...Myron L. Cohen Custom, Land, and Livelihood in Rural South China: The Traditional Land Law of Hong Kong's New Territories, 1750–1950 . By Patrick H. Hase . Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press , 2013 . xi, 513 pp. $60.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc...

...Harold Schiffrin Abstract Aside from its current significance, the recent report from Taiwan announcing the inauguration of a new urban land tax grogram based upon the teachings of Sun Yat-sen serves to reawaken interest in one of his most controversial doctrines—the min sheng principle. The use...

...Kurt Steiner Japan—Land and Men. An Account of the Japanese Land Reform Program—1945–51 . By Laurence I. Hewes Jr. , Ames : Iowa State College Press , 1955 . ix, 154 . Bibliography, Maps, Illustrations. $4.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1956 1956 1...

... closely into the different households included in her study, the demographic indicators, and types of land disputes. Rao has a deep commitment to her subject and an impressive command of her field. The stories of these twenty-four women really come across the page, and I would recommend this book...

...John A. Dixon Land-to-the-Tiller in the Mekong Delta: Economic, Social, and Political Effects of Land Reform in Four Villages of South Vietnam . By Charles Stuart Callison . Lanham, Md. : University Press of America , 1983 . xxv, 391 pp. Tables, Figures, Maps, Bibliography, Index. $26.75...

...Gregory Henderson Korea: Betrachtungen Ueber ein Fernliegendes Land [Korea: A Far-off Land Considered] . By Juergen Kleiner . Frankfurt : Fischer Verlag , 1980 . 403 pp. Tables, Bibliography, Index. DM. 29.80 ($12.30). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1983 1983 686...

... not think so. This work may not be definitive, but it is a tremendous achievement. Gordon's analyses and insights will rightfully command the attention of anyone seriously interested in Japanese society as it was and is. ANDREW E. BARSHAY Wesleyan University Land Markets and Land Policy in a Metropolitan...

...Amry Vandenbosch Raffles' Ideas on the Land Rent System in Java and the Mackinzie Land Tenure Commission . By John Bastin . Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land-en Volkenkunde Deel XIV. The Hague : Martinus Nijhoff , 1954 . viii, 193 . Bibliography. Copyright...

...Philip C. Brown Abstract Early modern rulers in asia and europe frequently sought to secure a better grasp of the land and other resources that provided them with the economic resources t o maintain their governments, expand their power, and permit them to conquer new lands (see, for example, Tilly...

... about Singapore's land system and how it corresponds to international systems, including Hong Kong and China. Chapter 5 examines how Singapore resolved the housing question, and describes the web of authorities and government policies that embedded housing as a cornerstone of economic development policy...

...Shannon McCune Korea, Eine Landeskunde auf Grund eigener Reisen und der Literatur . By Herman Lautensach , Leipzig ; K. F. Koehler Verlag , 1945 , XV , 542 , bibliography, glossary, index, 3 colored maps. Korea, Land, Volk, Schicksal . By Herman Lautensach , Stuttgart ; K. F...

...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...

...Donn V. Hart Land and People in the Philippines: Geographic Problems in Rural Economy . By J. E. Spencer . Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press , issued under the auspices of the International Secretariat of the Institute of Pacific Relations, 1952 . xiii , 282...

...M. S. A. Rao Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1967 1967 Land Reclamation in Kerala . By V. R. Pillai and P. G. K. Panikar . New York : Asia Publishing Company , 1965 . x, 197 pp. Tables, Diagrams, Index. $10.50. 740 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES (iii-iv...

...F. Joüon Des Longrais Land and Society in Medieval Japan. Studies by Kan'ichi Asakawa . Compiled and edited by the Committee for the Publication of Dr. K. Asakawa's Works in Cooperation with the Council on East Asian Studies of Yale University. Published, with Introductory Essays by J. W...

...Peter D. Reeves The Mutiny and British Land Policy in North India, 1856–1868 . By Jagdish Raj . New York : Asia Publishing House , 1967 . xv , 191 pp. Illustrations, Bibliography, Index. $5.25. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1968 1968 BOOK REVIEWS 419 The Mutiny...

... Abstract One of the world's four most celebrated natural history museums, Field Museum in Chicago, has only recently completed and opened to the public a new permanent exhibition called “Tibet, High Land of Monk and Nomad.” Founded in 1893, Field Museum grew from a nest egg of materials from...

...Kenneth W. Jones The Punjab Alienation of Land Bill of 1900 . By Norman G. Barrier . Durham : Duke University Program in Comparative Studies on Southern Asia , 1966 . Monograph and Occasional Paper Series Number Two. vii, 125 pp. Select Bibliography, n.p. Copyright © Association...

... 1968 Land and Caste in South India. Agricultural Labor in the Madras Presidency during the Nineteenth Century . By Dharma Kumar . New York : Cambridge University Press , 1965 . 211 pp. Tables, Figures, Abbreviations, Map, Glossary, Bibliography Index. $8.50. 414 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES...

...Robert B. Ekvall Tibet: The Mysterious Land . By Guiseppe Tucci . New York : Stein and Day Publishers , 1967 . 216 pp. Index of Tibetan Terms, Bibliography, List of Plates, Illustrations, Map. $12.50. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1968 1968 BOOK REVIEWS...