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Volume 45 - Issue 2 - February 1986

Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

Centers, Symbols, and Hierarchies: Essays on the Classical States of Southeast Asia. Edited by Lorraine Gesick. Foreword by Clifford Geertz. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University, 1983. (Southeast Asia Studies Monograph Series, no. 26.) x, 241 pp. $13 (paper).

Javanese: A Cultural Approach. By Ward Keeler. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University, Center for International Studies, 1984. (Monographs in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series, no. 69.) xxxvi, 515 pp. Appendixes. $18 (paper).

Honourable Intentions: Talks on the British Empire in South-East Asia, Delivered at the Royal Colonial Institute, 1874–1928. Edited and introduced by Paul H. Kratoska. New York: Oxford University Press, 1983. x, 470 pp. Tables, Plates, Maps, Appendixes, Index. $37.50.

Cruz-na-Ligas: Early Socialization in an Urbanizing Community. By Leticia A. Lagmay. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 1983. xvi, 125 pp. Tables, Plates, Appendixes, Selected Bibliography, Index. N.p. (Distributed in North America by University of Hawaii Press.)

Swamp Rice Farming: The Indigenous Pahang Malay Agricultural System. By Donald H. Lambert. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1985. xii, 159 pp. Tables, Figures, Maps, Appendixes, Bibliography, Index. $21.50 (paper).

The Reflowering of Malaysian Islam: Modern Religious Radicals and Their Roots. By Judith Nagata. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1984. xxv, 282 pp. Glossary, Notes, Bibliography, Appendixes, Index. $32. Can.; $29.95 U.S.

Divorce in Java: A Study of the Dissolution of Marriage Among Javanese Muslims. By Hisako Nakamura. Yogyakarta: Gadjah Mada University Press, 1983. xxiv, 145 pp. Tables, Maps, Bibliography, Appendixes, Glossary, Index. N.p.

A Peasant Community in Changing Thailand. By Steven Piker. Tempe: Arizona State University, 1983. (Anthropological Research Papers, no. 30.) ix, 157 pp. Figures, Tables, Appendixes. $8.50 (paper).

Marobo: Une société ema de Timor [An Ema Community of Timor]. By Brigitte Renard-Clamagirand. Paris: SELAF, 1982. (Langues et Civilisations de l'Asie du sud-est et du Monde Insulindien, no. 12.) 490 pp. Maps, Giaph: Plates, Illustrations. N.p.

Toward a People's Literature: Essays in the Dialectics of Praxis and Contradiction in Philippine Writing. By E. San Juan. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 1984. xix, 188 pp. Appendix, Index. $15 (cloth); $10 (paper). (Distributed in North America by University of Hawaii Press.)

West Irian: A Bibliography. By J. van Baal, K. W. Galis, and R. M. Koentjaraningrat. Dordrecht: Foris Publications for Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 1984. (Bibliographical Series, no. 16.) xiv, 307 pp. List of Abbreviations, Indexes. N.p.

Poppies, Pipes, and People: Opium and Its Use in Laos. By Joseph Westermeyer. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983. xxii, 336 pp. Maps, Tables, Plates, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. $28.50.

Thailand: A Short History. By David K. Wyatt. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1984. xviii, 351 pp. Illustrations, Tables, Notes, Index, Appendixes, Maps, Annotated Bibliography. $27.50.

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