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... books, but rather as a call for even more scholarship on the cultural history of postwar South Korea. The two books under review contain many additional enlightening contributions on a range of topics: the discursive formation of ethnonational “Koreanness,” middle-class dreams of home ownership...

..., and religious studies has been produced since January 4, 2004, when a violent Muslim insurgency dramatically erupted in the area. At that time over 100 Muslim insurgents raided an arms depot of the Fourth Army Engineers in Narathiwat Province. On January 22, in south Thailand, two Muslim young men...

...Edward E. LeClair, Jr. Capital Requirements for the Development of South and South-East Asia . By S. A. Abbas . Groningen : J. B. Wolters ; New York: Gregory Lounz; 1956 . 151 . $4.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1958 1958 BOOK REVIEWS 153 success...

... on a cohesive nation-state and tried to remake it in its own image. The Japanese greeted democratization with ambivalence, for it did not come from within. South Korea's position regarding the burgeoning Sino-US rivalry is ever more complicated. Heo and Reohrig see new and expanding sectors for US–South...

...Richard M. Eaton Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1978 1978 Religion in South Asia: Religious Conversion and Revival Movements in South Asia in Medieval and Modern Times . Edited by G. A. Oddie . Columbia, Mo. : South Asia Books , 1977 . viii, 204 pp. Appendixes...

...Frank F. Conlon South Asian Bibliography: A Handbook and Guide Compiled by the South Asia Library Group . General editor, J. D. Pearson , Hassocks, Sussex : Harvester Press ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Humanities Press, 1979 . xiii, 381 pp. Index, $87.50. Copyright © The Association...

...Frank F. Conlon Abstract The publication of A Historical Atlas of South Asia , edited by Joseph E. Schwartzberg, represents a major achievement of modern scholarship on South Asia. Its maps and text offer useful perspectives on important geographical and historical relationships in the subcontinent...

... or understated. This paper reconsiders an Indian sense of these roles by examining the south Indian concept of the “big-man” (periyar, periyavar) , a notion of individuality and instrumentality that is central to the politics of south India and crucial to an understanding of the dynamic relationship that exists...

...Michael Rabe BOOK REVIEWS SOUTH ASIA 969 the volume with a more convincing theme. His paper gives fascinating and detailed data on the commercialization of cultural performance. There can be no doubt that the transformation of culture under the influence of printing and radio has been crucial...

...Amitrajeet A. Batabyal The Economics of HIV and AIDS: The Case of South and South East Asia . Edited by David Bloom and Peter Godwin . Delhi : Oxford University Press , 1997 . 263 pp. $21.95 (cloth) Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2002 2002 Book Reviews ASIA...

... the resources of the United States in terms of future research. South Asian Library Resources in North The two volumes are complementary, but America: Papers from the Boston Con- they can be purchased and used independently; ference, 1974. EDITED BY MAUREEN L. P. for that reason, an essential note...

...Thomas L. Wilborn South and South-east Asia, 1945–1979: Problems and Policies . By B. N. Pandey . New York : St. Martin's Press (The Making of the Twentieth Century), 1980 . viii , 236 pp. Map, Chronological Table, Select Bibliography, References, Index. $19.95. Copyright ©...

...Betty B. Lanham Women in the New Asia; The changing social roles of men and women in South and South-East Asia . Edited by Barbara E. Ward . Paris : UNESCO , 1963 . Appendix, Further Readings. $10.00. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1965 1965 344 JOURNAL OF ASIAN...

...Charles Morrison Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1976 1976 Through Indian Eyes . Edited by Donald J. Johnson and Jean E. Johnson . New York : Praeger Publishers , 1974 . 136 pp. Illustrations. $7.50 South Asia: Seven Community Profiles . Edited by Clarence...

...Ji-young Lee The US-South Korea Alliance would have been greatly enhanced by giving more attention to how North Korea fits in this discussion of the alliance transformation, and thereby examining more closely the interconnectedness of traditional and new security challenges. For example...

...Carla M. Sinopoli Living Traditions: Studies in the Ethnoarchaeology of South Asia . Edited by Bridget Allchin . Columbia, Mo. : South Asia Publications , 1994 . viii, 391 pp. $49.50 (cloth). South Asian Archaeology Studies . Edited by G. Possehl . New York : International...

...Ainslie T. Embree The States of South Asia: Problems of National Integration . Edited by A. Jeyaratnam Wilson and Dennis Dalton . Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press , 1983 . xviii, 343 pp. Annotated Bibliography, Index. $24. National Unity: The South Asian Experience . Edited...

... of Petroleum Reserves in South-East Asia: Economic Implications of Evolving Property Rights Arrangements . By Corazon Morales Siddayao . New York : Oxford University Press , 1980 . xix, 240 pp. Bibliography, Index, Appendixes, Tables, Figures. $33. Financial Deepening in ASEAN Countries . By George...

...Robert D. King Studies in South Asian Linguistics: Sinhala and Other South Asian Languages . By James W. Gair . Edited by Barbara Lust . New York : Oxford University Press , 1998 . 368 pp. $75.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2003 2003 656...

...David C. Kang From Deterrence to Engagement: The U.S. Defense Commitment to South Korea . By Terence Roehrig . Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books , 2006 . xi , 285 pp. $80.00 (cloth); $26.95 (paper). South Korean Engagement Policies and North Korea: Identities, Norms and the Sunshine...