung. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. xi, 373 pp. $55.00 (cloth).

Redeemed by Fire: The Rise of Popular Christianity in Modern China. By Lian Xi. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2010. xi, 333 pp. $45.00 (cloth).

Competing Chinese Political Visions: Hong Kong vs. Beijing on Democracy. By Sonny Shui-hing Lo. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Praeger, 2010. xii, 294 pp. $59.95 (cloth).

China, Cambodia, and the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. By Sophie Richardson. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. 344 pp. $50.00 (cloth).

Cities Surround the Countryside: Urban Aesthetics in Postsocialist China. By Robin Visser. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2010. xxii, 362 pp. $89.95 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).

China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know. By Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. xxii, 164 pp. $74.00 (cloth); $16.95 (paper).

Monks, Bandits, Lovers, and Immortals: Eleven Early Chinese Plays. Edited and translated by Stephen H. West and Wilt L. Idema. Indianapolis, Ind.: Hackett, 2010. xlii, 478 pp. $48.00 (cloth); $16.95 (paper).

The Individualization of Chinese Society By Yunxiang Yan. New York: Berg, 2009. xl, 304 pp. $79.96 (cloth); $34.95 (paper).

China's Peaceful Rise in a Global Context: A Domestic Aspect of China's Map to Democratization. By Jinghao Zhou. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2010. 217 pp. $65.00 (cloth).

Book Reviews—Inner Asia

Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire. Edited by William W. Fitzhugh, Morris Rossabi, and William Honeychurch. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Perpetua Press, 2009. 317 pp. $40.00 (paper).

Esoteric Buddhism at Dunhuang: Rites and Teachings for This Life and Beyond. Edited by Matthew T. Kapstein and Sam van Schaik. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2010. 300 pp. $147.00 (cloth).

Dictionary of Sonom Gara's Erdeni-yin Sang: A Middle Mongol Version of the Tibetan Sa skya legs bshad [Mongol–English–Tibetan] By György Kara. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2009. xlii, 337 pp. $179.00 (cloth).

Empire's Twilight: Northeast Asia under the Mongols. By David M. Robinson. Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series 68. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Asia Center, 2009. xiv, 439 pp. $49.50 (cloth).

One Hundred Thousand Moons: An Advanced Political History of Tibet. By Tsepon Wangchuk Deden Shakabpa. Translated and annotated by Derek F. Maher. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2010. Vol. 1, xlviii, 574 pp.; vol. 2, viii, 612 pp. $398.00 (cloth).

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