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Journal of Asian Studies (2003) 62 (1): 251–252.
Published: 01 February 2003
...Alvin Y. So Governing Hong Kong: Legitimacy, Communication, and Political Decay . By Lo Shiu-hing . New York : Nova Science Publishers , 2001 . xii, 349 pp. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2003 2003 BOOK REVIEWS CHINA 251 to vote" (p. 11). Today's political...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2017) 76 (4): 861–886.
Published: 01 November 2017
.... This discussion concerns a basic problem of material religion, that even ensouled, numinous, or otherwise empowered materials are subject to material decay. In the three cases presented and in many other places as well, the images are produced in commercial workshops where knowing craftsmanship entangles (what we...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1989) 48 (3): 694–695.
Published: 01 August 1989
...Alfred W. McCoy Filipino Politics: Development and Decay . By David Wurfel . Politics and International Relations of Southeast Asia. Ithaca : Cornell University Press , 1988 . xvi , 361 pp. $34.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1989 1989 694 THE JOURNAL...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2005) 64 (2): 494–495.
Published: 01 May 2005
...Rashmi Sadana Blowback: Linguistic Nationalism, Institutional Decay, and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka . By Neil De Votta . Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press , 2004 . xx , 276 pp. $22.95 (paper). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies 2005 2005 494 T H E J O U R N...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2011) 70 (4): 1149–1150.
Published: 01 November 2011
...Suzanne E. Cahill To Die and Not Decay: Autobiography and the Pursuit of Immortality in Early China . By Matthew V. Wells . Ann Arbor, Michigan : Association for Asian Studies , 2009 . x, 190 pp. $25.00 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2011 2011...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1966) 26 (1): 49–65.
Published: 01 November 1966
...David Pong Abstract The Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864), the biggest rebellion Imperial China had ever experienced, had undoubtedly exposed the many inadequacies of the dynastic government. The decrepit state of the army was at once revealed. The Manchu banner troops had long decayed while...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1974) 34 (1): 73–98.
Published: 01 November 1974
...Herman Mast, III; William G. Saywell Abstract All forms of nationalism profess belief in the uniqueness and value of their particular national quintessence. But not all nationalist sentiments germinate in the decay of a tradition convinced of the cultural superiority and universality of its values...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1985) 44 (3): 529–547.
Published: 01 May 1985
... and sedative effects similar to betel. Whereas the betel ingredients were very cheap, tobacco now consumes about 5 percent of the incomes of Indonesian families, including the poorest. Although betel-chewing provided protection against tooth decay, intestinal parasites, and bacteria, tobacco-smoking...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1996) 55 (4): 851–880.
Published: 01 November 1996
... to the new standard [of Vijayanagara] which alone seemed to offer some hope of protection. The decayed old states crumbled away into nothingness, and the fighting kings of Vijayanagar became the saviours of the south for two and a half centuries” (Sewell [1900] 1962, 1). List of References Samarqandi...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1994) 53 (4): 1150–1174.
Published: 01 November 1994
..., mummified, or decaying (Peyrefitte 1993; Mabbett 1985; Pye 1993). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1994 1994 List of References Juren Cao . 1934 . “ Xianhua Yangzhou ” [Idle Talk on Yangzhou]. Renjianshi 10 (October): 25 – 26 . Chakrabarty Dipesh. 1993...
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in Taking Part: The Social Experience of Informal Finance in Ordos, Inner Mongolia
> Journal of Asian Studies
Published: 01 August 2016
Figure 2. A half-constructed, abandoned villa in Kangbashi New District, Ordos Municipality, decays under the harsh environmental conditions. The villa and surrounding development were never completed. Photo: Max D. Woodworth.
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Journal of Asian Studies (2003) 62 (1): 252–254.
Published: 01 February 2003
..., Inc. 2003 2003 252 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES civilization, political decay in the territory illustrates the political triumph of the Chinese over the Western values. Aside from the clash of civilization, the book adds that political decay in the HKSAR is also attributed to the Tung...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2003) 62 (1): 249–251.
Published: 01 February 2003
..." and thus "only of token value" (p. 179). GORDON MATHEWS Chinese University of Hong Kong Governing Hong Kong: Legitimacy, Communication, and Political Decay. By L o S H I U - H I N G . New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2001. xii, 349 pp. In 1995 Louis Kraar, a journalist, wrote a provocative article...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1998) 57 (2): 499–501.
Published: 01 May 1998
... intellectuals and their highbrow culture out of business. Minxin Pei, in "Racing Against Time: Institutional Decay and Renewal in China," also does an impressive job of pointing out how decay and renewal of China's party-state institutions are part of the same contradictory process. Indeed, the Maoist dictum...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1995) 54 (2): 513–514.
Published: 01 May 1995
... of the state to control resources, precipitating a shift in the balance of power between state and society to the detriment of the state. This shift, moreover, was accelerated by the progressive institutional decay of the state (or, more precisely, of the Communist Party-state) as a concomitant of the reform...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2005) 64 (2): 492–494.
Published: 01 May 2005
... decay and thoughtful choice of language for instance, his reference to Ba¯bur s autobiography as Vaqa¯ i (Events) rather than the usual Ba¯bur-na¯ma on the basis that it was this title that was probably intended by Ba¯bur himself. Each term borrowed from Turk Persian, Arabic, or Hindu¯ sta¯n¯ is also...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2011) 70 (1): 296–297.
Published: 01 February 2011
..., social orders, and practices. Through the analysis of ancient social formations, Sharma comments on themes such as Oriental despotism, the position of sudras , feudalism, urban decay, and sati. Rich in historical materialism and theoretical approaches to several important issues, he cautions against...
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Far Eastern Quarterly (1948) 7 (3): 332–333.
Published: 01 May 1948
.... The genetic evolution of art styles through growth, maturity, and decay has obtained many opponents as a "biological fallacy." To try to present this evolution in China as a process similar to that of Europe, passing through archaic, classic, and baroque phases, leads the author to the manipulation...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2011) 70 (1): 216–218.
Published: 01 February 2011
... American China scholars. For example, Wasserstrom acknowledges that both foreign imperialism and internal decay had a role in bringing down the Qing, but he devotes more space to interaction between the Qing and foreigners than to the internal decay that led to problems collecting taxes, maintaining...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2021) 80 (2): 481–483.
Published: 01 May 2021
... is an unavoidable problem with interdisciplinary work. Yet this type of work is more and more essential to the world we live in. As Oscar Wilde argued sardonically almost 130 years ago in his essay “The Decay of Lying,” “Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life . . . because . . . what we see, and how we...
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