...John M. Echols The Gift Addressed to the Spirit of the Prophet . By Dr. A. H. Johns . (Oriental Monograph Series No. x, Centre of Oriental Studies.) Canberra : The Australian National University , 1965 . 224 . Who's Who in Communist China . Hong Kong : Union Research Institute...

...Carol Prindle The Gift of a Virgin: Women, Marriage, and Ritual in a Bengali Society . By Lina M. Fruzzetti . New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press , 1982 . xi, 134 pp. Appendixes, Glossary, Notes, Bibliography, Index. $22.50. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc...

...Indira Viswanathan Peterson A Gift of Tamil: Translations from Tamil Literature. In Honor of K. Paramasivam . Edited By Norman Cutler and Paula Richman . Manohar : American Institute of Indian Studies , 1992 . viii, 151 pp. $16.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies...

...Thomas R. Trautmann The Enigma of the Gift . By Maurice Godelier . Translated by Nora Scott . Chicago : The University of Chicago Press , 1999 . viii, 256 pp. $19–00 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2000 2000 BOOK REVIEWS ASIA GENERAL 133 commitment...

...Douglas E. Haynes Abstracts During the nineteenth century, South Asian businessmen began to engage in modern forms of philanthropy. Focusing on the western Indian city of Surat, this essay explores the emergence of philanthropic activity within the larger “portfolios” of gift giving held...

...Susan Orpett Long The Gift of Generations: Japanese and American Perspectives on Aging and the Social Contract . By Akiko Hashimoto . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 1996 . xv, 226 pp. $49.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1997 1997 1100 THE JOURNAL...

... the “gift” of Chinese state development in Tibet (p. 2). Taming Tibet carefully analyzes conundrums that have puzzled individuals with divergent perspectives on the modern Tibetan condition, specifically why Tibetans are not “thankful” for the rapid economic development that has spread through...

...Susan S. Wadley The Poison in the Gift: Ritual, Prestation, and the Dominant Caste in a North Indian Village . By Gloria Goodwin Raheja . Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1988 . xiv, 286 pp. $42.50 (cloth); $16.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc...

...Christian C. Lentz Identity and Development: Tongan Culture, Agriculture, and the Perenniality of the Gift . By Paul van der Grijp . Leiden : KITLV Press , 2004 . x , 225 pp. $35.00 (paper). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies 2006 2006 B O O K R E V I E W S S O U T H E...

...Laura Ha Reizman The Gift of Freedom: War, Debt, and Other Refugee Passages . By Mimi Thi Nguyen . Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press , 2012 . xvi, 276 pp. $84.95 (cloth); $23.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2014  2014 What does it mean...

...Shannon McCune America's Finest Gift to Korea, The Life of Philip Jaisohn ., by Channing Liem . New York : The William-Frederick Press , 1952 , 89 . $1.50. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1953 1953 BOOK REVIEWS 225 features. One is a comparison between...

...Ludo Rocher The Gift of a Cow: A Translation of the Hindi Novel Godaan . By Premchand . Translated by Gordon C. Roadarmel . Bloomington : Indiana University Press , 1968 . xiv, 442 pp. Glossary. $7.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1969 1969 196 a system...

...Robert O. Swan Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1970 1970 The Gift of a Cow: A Translation of the Hindi Novel, Godaan . By Premchand . Translated by Gordon C. Roadarmel . Bloomington : Indiana University Press , 1968 . xiv, 442 pp. Introduction, Glossary. $7.95...

...Sally Ann Ness Songs and Gifts at the Frontier: Person and Exchange in the Agusan Manobo Possession Ritual, Philippines . By José S. Buenconsejo . New York : Routledge , 2002 . xix , 424 pp. $100.00 (cloth). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies 2004 2004 B O O K R E V I E W...

...Daud Ali Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1998 1998 Gifts of Power: Lordship in an Early Indian State . By James Heitzman . Delhi : Oxford University Press , 1997 . xiv, 277 pp. $35.00 (cloth). 1202 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES community and permeated...

...Xin Liu Producing Guanxi: Sentiments, Self, and Subculture in a North China Village . By Andrew B. Kipnis . Durham, N.C. and London : Duke University Press , 1997 . xii , 226 pp. $49.95 (cloth); $16.95 (paper). The Flow of Gifts: Reciprocity and Social Networks in a Chinese...

... meant that, during the later Vijayanagara age, religious gifting could be used as a strategy by outside warriors for creating allegiances on the local level in Tamil Nadu (Appadurai 1977:55–59). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1991 1991 List of References Alam S. Manzoor...

... and when the close association of this expansion with rituals of religious gifting was already apparent. The two main purposes of the article are to illuminate the ritual dimension of commercial activity in precolonial South India and to enrich current transactional models of the relationship between...

...Vijaya Nagarajan Gifts of Earth: Terracottas and Clay Sculptures of India . By Stephen P. Huyler . Middletown, N.J. : Grantha , 1996 . 232 pp. 203 illustrations. $75.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1997 1997 820 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES...

...Martin King Whyte Gifts, Favors, and Banquets: The Art of Social Relationships in China . By Mayfair Mei-Hui Yang . Ithaca : Cornell University Press , 1994 . viii, 370 pp. $45.00 (cloth); $18.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1997 1997 BOOK REVIEWS...