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Volume 60 - Issue 1 - February 2001

Contents

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Book Reviews—Korea

The Korean Language. By Ho-Min Sohn. Cambridge Language Surveys, vol. 12. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. xx, 445 pp. $64.95 (cloth).
Gregory K. Iverson
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26 March 2010, pp. 243-245
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Greener Pastures: Politics, Markets, and Community Among a Migrant Pastoral People. By Arun Agrawal. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1999. xviii, 219 pp. $49.95 (cloth), $17.95 (paper).
Robert G. Varady, Katherine Hankins
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26 March 2010, pp. 245-247
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Jinnah, Pakistan and Islamic Identity: The Search for Saladin. By Akbar S. Ahmed. London: Routledge, 1997. xxxix, 274 pp. $19.95 (paper).
David Gilmartin
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26 March 2010, pp. 247-249
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Invoking the Past: The Uses of History in South Asia. Edited by Daud Ali SOAS Studies on South Asia. Understandings and Perspectives Series. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1999. xii, 399 pp. $25.95 (cloth).
Aloka Parashar-Sen
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26 March 2010, pp. 249-250
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Convicts in the Indian Ocean: Transportation from South Asia to Mauritius, 1815–1853. By Clare Anderson. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. xii, 192 pp. $65.00 (cloth).
David Arnold
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26 March 2010, pp. 250-252
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Science, Technology and Medicine in Colonial India. The New Cambridge History of India, Vol. III, bk. 5. By David Arnold. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000. xii, 234 pp. $59.95 (cloth).
Lynn Zastoupil
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26 March 2010, pp. 252-253
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Plantation Production and Political Power: Plantation Development in South-West India in the Long-Term Perspective, 1743–1963. By Paul Erik Baak. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. xxii, 370 pp. $29.95 (cloth).
Laxman D. Satya
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26 March 2010, pp. 253-255
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India Against Itself: Assam and the Politics of Nationality. By Sanjib Baruah. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999. xxiii, 257 pp. $36.50 (cloth).
Christophe Jaffrelot
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26 March 2010, pp. 255-256
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Origins of Nationality in South Asia: Patriotism and Ethical Government in the Making of Modern India. By C. A. Bayly. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998 xii, 338 pp. $35.00 (cloth).
Sumit Guha
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26 March 2010, pp. 256-258
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Himalayan Space: Cultural Horizons and Practices. Edited by Balthasar Bickel and Martin Gaenszle. Zurich: Völkerkundemuseum der Universität Zürich, 1999. 279 pp.
Joseph S. Alter
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26 March 2010, pp. 258-260
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Essays on Middle Bengali Literature. Edited by Rahul Peter Das. Calcutta: Firma KLM, 1999. iv, 228 pp. Rs 300 (cloth).
Edward C. Dimock
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26 March 2010, pp. 260-261
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Jagadis Chandra Bose and the Indian Response to Western Science. By Subrata Dasgupta. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2000. xii, 309 pp. $29.95 (cloth).
Abha Sur
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26 March 2010, pp. 261-263
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Listening to the Displaced: Action Research in the Conflict Zones of Sri Lanka. By Kerry Demusz. Oxford: Oxfam Publishing, 2000. 68 pp. $18.95 (paper).
Chandra R. de Silva
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26 March 2010, pp. 263-264
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Women Travellers in Colonial India: The Power of the Female Gaze. By Indira Ghose. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998. 196 pp. Rs 400 (cloth).
Durba Ghosh
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26 March 2010, pp. 264-265
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Fragments of Empire: Capital, Slavery and Indentured Labor in the British Caribbean. By Madhavi Kale. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998. ii, 236 pp. $37.50 (cloth).
Marina Carter
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26 March 2010, pp. 265-266
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Cultural Diversity and Social Discontent: Anthropological Studies on Contemporary India. By R.S. Khare. Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press, 1998. 282 pp. $49.95 (cloth), $24.95 (paper).
Nita Kumar
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26 March 2010, pp. 267-268
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Miners and Millhands: Work, Culture, and Politics in Princely Mysore. By Janaki Nair. Walnut Creek, Calif: AltaMira Press/Sage Publications, 1998. 324 pp. $44.95 (cloth).
Barbara N. Ramusack
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26 March 2010, pp. 268-270
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Woman, Body, Desire in Post-Colonial India: Narratives of Gender and Sexuality. By Jyoti Puri. New York: Routledge, 1999. 224 pp. $65.00 (cloth), $17.99 (paper).
Anjali Arondekar
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26 March 2010, pp. 270-271
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State, Society and Democratic Change in Pakistan. Edited by Rasul Bakhsh Rais. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1997. 284 pp. $75.00 (cloth).
Dietrich Reetz
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26 March 2010, pp. 271-272
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Extraordinary Child: Poems from a South Indian Devotional Genre. By Paula Richman. SHAPS Library of Translations. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1997. xiii, 297 pp. $36.00.
Martha Ann Selby
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26 March 2010, pp. 273-274
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Book Reviews—Korea

The Korean Language. By Ho-Min Sohn. Cambridge Language Surveys, vol. 12. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. xx, 445 pp. $64.95 (cloth).

Book Reviews—South Asia

Greener Pastures: Politics, Markets, and Community Among a Migrant Pastoral People. By Arun Agrawal. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1999. xviii, 219 pp. $49.95 (cloth), $17.95 (paper).

Jinnah, Pakistan and Islamic Identity: The Search for Saladin. By Akbar S. Ahmed. London: Routledge, 1997. xxxix, 274 pp. $19.95 (paper).

Invoking the Past: The Uses of History in South Asia. Edited by Daud Ali SOAS Studies on South Asia. Understandings and Perspectives Series. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1999. xii, 399 pp. $25.95 (cloth).

Convicts in the Indian Ocean: Transportation from South Asia to Mauritius, 1815–1853. By Clare Anderson. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. xii, 192 pp. $65.00 (cloth).

Science, Technology and Medicine in Colonial India. The New Cambridge History of India, Vol. III, bk. 5. By David Arnold. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000. xii, 234 pp. $59.95 (cloth).

Plantation Production and Political Power: Plantation Development in South-West India in the Long-Term Perspective, 1743–1963. By Paul Erik Baak. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. xxii, 370 pp. $29.95 (cloth).

India Against Itself: Assam and the Politics of Nationality. By Sanjib Baruah. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999. xxiii, 257 pp. $36.50 (cloth).

Origins of Nationality in South Asia: Patriotism and Ethical Government in the Making of Modern India. By C. A. Bayly. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998 xii, 338 pp. $35.00 (cloth).

Himalayan Space: Cultural Horizons and Practices. Edited by Balthasar Bickel and Martin Gaenszle. Zurich: Völkerkundemuseum der Universität Zürich, 1999. 279 pp.

Essays on Middle Bengali Literature. Edited by Rahul Peter Das. Calcutta: Firma KLM, 1999. iv, 228 pp. Rs 300 (cloth).

Jagadis Chandra Bose and the Indian Response to Western Science. By Subrata Dasgupta. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2000. xii, 309 pp. $29.95 (cloth).

Listening to the Displaced: Action Research in the Conflict Zones of Sri Lanka. By Kerry Demusz. Oxford: Oxfam Publishing, 2000. 68 pp. $18.95 (paper).

Women Travellers in Colonial India: The Power of the Female Gaze. By Indira Ghose. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998. 196 pp. Rs 400 (cloth).

Fragments of Empire: Capital, Slavery and Indentured Labor in the British Caribbean. By Madhavi Kale. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998. ii, 236 pp. $37.50 (cloth).

Cultural Diversity and Social Discontent: Anthropological Studies on Contemporary India. By R.S. Khare. Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press, 1998. 282 pp. $49.95 (cloth), $24.95 (paper).

Miners and Millhands: Work, Culture, and Politics in Princely Mysore. By Janaki Nair. Walnut Creek, Calif: AltaMira Press/Sage Publications, 1998. 324 pp. $44.95 (cloth).

Woman, Body, Desire in Post-Colonial India: Narratives of Gender and Sexuality. By Jyoti Puri. New York: Routledge, 1999. 224 pp. $65.00 (cloth), $17.99 (paper).

State, Society and Democratic Change in Pakistan. Edited by Rasul Bakhsh Rais. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1997. 284 pp. $75.00 (cloth).

Extraordinary Child: Poems from a South Indian Devotional Genre. By Paula Richman. SHAPS Library of Translations. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1997. xiii, 297 pp. $36.00.

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