...Peter C. Perdue Local Merchants and the Chinese Bureaucracy, 1750–1950 . By Susan Mann . Stanford : Stanford University Press , 1987 . xii , 278 pp. $35.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1988 1988 BOOK REVIEWS CHINA AND INNER ASIA 125 weak definition...

...William H. Frederick Regional Dynamics of the Indonesian Revolution: Unity from Diversity . Edited by Audrey R. Kahin . Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press , 1985 . xii, 306 pp. $25.00. Local Opposition and Underground Resistance to the Japanese in Java, 1942–1945 . Edited...

..., especially in the field of local government. All these changes have in a direct way affected the substantive rights and duties of the mass of the citizenry and are intimately tied to the continuing progression of the Mongol society, under the paternalistic guidance of Moscow and its native disciples in Ulan...

..., local military forces, or Mao Zedong to decide how to resolve them. Furthermore, Beijing officials, regional military forces, and local civilian cadres were themselves divided against one another, exacerbating and prolonging local conflicts. In competing for approval from central authorities, local...

...Andrew Wedeman Inflation and Investment Controls in China: The Political Economy of Central-Local Relations during the Reform Era . By Yasheng Huang . New York : Cambridge University Press , 1996 . $59.95 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1997 1997 766...

...Elaine Craddock At the Feet of the Goddess: The Divine Feminine in Local Hindu Religion . By Lynn Foulston . Brighton and Portland, Ore. : Sussex Academic Press , 2002 . xvi , 242 pp. $69.95 (cloth). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies 2004 2004 222 T H E J O U R N A L O F...

... close attention to the particular historical and cultural context of 1862 Korea, such as various rural conditions and the workings of dynastic institutions at the local level, and discovers that different patterns of popular protest grew out of the competition, division, and conflict that had developed...

...Justin Tse [email protected] © 2024 Association for Asian Studies 2024 The beginning of Louisa Lim's Indelible City , her book on how local Hong Kong life serves in itself as a critique of British and Chinese colonial powers, opens with a lament for the local. The interviews...

... be influencing the rhetoric of the local church. This article takes a different approach and explores how liberation movements in Ukraine and Hong Kong inform and inspire elements of the theology of social justice within local Catholic communities through bringing to life their social dreams and engaging...

... contribution to the fields of Chinese literature, folklore studies, and Chinese performance arts. The book deploys an extensive repertoire of shan'ge (“mountain songs,” or folk songs) from the lower Yangtze delta region to trace what the author calls the “local” and the “intimate” in the rice-cultivating...

...Daniel Knorr The Global in the Local: A Century of War, Commerce, and Technology in China . By Zhang Xin . Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press , 2023 . xi, 265 pp. ISBN: 9780674278387 . © 2024 Association for Asian Studies 2024 Xin Zhang's The Global in the Local...

...Michael Gasster Local Government in China under the Ch'ing . By T'ung-Tsu Ch'ü . Cambridge : Harvard University Press , 1962 . xiv , 496 . $9.50. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1963 1963 BOOK REVIEWS 123 Modern Guerrilla Warfare; Fighting Communist Guerrilla...

...., Yokpi Tokiyoshi zenshū ( Tokyo , 1925 ), IV, 546 –47. 25 Dore, Land Reform , p. 62. 26 Kano, Shihonshugi keiseiki , p. 459. 27 Ibid., pp. 458–59. 28 Steiner Kurt , Local Government in Japan ( Stanford , 1965 ), p. 202. 29 Miyaji, “Chihō...

...,” an “intermediate elite,” or a “local elite.” The latter can be described as a “macro-elite,” a “central elite” or a “national elite.” Though convenience dictates the choice of one of these combinations, a reference to the alternatives is necessary because each captures a facet which the other labels do not convey...

... Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1970 1970 Chinese Local Histories . The University of Chicago Library Reference List No. 1, 1969 . BOOK NOTES 245 Huo-pi chin-yung lun-wen fen-lei so-yin. COMPILED tions. It is a marvelously entertaining and informative BY F. K. S...

...Ramon H. Myers Taiwan: Studies in Chinese Local History . Edited by Leonard H. D. Gordon . New York and London : Columbia University Press , 1970 . 116 pp. Index. $3.50. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1971 1971 BOOK REVIEWS 453 wan will also undoubtedly...

...Leonard A. Gordon The Local Roots of Indian Politics: Allahabad 1880–1920 . By C. A. Bayly . Oxford and New York : Oxford University Press , 1975 . xvii, 314 pp. Maps, Tables, Appendix, Bibliography, Notes, Index. $32.00 Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1976 1976...

...David Joel Steinberg Political Change in the Philippines: Studies of Local Politics Preceding Martial Law . Edited by Benedict J. Kerkvliet . Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii, Asian Studies at Hawaii , No. 14, 1974 . ix, 261 pp. n.p.l. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies...

..., whose chief duty is to provide liaison between his hamlet and village government. Although units of local self-government below the subdistrict exist in all parts of the country, type of unit and terminology vary from region to region. The regency and provincial units, found throughout the country...

... the home of his daughter. In a neighboring commune, where his history was less well known, Ta Kam bore a different face within his community. There he was active in the local temple, doing the duties of a Buddhist layman and achieving a degree of respect from the community there as a result. Since...