... considerable value. Despite these minor irritations this is a book worthy of serious consideration. University of Vermont W. Ross BREWER Indian Political Thinking in the Twentieth Century from Naoroji to Nehru: An Introductory Survey. BY A. APPADORAI. Madras: Oxford University Press, 1971. xxvi, 189 pp...

...Knight Biggerstaff Ch'ing Documents: an Introductory Syllabus . Compiled by John K. Fairbank . Vol. 1 , introduction, notes, and appendices, 76 p.; Vol. 2, Chinese texts, 18 p. Cambridge : distributed by Harvard University Press , 1952 . $2.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian...

...Robert B. Hall Land and Peasant in Japan: An Introductory Survey . By Andrew J. Grad . New York : International Secretariat, Institute of Pacific Relations , 1952 . xii , 262 . $3.50. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1953 1953 370 FAR EASTERN QUARTERLY...

.... It is more likely to interest the general reader than the specialist. ELLSWORTH C. CARLSON Oberlin College Notes on Chinese Literature: With Introductory Remarks on the Progressive Advancement of the Art. By A. WYLIE. Introduction by HOWARD S. LEVY. New York: Paragon Reprint Corp., 1964 (2d. ed xxxx, 307...

...Marius B. Jansen Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1955 1955 Nationalism in Japan: An Introductory Historical Analysis . By Delmer M. Brown . Berkeley : University of California Press , 1955 . viii, 336 . $5.00. 586 FAR EASTERN QUARTERLY that carry an automobile...

...Edward H. Hume, M.D. Huang ti nei ching su wen: the Yellow emperor's classic of internal medicine. Chapters 1 to 34 translated from the Chinese, with an introductory study . By Ilza Veith . Baltimore : The Williams and Wilkins Company , 1949 . Copyright © Association for Asian Studies...

...Frank W. Iklé Japanese Politics: An Introductory Survey . By Nobutaka Ike . New York : Alfred A. Knopf , 1957 . xiv, 300, ix. Tables, Charts, Maps, Works Consulted, Index. $4.00 text, $5.50 trade. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1957 1957 BOOK REVIEWS 145...

...John E. Wills, Jr Dutch-Asiatic Shipping in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries . Vol. 1: Introductory Volume . By J. R. Bruijn , F. S. Gaastra , and I. Schöffer , with assistance from A. C. J. Vermeulen. Rijks Geschiedkundige Publicatiën, Grote Serie 165. The Hague : Martinus...

...Blair B. Kling India, A Short Introductory History . By Mark Naidis . New York : The Macmillan Company , 1966 . xiv, 208 . Chronology, Index. $5.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1966 1966 BOOK REVIEWS 787 Buddha and Bergson think. . . , Yajnavalkya author...

.... This holds not only for articles and monographs on specific matters. Better measure might be taken by noting the favorable discussion of his views and results in works whose intent is introductory or popular: Proinsias Mac Cana's Celtic Mythology (London, 1970), E. O. G. Turville-Petre's Myth and Religion...

...Leonhard Adam Abstract For an Appreciation of the remarkable document reproduced in the article, some introductory observations may be welcome about the personality and scientific methods of its author and about the anthropological, religious, and historical background of Nepal. Copyright ©...

... of India and Pakistan as separate nation-states. The first of this pair of short pieces was an introductory look at partition by Gerald James Larson, which I asked this prominent scholar of religion to write. I suggested that it take the form of an at-most lightly footnoted overview of the topic, which...

... Asian Studies. Included in it are an introductory essay by eal himself entitled “Imperialism and Nationalism in India,” two essays on U.P. by C. A. Bayly and F. C. Robinson entitled “Patrons and politics in northern India” and “Municipal Government and Muslim separatism in the United Provinces, 1883...

... in the development of modern Japan, they endeavored to enlarge the canvas of social history by bringing the people into it as significant subjects of historical change. Their scholarly efforts have drawn the attention of Japanese within and without academic circles and, as this introductory critical essay suggests...

...R. Quested Abstract The article discusses recently published material on the subject of the author's book on Sino-Russian relations entitled The Expansion of Russia in East Asia 1857–60 (with an introductory chapter on 1792–1856). The two Chinese document collections Szu-kuo hsintang and Chou-pan i...

... in that area. It lists 169 of the better and more general introductory books relating to the area. There are 7 5 starred items, 25 of which are double-starred, for the guidance of librarians of institutions with more limited means seeking to build up basic collections of books on the Pacific area...

...Susanne Hoeber Rudolph Abstract The dictionary says that a prolegomenon is “a learned preface or preamble, … introductory or preliminary observations on the subject of a book.” And indeed, the remarks I am about to make are preliminary to a volume on state formation that Lloyd Rudolph and I hope...

... of the twentieth century. None of these aspects, however, compromise this reviewer's sense of the immense value of Talbot's A History of Modern South Asia to introductory courses and to generating a more global-historical awareness about the modern South Asian past. Students, instructors, and lay readers alike...

.... Perrett favors a thematic over a chronological approach, and, in addition to the introduction, there are seven chapters organized around the themes of value, knowledge, reasoning, word, world, self, and ultimates. Each chapter follows a standard format, opening with an introductory section in which...

..., as has happened here. Hill Farms and Padi Fields will not stand out as one of the significant works of the year on Southeast Asia, but it should fill a useful need as introductory or supplementary reading for area programs and for courses dealing with Southeast Asia in the related disciplines...