...Barbara Stoler Miller The Origin of the Young God: Kālidāsa's Kumārasambhava . Translated by Hank Heifetz . Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press , 1985 . xii , 180 pp. $30.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1988 1988 BOOK REVIEWS SOUTH...

... practices. 37 Ibid., p. 146. 38 Ibid., p. 14. 39 Quoted from Mahratta , March 22, 1891, in Report on Bombay Native Papers (Imperial Record Dept.), 1891. The Origin and Enactment of the Indian Age of Consent Bill, 1891 CHARLES H. HEIMSATH r I ^HE Indian social reform movement...

... to the attention of readers. The Origin of Modern Capitalism and Eastern all, there can be no direct observation of social Asia. By NORMAN JACOBS. Hong Kong: action. These considerations have held many Hong Kong University Press, 1958. 243. sociologists, primarily interested in universals H.K. $22.00. of behavior...

... of the system. Students of managing agency invariably have been economists. Although they feel obliged to make some reference to its historical origins, they neglect the sources where the evidence abounds. A typical statement from a recent official Indian study of managing agency reads: Little is known about...

... of Sun's pʻing-chün ti-chʻüan —“equalization of land rights”—as a specifically urban taxation device raises a question concerning the original scope and purpose of this major aspect of the min sheng program. Taken by itself, “equalization of land rights” has an agrarian land tenure reform connotation...

...Paul R. Goldin The Confucian Quest for Order: The Origin and Formation of the Political Thought of Xun Zi . Masayuki Sato . Sinica Leidensia, 58. Leiden and Boston : Brill , 2003 . xviii , 500 pp. $148.00 (cloth). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies 2004 2004 B O O K R E V...

...David Strecker Mother of Writing: The Origin and Development of a Hmong Messianic Script . By William A. Smalley , Chia Koua Vang , and Gnia Yee Yang . Chicago : The University of Chicago Press , 1990 . xii, 221 pp. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1991 1991...

...He Li China-América Latina: Génesis y Desarrollo de sus Relaciones . [China-Latin America: Origin and Development of their Relations] . By Marisela Connelly and Romer Cornejo Bustamente . Mexico City : El Colegio de Mexico , 1992 . 196 pp. Copyright © The Association for Asian...

..., 88.5a. The result was that, since officials were compelled to make recommendations, they had to find men of ability regardless of birth or wealth, and there is concrete evidence that numerous men of humble origin in fact did enter the bureaucracy. For an excellent discussion of this situation see Ch'ien...

...Christopher R. King A House Divided: The Origin and Development of Hindi/Hindavi . By Amrit Rai . Delhi : Oxford University Press , 1984 . x, 322 pp. Notes, Bibliography, Index. $29.95. (Distributed by Oxford University Press, New York, N.Y.) Copyright © Association for Asian Studies...

...Mark Selden Peasant Society and Marxist Intellectuals in China. Fang Zhimin and the Origin of a Revolutionary Movement in the Xinjiang Region . By Kamal Sheel . Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press , 1989 . Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1991 1991 BOOK...

...John T. Hitchcock Rana Polity in Nepal: Origin and Growth . By Satish Kumar . New York : Asia Publishing House , 1967 . 195 pp. Map, Appendices, Index. $4.25. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1969 1969 BOOK REVIEWS Muslim nationalist movement to a ruthlessly...

...Su-Ya Chang Cold War and Revolution: Soviet-American Rivalry and the Origin of the Chinese Civil War, 1944–1946 . By Odd Arne Westad . New York : Columbia University Press , 1993 . x, 260 pp. $50.00 (cloth); $16.50 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1994...

...Eileen P. Scully Sino-American Relations: Mutual Paranoia . By Radha Sinha . New York : Palgrave Macmillan , 2003 . xvii , 255 pp. $69.95 (cloth). No Exit? The Origin and Evolution of U.S. Policy toward China, 1945–1950 . By Zi Zhongyun Translated by Zhang Ciyun and Jia...

...Harvey M. Choldin Village Community Projects in India: Origin, Development and Problems . By V. P. Pande . New York : Asia Publishing House , 1967 . x, 258 pp. Appendixes, Index. $5.25. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1970 1970 BOOK REVIEWS 723 castes" (p. 8...

...Dorothy H. Fickle Votive Tablets in Thailand: Origin, Styles, and Uses . By ML Pattaratorn Chirapravati . Images in Asia. New York : Oxford University Press , 1997 . ix, 83 pp. $18.95 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1999 1999 566 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN...

... and Prowess: The Origin of Brooke Kingship in Sarawak. By J. H. WALKER. Asian Studies Association of Australia Publication Series. Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen and Unwin; Honolulu: University of Hawai i Press, 2002. xx, 300 pp. $36.00 (cloth). The career of James Brooke, raja of Sarawak, has received its share...

... groups and even can function as a kind of origin myth for these groups. Understanding how this is possible requires a considerable departure from the usual perspective on Jainism. The ascetic is normally the center of attention in Jain studies. This article, however, will give equal attention to a figure...

... histories and deploying various analytics, the book entextualizes a community of debate and critique. These productive tensions supplement the richness of the volume's material, making A Part, Yet Apart a significant contribution. BRIAN KEITH AXEL Emory University Many Heads, Arms and Eyes: Origin, Meaning...