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Volume 70 - Issue 2 - May 2011

The Journal of Asian Studies Volume 70 - Issue 2 -

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Book Reviews—China

Celebrity in China. Edited by Louise Edwards and Elaine Jeffreys. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2010. xi, 286 pp. $25.00 (paper).
Gary D. Rawnsley
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24 June 2011, pp. 521-522
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A Cultural History of Modern Science in China. By Benjamin A. Elman. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006. xiv, 226 pp. $40.50 (cloth); $17.50 (paper).
Bridie Andrews Minehan
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24 June 2011, pp. 522-524
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Patriotic Professionalism in Urban China: Fostering Talent. By Lisa M. Hoffman. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2010. 206 pp. $69.50 (cloth); $25.95 (paper).
Xueguang Zhou
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24 June 2011, pp. 524-526
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Inseparable Separation: The Making of China's Taiwan Policy. By Jing Huang with Xiaoting Li. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2010. x, 452 pp. $96.00 (cloth).
Murray A. Rubinstein
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24 June 2011, pp. 526-528
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Empresses, Art, and Agency in Song Dynasty China. By Hui-shu Lee. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 2010. xi, 331 pp. $65.00 (cloth).
Lara C. W. Blanchard
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24 June 2011, pp. 528-529
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Taiwan's Politics in the 21st Century: Changes and Challenges. Edited by Wei-Chin Lee. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2010. ix, 294 pp. $74.00 (cloth).
Murray A. Rubinstein
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24 June 2011, pp. 530-531
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Pioneer Chinese Christian Women: Gender, Christianity, and Social Mobility. Edited by Jessie G. Lutz. Bethlehem, PA: Lehigh University Press, 2010. 444 pp. $85.00 (cloth).
Daniel H. Bays
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24 June 2011, pp. 531-533
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The Huainanzi: Liu An, King of Huainan: A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Government in Early Han China. Translated and edited by John S. Major, Sarah A. Queen, Andrew Seth Meyer, and Harold D. Roth. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. ix–xi, 988 pp. $75.00 (cloth).
Michael Nylan
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24 June 2011, pp. 533-534
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The Divine Nature of Power: Chinese Ritual Architecture at the Sacred Site of Jinci. By Tracy G. Miller. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2007. xx, 265 pp. $45.00 (cloth).
Julia K. Murray
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24 June 2011, pp. 535-536
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Buddhism and Taoism Face to Face: Scripture, Ritual, and Iconographic Exchange in Medieval China. By Christine Mollier. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2008. xi, 241 pp. $55.00 (cloth); $22.00 (paper).
Alain Arrault
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24 June 2011, pp. 536-539
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Superstitious Regimes: Religion and the Politics of Chinese Modernity. By Rebecca Nedostup. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2010. xiv, 459 pp. $45.00 (cloth).
David Ownby
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24 June 2011, pp. 539-541
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Mobility and Cultural Authority in Contemporary China. By Pál Nyíri. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 2010. 224 pp. $60.00 (cloth); $25.00 (paper).
Arianne M. Gaetano
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24 June 2011, pp. 541-543
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The Chinese in Mexico, 1882–1940. By Robert Chao Romero. Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press, 2010. xvi, 256 pp. $50.00 (cloth).
Julia María Schiavone Camacho
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24 June 2011, pp. 543-545
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China's Last Empire: The Great Qing. By William T. Rowe. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009. 360 pp. $35.00 (cloth).
Antonia Finnane
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24 June 2011, pp. 545-547
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Crafting a Collection: The Cultural Contexts and Poetic Practice of the Huajian ji (Collection from Among the Flowers). By Anna M. Shields. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2006. xv, 398 pp. $49.95 (cloth).
Christopher Byrne
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24 June 2011, pp. 547-548
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The Power of the Internet in China: Citizen Activism Online. By Guobin Yang. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. 302 pp. $29.50 (cloth); $19.50 (paper).
Junhao Hong, Xuying Wang
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24 June 2011, pp. 549-550
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In Search of Paradise: Middle-Class Living in a Chinese Metropolis. By Li Zhang. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2010. 272 pp. $79.95 (cloth); $23.95 (paper).
Seio Nakajima
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24 June 2011, pp. 550-552
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Cinema, Space, and Polylocality in a Globalizing China. By Yingjin Zhang. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2010. vii–xi, 259 pp. $26.00 (paper).
Yi Zheng
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24 June 2011, pp. 553-554
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Claiming Diaspora: Music, Transnationalism, and Cultural Politics in Asian/Chinese America. By Su Zheng. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. xxiii, 422 pp. $65.00 (cloth).
Dusanka Miscevic, Peter Kwong
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24 June 2011, pp. 555-556
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Book Reviews—Inner Asia

The Old Tibetan Annals: An Annotated Translation of Tibet's First History. By Brandon Dotson. With an Annotated Cartographical Documentation by Guntram Hazod. Wien: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2009. vi, 319 pp. $112.00 (cloth).
Tsuguhito Takeuchi
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24 June 2011, pp. 557-558
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Book Reviews—China

Celebrity in China. Edited by Louise Edwards and Elaine Jeffreys. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2010. xi, 286 pp. $25.00 (paper).

A Cultural History of Modern Science in China. By Benjamin A. Elman. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006. xiv, 226 pp. $40.50 (cloth); $17.50 (paper).

Patriotic Professionalism in Urban China: Fostering Talent. By Lisa M. Hoffman. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2010. 206 pp. $69.50 (cloth); $25.95 (paper).

Inseparable Separation: The Making of China's Taiwan Policy. By Jing Huang with Xiaoting Li. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2010. x, 452 pp. $96.00 (cloth).

Empresses, Art, and Agency in Song Dynasty China. By Hui-shu Lee. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 2010. xi, 331 pp. $65.00 (cloth).

Taiwan's Politics in the 21st Century: Changes and Challenges. Edited by Wei-Chin Lee. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2010. ix, 294 pp. $74.00 (cloth).

Pioneer Chinese Christian Women: Gender, Christianity, and Social Mobility. Edited by Jessie G. Lutz. Bethlehem, PA: Lehigh University Press, 2010. 444 pp. $85.00 (cloth).

The Huainanzi: Liu An, King of Huainan: A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Government in Early Han China. Translated and edited by John S. Major, Sarah A. Queen, Andrew Seth Meyer, and Harold D. Roth. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. ix–xi, 988 pp. $75.00 (cloth).

The Divine Nature of Power: Chinese Ritual Architecture at the Sacred Site of Jinci. By Tracy G. Miller. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2007. xx, 265 pp. $45.00 (cloth).

Buddhism and Taoism Face to Face: Scripture, Ritual, and Iconographic Exchange in Medieval China. By Christine Mollier. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2008. xi, 241 pp. $55.00 (cloth); $22.00 (paper).

Superstitious Regimes: Religion and the Politics of Chinese Modernity. By Rebecca Nedostup. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2010. xiv, 459 pp. $45.00 (cloth).

Mobility and Cultural Authority in Contemporary China. By Pál Nyíri. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 2010. 224 pp. $60.00 (cloth); $25.00 (paper).

The Chinese in Mexico, 1882–1940. By Robert Chao Romero. Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press, 2010. xvi, 256 pp. $50.00 (cloth).

China's Last Empire: The Great Qing. By William T. Rowe. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009. 360 pp. $35.00 (cloth).

Crafting a Collection: The Cultural Contexts and Poetic Practice of the Huajian ji (Collection from Among the Flowers). By Anna M. Shields. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2006. xv, 398 pp. $49.95 (cloth).

The Power of the Internet in China: Citizen Activism Online. By Guobin Yang. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. 302 pp. $29.50 (cloth); $19.50 (paper).

In Search of Paradise: Middle-Class Living in a Chinese Metropolis. By Li Zhang. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2010. 272 pp. $79.95 (cloth); $23.95 (paper).

Cinema, Space, and Polylocality in a Globalizing China. By Yingjin Zhang. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2010. vii–xi, 259 pp. $26.00 (paper).

Claiming Diaspora: Music, Transnationalism, and Cultural Politics in Asian/Chinese America. By Su Zheng. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. xxiii, 422 pp. $65.00 (cloth).

Book Reviews—Inner Asia

The Old Tibetan Annals: An Annotated Translation of Tibet's First History. By Brandon Dotson. With an Annotated Cartographical Documentation by Guntram Hazod. Wien: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2009. vi, 319 pp. $112.00 (cloth).

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