...). On reading his last two essays on Zhang Taiyan (1868–1936), Davies concludes that Lu Xun, who was also a notable scholar of classical Chinese literature, “wanted to be remembered for his passions rather than his scholarship” (p. 334). He wanted to be “connected with a countless multitude of people” (p. 334...

... is published by the M. I. T. Press, since the author was a friend and academic associate of the late Professor Davis, and moreover, the M. I. T. is one of the few seats of higher learning in America having a specialist in the history of Chinese Chemistry in the person of Professor Nathan Sivin.” Copyright ©...

...Kingsley Davis The Crisis in World Population . By J. O. Hertzler . Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press , 1956 . xiii, 279 . Index. $5.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1957 1957 BOOK REVIEWS 599 income, unless one can demonstrate that population...

...Winston Davis To Dream of Dreams: Religious Freedom and Constitutional Politics in Postwar Japan . By David M. O'Brien with Yasuo Ohkoshi . Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press , 1996 . 209 pp. $50.00 (cloth); $29.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc...

...Marvin Davis Competition and Modernization in South Asia . Edited By Helen E. Ullrich . New Delhi : Abhinav , 1975 . 243 pp. Notes on Contributors, Index. Rs. 50.00 (Dist. by South Asia books, $11.00) Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1977 1977 772 JOURNAL OF ASIAN...

...Erik W. Davis Cambodge: The Cultivation of a Nation, 1860–1945 . By Penny Edwards . Honolulu : University of Hawai‘i Press , 2007 . 392 pp. $65.00 (cloth) . How To Behave: Buddhism and Modernity in Colonial Cambodia, 1860–1930 . By Anne Ruth Hansen . Honolulu : University...

...Richard H. Davis Photos of the Gods: The Printed Image and Political Struggle in India . By Christopher Pinney . London : Reaktion , 2004 . 239 pp. $29.00 (paper). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies 2006 2006 648 T H E J O U R N A L O F A S I A N S T U D I E S Yet one...

...Marvin Davis Abstract Hindus regard all humans as fundamentally unequal. Hindu society is organized around groupings of people into ranked castes. On this there is general agreement, as Dumont's apt characterization, Homo hierarchies , affirms and attests. No similar agreement exists, however...

...Winston Davis Abstract The parish guild, or miyaza , has been studied by Japanese scholars from various perspectives and disciplines. While not wishing to disparage other approaches to the subject, in this paper I shall treat the institution as a socio-religious monopoly. A monopoly, by definition...

...Erik Davis Broken Promises of Globalization: The Case of the Bangladesh Garment Industry . By Shahidur Rahman . Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books , 2014 . xx, 130 pp. ISBN: 9780739178348 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2016  2016 Economics professor...

...Ann Marie L. Davis Women and Public Life in Early Meiji Japan: The Development of the Feminist Movement . By Mara Patessio . Ann Arbor : Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan , 2011 . viii, 232 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $25.00 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian...

...Ned Davis Brill's Encyclopedia of China . Edited by Daniel Leese . Leiden : Brill , 2009 . xxiii , 1110 pp. $350 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2010 2010 Brill's Encyclopedia of China is an English-language translation of Das grosse China...

...Richard H. Davis Querying the Medieval: Texts and the History of Practices in South Asia . By Ronald B. Inden , Jonathan Walters , and Daud Ali . New York : Oxford University Press , 2000 . 248 pp. $49.95 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2002 2002...

...Sara E. Davies COVID-19 in Southeast Asia: Insights for a Post-pandemic World . Edited by Hyun Bang Shin , Murray Mckenzie , and Do Young Oh . London : London School of Economics Press , 2022 . xxii, 318 pp. ISBN: 9781909890787 . © 2023 Association for Asian Studies 2023...

...Donald R. Davis Abstract In order to express what is uniquely accomplished in the field, Asian studies should be reconceived as Asian humanities and should adhere to three principles: care first, learn from, and connect histories. A review of the history and criticisms of Asian studies as a field...

...Richard H. Davis “Minorities” on Themselves . Edited by Hugh van Skyhawk . South Asian Digest of Regional Writing 2. Stuttgart : Franz Steiner Verlag , 1985 . x, 212 pp. DM 44 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1988 1988 BOOK REVIEWS SOUTH ASIA 689...

...Lawrence Davis Philosophy and Argument in Late Vedānta: Śrī Harṣa's Khaṇḍanakhaṇḍakhādya . By P. E. Granoff . Dordrecht, Holland and Boston : D. Reidel Publishing Co. (Studies of Classical India, Vol. I), 1978 . xxv, 275 pp. Notes, Bibliography, Index. $48.50. Copyright ©...

...Richard H. Davis Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and Other Indo-Aryan Languages . By Richard Salomon . New York : Oxford University Press , 1998 . xxi, 378 pp. $65.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2000 2000...

...Winston Davis Passionate Journey: The Spiritual Autobiography of Satomi Myodo . By Sallie R. King . Boston : Shambhala Publications, Inc. , 1987 . xvi, 206 pp. $12.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1988 1988 638 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES a really...

...Darrell William Davis Japanese Classical Theater in Films . By Keiko I. McDonald . London and Toronto : Associated University Presses , 1994 . 355 pp. $48.50. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1996 1996 BOOK REVIEWS JAPAN 463 single framework from which...