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Journal of Asian Studies (2020) 79 (3): 806–811.
Published: 01 August 2020
... the position of the Ban Chiang Project team to produce a relative working chronology: early period (2100–900 BCE), middle period (900–300 BCE), and late period (300 BCE–200 CE). Chapter 3 debunks the conventional technological determinism paradigm about metals and prehistoric society and critiques past...
View articletitled, Ban Chiang's Contribution to Prehistory - Ban Chiang, Northeast Thailand, Volume 2A: Background to the Study of the <span class="search-highlight">Metal</span> Remains and Ban Chiang, Northeast Thailand, Volume 2B: <span class="search-highlight">Metals</span> and Related Evidence from Ban Chiang, Ban Tong, Ban Phak Top, and Don Klang and Ban Chiang, Northeast Thailand, Volume 2C: The <span class="search-highlight">Metal</span> Remains in Regional Context
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Icons in Bronze. An Introduction to Indian Metal Images
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Journal of Asian Studies (1961) 21 (1): 112–113.
Published: 01 November 1961
... of Technology Icons in Bronze. An Introduction to Indian Metal Images. By Lieut.-Gen. D. R. THAPAR. New York: Asia Publishing House, 1961. xx, 171. Illustrated, Maps, Appendices, Bibliography, Index. I9.25. In both preface and epilogue the author insists upon the introductory purpose of his book. He wishes...
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Making Scenes: Reggae, Punk, and Death Metal in 1990s Bali
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Journal of Asian Studies (2010) 69 (2): 644–647.
Published: 01 May 2010
...Bethany J. Collier Making Scenes: Reggae, Punk, and Death Metal in 1990s Bali . By Emma Baulch . Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press . 2007 . xiii , 226 pp. $79.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2010 2010 Emma Baulch's detailed...
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Published: 01 February 2025
FIGURE 1 Sopheap Pich, Ia danse . Aluminum, iron, and bell metal, 2021–22. Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photograph by author, 2022.
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Published: 01 February 2025
FIGURE 20 Sopheap Pich, la danse (detail), aluminum, iron, and bell metal, 2021–22, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photograph by the author, 2022.
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Precious Metals in Early South East Asia: Proceedings of the Second Seminar on Gold Studies
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Journal of Asian Studies (2001) 60 (3): 920.
Published: 01 August 2001
...Robert S. Wicks Precious Metals in Early South East Asia: Proceedings of the Second Seminar on Gold Studies . Edited by Wilhemina H. Kal . Amsterdam : Royal Tropical Institute, Tropenmuseum , 1999 . 112 pp. $26.50 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2001...
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Monetary Revolution and Societal Change in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Times—A Review Article
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Journal of Asian Studies (1986) 45 (5): 1037–1049.
Published: 01 November 1986
...Frank Perlin Abstract Precious Metals in the Later Medieval and Early Modern Worlds , edited by J. F. Richards, is a courageous attempt to survey late medieval and early modern monetary history on an appropriately global scale, while simultaneously representing the fragmentation of the present...
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Legitimation in Imperial China: Discussions Under the Jurchen-Chin Dynasty (1115–1234)
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Journal of Asian Studies (1986) 45 (5): 1051–1052.
Published: 01 November 1986
..., and resolve the question: Under which of the five alternating powers (wood, fire, earth, metal, water) should the Chin dynasty conduct its rule? Because Chin means "metal," metal seems an obvious answer. A quick headcount shows that a majority of officials did favor metal, but one argument was made for wood...
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Early Korean Typography
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Journal of Asian Studies (1985) 44 (4): 852–853.
Published: 01 August 1985
.... These illustrate the earliest Korean wood-block prints (Dharani 704-751), an early Buddhist text (Diamond Sutra) embossed on gold-foil leaves, the Korean BOOK REVIEWS KOREA 853 edition of a Sung classic (1204-1220), and Yi dynasty galley proofs. Typefaces in clay, wood, gourd, metal, and their imprints...
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Stars to the State and Beyond: Globalization, Identity, and Asian Popular Music
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Journal of Asian Studies (2013) 72 (1): 5–20.
Published: 01 February 2013
... and (counter) political” (26) while critiquing Chinese-produced music against this ideal. De Kloet weaves in references to star performers and provides details on the development of specific musical genres through his comparative analysis of scenes generated by the performance of underground bands, heavy metal...
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Abstracts
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Journal of Asian Studies (1986) 45 (5): 929–931.
Published: 01 November 1986
..., neither full understanding of their dynamics nor workable policies will eventuate. ABSTRACTS 931 Monetary Revolution and Societal Change in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Times A Review Article FRANK PERLIN Pages 1037-1049 Precious Metals in the Later Medieval and Early Modern Worlds, edited by J. F...
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A Revolution in the Chinese Iron and Coal Industries During the Northern Sung, 960–1126 A.D.
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Journal of Asian Studies (1962) 21 (2): 153–162.
Published: 01 February 1962
... Dynasties ), 527–528, the tax on private production of the base metals was ten per cent, and on the precious metals, twenty per cent. The total output of private industry would then equal the “mountain and marsh tax” multiplied by ten. The rate of taxation on officially regulated iron production seems...
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Between the Folds: Stories of Cloth, Lives, and Travels from Sumba
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Journal of Asian Studies (2001) 60 (3): 918–920.
Published: 01 August 2001
..., locality, and nation. The book's biographical persons are robustly creative and resourceful at these tasks and prove to be anything but victims of some seamlessly hegemonic New Order state or globalizing economy. SUSAN RODGERS College of the Holy Cross Precious Metals in Early South East Asia: Proceedings...
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The Thai Village Economy in the Past
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Journal of Asian Studies (2001) 60 (3): 920–922.
Published: 01 August 2001
... visa-vis art, modernity, locality, and nation. The book's biographical persons are robustly creative and resourceful at these tasks and prove to be anything but victims of some seamlessly hegemonic New Order state or globalizing economy. SUSAN RODGERS College of the Holy Cross Precious Metals in Early...
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Ch'ing Government and the Mineral Industries Before 1800
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Journal of Asian Studies (1968) 27 (4): 835–845.
Published: 01 August 1968
... government, however, were copper, zinc, and lead copper in particular the metals needed for coinage. Here the government's role was preponderant and many of the characteristics of its relationship with the enterprises were the most pronounced. In the following pages two contrasting cases of the eighteenth...
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Industrial Resources of Indochina
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Far Eastern Quarterly (1947) 6 (4): 396–408.
Published: 01 August 1947
... économique de l'Indochine , 16 ( 1938 ), 1245 –338 . The article contains a good discussion of the growth of the metallic mineral production. 18 A discussion of the Tin Producers Association is found in
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Buddhism in Chinese Society: An Economic History from the Fifth to the Tenth Centuries
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Journal of Asian Studies (1996) 55 (1): 149–150.
Published: 01 February 1996
... regularly worried the government. The loss of tax revenues was a common complaint, and thus imperial permission was in theory required for every ordination. However, there were many abuses and private ordination was common. The government was also concerned with the Buddhist accumulation of precious metals...
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The Skin of Trees: Escape and Healing in Cambodia
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Journal of Asian Studies (2025) 84 (1): 205–238.
Published: 01 February 2025
...FIGURE 1 Sopheap Pich, Ia danse . Aluminum, iron, and bell metal, 2021–22. Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photograph by author, 2022. ...
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To Dream of Pigs: Travels in South and North Korea
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Journal of Asian Studies (1995) 54 (4): 1106–1107.
Published: 01 November 1995
... and observant of the dying social mores and customs of a changing Korea, he writes of his bus ride to Sogwipo, on the southern shore of Chejudo, where he noted that "a scrap-metal BOOK REVIEWS KOREA 1107 collector pushed his cart down the road. Koreans doing the rounds associate themselves with distinctive...
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The Great Bronze Age of China: A Symposium
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Journal of Asian Studies (1985) 44 (4): 810–811.
Published: 01 August 1985
... to view the earliest metal objects from Gansu (which include some personal ornaments) as indicating the introduction of metallurgy from the West, followed, however, by "independent development." Both scholars are also concerned with the question of possible Chinese use of metallurgical techniques other...
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