.... This argument is illustrated by a case study of growth and change in the “ordinary consumption” of food and drink, and in particular of sake, a “traditional” product that emerged as a major consumer good, and of beer, the “foreign” product that was to become, alongside sake, one of the necessities of modern...

... for the study of Chinese prehistory and history. These factors and circumstances include a deep-rooted interest of the Chinese people in their past, not only for its own sake but also for guidance, as lesson; the introduction, in the first half of the century, of Western archaeological science; systematic...

... it is due to the common assumption that high-speed economic growth emerged out of an attempt to create high-speed economic growth for its own sake-thus making redundant any sustained inquiry into its origins (as opposed to its mechanisms). We now have a fairly clear understanding of the technical means...

... to modern class divisions and economic exploitation as well as traditional culture. They discussed the relationships among feminism, individual rights, and political liberties. He Zhen in particular severed feminism from nationalism, proclaiming “women's liberation” not “for the sake of the nation” but out...

...William Ayers Abstract Biography in the People's Republic of China is not exempt from the ubiquitous slogan: “politics in command.” It is a highly purposeful craft, but rarely, if ever, is its primary purpose to portray an individual personality for his own sake, to inform objectively...

...Hafeez Malik Abstract The conflict between the theory of art for art's sake and the theory of purposive art is not of recent origin. In modern times however the Soviet Union has made a comprehensive experiment with the theory of purposive art, subordinating all artistic endeavors to socialist...

... The Moneylenders of Late Medieval Kyoto. By SUZANNE G A Y . Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2001. 301 pp. $55.00 (cloth); $23.95 (paper). In this long-awaited study, Suzanne Gay sifts recalcitrant sources to unearth every mention of commerce in Kyoto during the Muromachi period. Her focus is on the sake...

.... In addition, there is little variety among the episodes. Kita and Yaji set out to gull innocent-looking strangers and end up being gulled themselves. Kita and Yaji ponder ways to rob each other of food, sake, or a woman's services, but in the end both of them lose the food, sake, or woman to a cleverer third...

..., p. 170); sexual practices, which are conducted for the sake of meditation, “not for the sake of exhaustion in amorous pleasures” (pp. 177–78); and medications (p. 179). The text discusses the elimination of old age through the use of sulphur, quicksilver, and myrobalans (p. 180), elixirs...

... characteristics in Japanese poetry are discussed: (1) Length and number of syllables differ in the types of Japanese poetry as follows: (a) They illustrate the 7-5 syllable verse by a folk poem, "Kuroda-bushi." Sake wa nome nome nomunaraba Drink sake drink hinomoto ichi no kono yari o And you will be nomitoru...

... the history of beer, whiskey, and sake brewing in Japan, while studies in the history of food examine consumption, production, policy, and preferences surrounding other comestibles. Histories of science spotlight medical breakthroughs in Japanese laboratories, and company histories ( shashi ) celebrate...

..., and truth. We learn that Dōgen's desire to “purify” Buddhism stemmed from his deep faith that the dharma had to be fully expressed by real people in the material world—not for their sake, but for the sake of truth itself. We learn of Dōgen's conviction that this expression was best realized in the purified...

... that, in the bulk of this literature, women and widows are represented in very traditional terms as dependent on men, their sexuality dangerous to the stability of society unless controlled within marriage, and ideally sel essly eager to sacri ce their own desires for the sake of their families, the nation...

..., cotton, tea, and sake brewing. Membership in the gono class was remarkably fluid in every industry Pratt examines. Very few rural families were able to sustain their entrepreneurial successes for more than a few generations, particularly after about 1830. Heavily invested in the old ways, elites in areas...

... in the Western world peace meant the establishment of justice on earth, in the East it referred mostly to maintaining social harmony. As a result, Western people are apt to wage war for the sake of peace, while Eastern people were always ready to condone injustice for the sake of stability. The reason...

... counterproductive as witnessed by the declining presence of the United States in Asia. But the U.S. really should withdraw further not only for its own sake, but also for the sake of Asia. Just look at the effects of U.S. economic influence in the Philippines, where American firms have invested most heavily. It's...

... became the arena of Russo-Japanese rivalry. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Bolsheviks canceled the unequal treaties of Tsarist China, not for the sake of "internationalism," but to win China over to an anti-Japanese coalition. During the Russian Civil War, in which Japan participated actively...

... when the two worked in Wuhan (1938). He survived so well, it seems, because of his suavity and peerless administrative skills, perhaps just for the sake of survival. Nonetheless, Jin and his colleagues present a complex picture of strains and stresses, frustrations and failures. All these vicissitudes...

.... The rhythmic effect of these four characteristics in Japanese poetry are discussed: (1) Length and number of syllables differ in the types of Japanese poetry as follows: (a) They illustrate the 7-5 syllable verse by a folk poem, "Kuroda-bushi." Sake wa nome nome nomunaraba Drink sake drink hinomoto ichi...

... warned: “But we must not take his story for gospel, still less must we allow him to set England and China at loggerheads for the sake of his beaux yeux .” Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1967 1967 BOOK REVIEWS 775 bring Maxauaws into the body politic of the Republic...