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Volume 56 - Issue 2 - May 1997

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Book Reviews—South Asia

Literary India: Comparative Studies in Aesthetics, Colonialism, and Culture. Edited by Patrick Colm Hogan and Lalita Pandit. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995. xvi, 289 pp. $19–95 (paper).
Martha Ann Selby
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Democracy and Authority in South Asia: A Comparative and Historical Perspective. By Ayesha Jalal. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. xiii, 295 pp. $59–95 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).
William Richter
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26 March 2010, pp. 526-527
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Siva and Her Sisters: Gender, Caste, and Class in Rural South India. By Karin Kapadia. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1995. xv, 269 pp. $50.00 (cloth).
Sara Dickey
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26 March 2010, pp. 528-529
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The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj. By Dane Kennedy. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. xvi, 264 pp. $38.00 (cloth).
Vinay Lal
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26 March 2010, pp. 529-531
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Kali's Child: The Mystical and the Erotic in the Life and Teachings of Ramakrishna. By Jeffrey J. Kripal. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995. xxii, 386 pp. $49.95 (cloth); $18.95 (paper).
David L. Haberman
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26 March 2010, pp. 531-532
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The Sari: Styles, Patterns, History, Techniques. By Linda Lynton. Photographs by Sanjay K. Singh. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1995. 206 photographs. 208 pp. $49.95 (cloth).
Irene Joshi
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Imperial Burdens: Countercolonialism in Former French India. By William F. S. Miles. Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner, 1995. xi, 201 pp. $45.00 (cloth).
Michael Mcintyre
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Social Change in Nineteenth Century Ceylon. By Patrick Peebles. New Delhi: Navrang, 1995. xi, 288 pp.
John D. Rogers
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Syllables of Sky: Studies in South Indian Civilization in Honour of Velcberu Narayana Rao. Edited by David Shulman. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1995. xii, 478 pp. $29.95 (cloth).
Peter L. Schmitthenner
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The Two-Headed Deer: Illustrations of the Rāmāyana in Orissa. By Joanna Williams. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. xxiv, 210 pp. 289 plates. $65.00 (cloth).
Janice Leoshko
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26 March 2010, pp. 537-538
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The Home of Dancing Śivaṉ The Traditions of the Hindu Temple in Citamparam. By Paul Younger. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. xi, 256 pp. $55.00 (cloth); $22.00 (paper).
Glenn Yocum
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Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

Vietnam's Women in Transition. Edited by Kathleen L. Barry. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. xviii, 332 pp. $49.95.
Sandra C. Taylor
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26 March 2010, pp. 540-541
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Troubled Pleasures: Dutch Colonial Literature from the East Indies, 1600–1950. By E. M. Beekman. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. 654 pp. $125.00.
Kees Snoek
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The Austronesians: Historical and Comparative Perspectives. Edited by Peter Bellwood, James J. Fox, and Darrell Tyron. Canberra: Department of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, 1995. viii, 359 pp. A$35.OO (paper).
James T. Collins
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26 March 2010, pp. 543-545
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The Dvaravati Wheels of the Law and the Indianization of South East Asia. By Robert L. Brown. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1996. xix, 237 pp. $156.00.
Michael Aung-Thwin
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26 March 2010, pp. 545-547
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Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland. Edited by J. Charité for Vols. I–III and J. Charité and A. C. J. M. Gabriëls for Vol. IV. Vol. 1. 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, 1979. xii, 680 pp. Fl. 98. Vol. 2. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1985. viii, 656 pp. Fl. 95. Vol. 3. P's-Gravenhage: Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis, 1989. vii, 696 pp. Fl. 98. Vol. 4. ‘os-Gravenhage: Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis, 1994. xiv, 602 pp. Fl. 92.
Paul W. van der Veur
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Natural History of Seram: Maluku, Indonesia. Edited by Ian Darwin Edwards Andover, England: Intercept, 1993. x, 240 pp.
Paul Michael Taylor
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Non-Government Organizations and Democratic Participation in Indonesia. By Philip J. Eldridge. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1995. xxiii, 246 pp. $55.00.
Daniel S. Lev
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Dutch Culture Overseas. Colonial Practice in Indonesia, 1900–1942. By Frances Gouda. Amsterdam University Press, 1995. ix, 304 pp. $39.50 (paper). Distributed by University of Michigan Press.
Jean Gelman Taylor
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26 March 2010, pp. 550-552
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Propaganda, Politics, and Violence in Cambodia: Democratic Transition under United Nations Peace-keeping. Edited by Steven Heder and Judy Ledgerwood. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1996. xix, 277 pp. $64.95 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).
Thomas Clayton
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Book Reviews—South Asia

Literary India: Comparative Studies in Aesthetics, Colonialism, and Culture. Edited by Patrick Colm Hogan and Lalita Pandit. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995. xvi, 289 pp. $19–95 (paper).

Democracy and Authority in South Asia: A Comparative and Historical Perspective. By Ayesha Jalal. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. xiii, 295 pp. $59–95 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).

Siva and Her Sisters: Gender, Caste, and Class in Rural South India. By Karin Kapadia. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1995. xv, 269 pp. $50.00 (cloth).

The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj. By Dane Kennedy. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. xvi, 264 pp. $38.00 (cloth).

Kali's Child: The Mystical and the Erotic in the Life and Teachings of Ramakrishna. By Jeffrey J. Kripal. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995. xxii, 386 pp. $49.95 (cloth); $18.95 (paper).

The Sari: Styles, Patterns, History, Techniques. By Linda Lynton. Photographs by Sanjay K. Singh. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1995. 206 photographs. 208 pp. $49.95 (cloth).

Imperial Burdens: Countercolonialism in Former French India. By William F. S. Miles. Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner, 1995. xi, 201 pp. $45.00 (cloth).

Social Change in Nineteenth Century Ceylon. By Patrick Peebles. New Delhi: Navrang, 1995. xi, 288 pp.

Syllables of Sky: Studies in South Indian Civilization in Honour of Velcberu Narayana Rao. Edited by David Shulman. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1995. xii, 478 pp. $29.95 (cloth).

The Two-Headed Deer: Illustrations of the Rāmāyana in Orissa. By Joanna Williams. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. xxiv, 210 pp. 289 plates. $65.00 (cloth).

The Home of Dancing Śivaṉ The Traditions of the Hindu Temple in Citamparam. By Paul Younger. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. xi, 256 pp. $55.00 (cloth); $22.00 (paper).

Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

Vietnam's Women in Transition. Edited by Kathleen L. Barry. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. xviii, 332 pp. $49.95.

Troubled Pleasures: Dutch Colonial Literature from the East Indies, 1600–1950. By E. M. Beekman. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. 654 pp. $125.00.

The Austronesians: Historical and Comparative Perspectives. Edited by Peter Bellwood, James J. Fox, and Darrell Tyron. Canberra: Department of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, 1995. viii, 359 pp. A$35.OO (paper).

The Dvaravati Wheels of the Law and the Indianization of South East Asia. By Robert L. Brown. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1996. xix, 237 pp. $156.00.

Natural History of Seram: Maluku, Indonesia. Edited by Ian Darwin Edwards Andover, England: Intercept, 1993. x, 240 pp.

Non-Government Organizations and Democratic Participation in Indonesia. By Philip J. Eldridge. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1995. xxiii, 246 pp. $55.00.

Dutch Culture Overseas. Colonial Practice in Indonesia, 1900–1942. By Frances Gouda. Amsterdam University Press, 1995. ix, 304 pp. $39.50 (paper). Distributed by University of Michigan Press.

Propaganda, Politics, and Violence in Cambodia: Democratic Transition under United Nations Peace-keeping. Edited by Steven Heder and Judy Ledgerwood. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1996. xix, 277 pp. $64.95 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).

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