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Journal of Asian Studies (1987) 46 (4): 946–947.
Published: 01 November 1987
...Karen Kartomi Theater in Society, Society in Theater . By Resil B. Mojares . Manila : Ateneo De Manila University Press , 1985 . 200 pp. Tables, Maps, Graphs, Appendixes, Notes, Bibliography, Index. $22.50 (cloth); $12.50 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2012) 71 (2): 543–545.
Published: 01 May 2012
... of the NGOs highlighted in Ogawa's discussion were at the fore of the response to the disaster in March 2011, such as Peace Winds Japan. These two books complement each other well and greatly deepen our understanding of civil society and democracy in Japan. It will be interesting to see how Japan's civil...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1994) 53 (2): 564–565.
Published: 01 May 1994
...." Ironically, the glorious red umbrella held over the priest was made and donated to the shrine by Kbhler himself. LAURA S. KAUFMAN Manhattanville College Religion and Society in Modern Japan: Selected Readings. Edited by M A R K R. MULLINS, SHIMAZONO SUSUMU, and PAUL L. SWANSON. Berkeley, Calif.: Asian...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1981) 41 (1): 163–165.
Published: 01 November 1981
...Charles Lindholm Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1981 1981 Pukhtun Economy and Society: Traditional Structure and Economic Development in a Tribal Society . By Akbar S. Ahmed . Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul , 1980 . xvi, 406 pp. Photographs, Appendix, Notes...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1969) 29 (1): 200–201.
Published: 01 November 1969
...Thomas R. Trautmann Studies in the Society and Administration of Ancient and Medieval India. Vol. I: Society . By D. C. Sircar . Calcutta : Firma K. L. Mukhopadhyay , 1967 . ix, 321 pp. Index. Rs. 25.00. Studies in Indian Coins . By D. C. Sircar . Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1970) 29 (3): 698–700.
Published: 01 May 1970
...G. Cameron Hurst Ritsuryō kokka to kizoku shakai. [The Ritsuryō State and Courtier Society] . Compiled and edited by Takeuchi Rizō Hakushi Kanreki Kinenkai. Tokyo : Yoshikawa Kobunkan , 1969 . 628 pp. ¥3,500. Shōensei to buke shakai. [The Estate System and Warrior Society] . Compiled...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1991) 50 (1): 186–188.
Published: 01 February 1991
...Alice W. Clark The State and Village Society: The Political Economy of Agricultural Development in Bangladesh . By Shakeeb Adnan Khan . Columbia, Mo. : South Asia Publications , 1989 . xi , 189 pp. $22.00. India in Transition: Issues of Political Economy in a Plural Society...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1999) 58 (3): 905–906.
Published: 01 August 1999
...Sharon A. Carstens Reason and Passion: Representations of Gender in a Malay Society . By Michael G. Peletz . Berkeley : University of California Press , 1996 . 402 pp. $50.00 (cloth); $20.00 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1999 1999 BOOK REVIEWS...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1999) 58 (4): 1170–1171.
Published: 01 November 1999
...Douglas M. Peers Militarism in India: The Army and Civil Society in Consensus . By Apurba Kundu . London : Tauris Academic Studies , 1998 . viii, 230 pp. $59.50 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1999 1999 1170 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES contains...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1999) 58 (4): 1186–1188.
Published: 01 November 1999
...Alfred W. McCoy Crime, Society and the State in the Nineteenth Century Philippines . By Greg Bankoff . Manila : Ateneo de Manila University Press , 1995 . viii, 247 pp. $22.00 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1999 1999 1186 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1999) 58 (4): 1185–1186.
Published: 01 November 1999
...Lawrence A. Babb Indian Society through Personal Writings . By M. N. Srinivas . Delhi : Oxford University Press , 1998 (First published 1996). xi, 245 pp. $13.95 (paper). Village, Caste, Gender and Method . By M. N. Srinivas . Delhi : Oxford University Press , 1998 (First...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1998) 57 (2): 580–581.
Published: 01 May 1998
...Chris Toffold State, Society and Human Rights in South Asia . By Stig Toft Madsen . New Delhi : Manohar , 1996 . xii, 370 pp. $34.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1998 1998 580 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES us what they think of themselves. The book...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1998) 57 (2): 578–580.
Published: 01 May 1998
...David L. White The Good Parsi: The Fate of a Colonial Elite in a Postcolonial Society . By T. M. Luhrman . Cambridge : Harvard University Press , 1996 . xiv, 317 pp. $49.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1998 1998 578 THE JOURNAL...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1998) 57 (2): 511–512.
Published: 01 May 1998
...Dali L. Yang Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1998 1998 In Search of Civil Society: Market Reform and Social Change in Contemporary China . By Gordon White , Jude Howell , and Shang Xiaoyuan . Oxford : Clarendon Press , 1996 . 241 pp. $69.00. BOOK REVIEWS...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1973) 33 (1): 145–147.
Published: 01 November 1973
... concerned with South Asia either must do something with the now myriad village studies perhaps compare them or else develop some new models for doctoral students. In any case, Dr. Aggarwal's study is a well-done example of the craft-form. PAULINE KOLENDA University of Houston Peasant Society in Konku...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1974) 33 (3): 480–481.
Published: 01 May 1974
...David K. Jordan Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1974 1974 The Kaifong Associations and the Society of Hong Kong . By Aline K. Wong. Taipei : The Orient Cultural Service. (No. 43 in the publisher's series Asian Folklore and Social Life Monographs , ed. by Lou...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2014) 73 (2): 563–565.
Published: 01 May 2014
...Peter J. Bertocci Bangladesh: Politics, Economy and Civil Society . By David Lewis . New York : Cambridge University Press , 2011 . xiii, 233 pp. $99.00 (cloth); $29.99 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2014  2014 This book provides a good introduction...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2014) 73 (1): 243–247.
Published: 01 February 2014
... Takeo was instrumental to his apotheosis (pp. 208 and 213, fn. 52). Chapters 2 and 3 focus on the process of mobilization and the experience of the battlefield, which Shimazu reveals through a solid analysis of personal accounts. Women's societies, veterans’ groups, and religious organizations all...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2014) 73 (1): 143–164.
Published: 01 February 2014
...Kumiko Saito Abstract The magical girl, a popular genre of Japanese television animation, has provided female ideals for young girls since the 1960s. Three waves in the genre history are outlined, with a focus on how female hero figures reflect the shifting ideas of gender roles in society...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2015) 74 (1): 246–248.
Published: 01 February 2015
... Reconstruction in a Post-Conflict Society . By JoakimÖjendal and Mona Lilja . Copenhagen : NIAS Press , 2009 . vii, 320 pp. $37.00 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2015  2015 Olle Törnquist's Assessing Dynamics of Democratisation and Joakim Öjendal and Mona Lilja's...