Pacific Affairs

Current Book Reviews

Asia General China & Inner Asia Northeast Asia South Asia & the Himalayas Southeast Asia Australasia & the Pacific Islands

Asia General

ASIA INSIDE OUT: Itinerant People | Edited by Eric Tagliacozzo, Helen F. Siu, and Peter C. Perdue ASIA INSIDE OUT: Itinerant People | Edited by Eric Tagliacozzo, Helen F. Siu, and Peter C. Perdue
Caren Freeman

ASIA’S REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE: Alliances and Institutions in the Pacific Century | By Andrew Yeo ASIA’S REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE: Alliances and Institutions in the Pacific Century | By Andrew Yeo
Thomas Wilkins

SMART CITIES IN ASIA: Governing Development in the Era of Hyper-Connectivity | Edited by Yu-Min Joo and Teck-Boon Tan SMART CITIES IN ASIA: Governing Development in the Era of Hyper-Connectivity | Edited by Yu-Min Joo and Teck-Boon Tan
Christian Dimmer

SECULARISM, DECOLONISATION, AND THE COLD WAR IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA | By Clemens Six SECULARISM, DECOLONISATION, AND THE COLD WAR IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA | By Clemens Six
Geoffrey C. Stewart

THIRSTY CITIES: Social Contracts and Public Goods Provision in China and India | By Selina Ho THIRSTY CITIES: Social Contracts and Public Goods Provision in China and India | By Selina Ho
Calvin Chen

ANTI-JAPAN: The Politics of Sentiment in Postcolonial East Asia | By Leo T. S. Ching ANTI-JAPAN: The Politics of Sentiment in Postcolonial East Asia | By Leo T. S. Ching
Caroline Rose

China & Inner Asia

FATEFUL DECISIONS: Choices That Will Shape China’s Future | Edited by Thomas Fingar and Jean C. Oi FATEFUL DECISIONS: Choices That Will Shape China’s Future | Edited by Thomas Fingar and Jean C. Oi
Kenneth W. Foster

THE THIRD REVOLUTION: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State | By Elizabeth C. Economy THE THIRD REVOLUTION: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State | By Elizabeth C. Economy
Tian He

RELIGION IN CHINA. China Today | By Adam Yuet Chau RELIGION IN CHINA. China Today | By Adam Yuet Chau
Kim-kwong Chan

THE CHINA-INDIA RIVALRY IN THE GLOBALIZATION ERA | Edited by T. V. Paul THE CHINA-INDIA RIVALRY IN THE GLOBALIZATION ERA | Edited by T. V. Paul
Chris Ogden

THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN: A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution | By Yang Jisheng; translated from the Chinese and edited by Stacy Mosher and Guo Jian THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN: A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution | By Yang Jisheng; translated from the Chinese and edited by Stacy Mosher and Guo Jian
Norbert Francis

Northeast Asia

THE ABE DOCTRINE: Japan’s Proactive Pacifism and Security Strategy | By Daisuke Akimoto \\ THE ICONOCLAST: Shinzō Abe and the New Japan | By Tobias S. Harris THE ABE DOCTRINE: Japan’s Proactive Pacifism and Security Strategy | By Daisuke Akimoto \\ THE ICONOCLAST: Shinzō Abe and the New Japan | By Tobias S. Harris
Andrew Oros

THE BUSINESS REINVENTION OF JAPAN: How to Make Sense of the New Japan and Why It Matters | By Ulrike Schaede THE BUSINESS REINVENTION OF JAPAN: How to Make Sense of the New Japan and Why It Matters | By Ulrike Schaede
Saadia M. Pekkanen

URBAN MIGRANTS IN RURAL JAPAN: Between Agency and Anomie in a Post-growth Society | By Susanne Klien URBAN MIGRANTS IN RURAL JAPAN: Between Agency and Anomie in a Post-growth Society | By Susanne Klien
Jeff Kingston

BEYOND THE GENDER GAP IN JAPAN | Edited by Gill Steel BEYOND THE GENDER GAP IN JAPAN | Edited by Gill Steel
Akiko Yasuike

INTO THE FIELD: Human Scientists of Transwar Japan | By Miriam Kingsberg Kadia INTO THE FIELD: Human Scientists of Transwar Japan | By Miriam Kingsberg Kadia
Timothy S. George

OTAKU AND THE STRUGGLE FOR IMAGINATION IN JAPAN | By Patrick W. Galbraith OTAKU AND THE STRUGGLE FOR IMAGINATION IN JAPAN | By Patrick W. Galbraith
Thomas Looser

REFRAMING DISABILITY IN MANGA | By Yoshiko Okuyama REFRAMING DISABILITY IN MANGA | By Yoshiko Okuyama
Kathryn Hemmann

SPECIAL DUTY: A History of the Japanese Intelligence Community | By Richard J. Samuels SPECIAL DUTY: A History of the Japanese Intelligence Community | By Richard J. Samuels
Paul Midford

South Asia & the Himalayas

ELUSIVE LIVES: Gender, Autobiography, and the Self in Muslim South Asia | By Siobhan Lambert-Hurley ELUSIVE LIVES: Gender, Autobiography, and the Self in Muslim South Asia | By Siobhan Lambert-Hurley
Barbara Metcalf

ANIMAL INTIMACIES: Interspecies Relatedness in India’s Central Himalayas | By Radhika Govindrajan ANIMAL INTIMACIES: Interspecies Relatedness in India’s Central Himalayas | By Radhika Govindrajan
Priti Narayan

FICTION AS HISTORY: The Novel and the City in Modern North India | By Vasudha Dalmia FICTION AS HISTORY: The Novel and the City in Modern North India | By Vasudha Dalmia
Chakraverti Mahajan

Southeast Asia

ALTERNATIVE VOICES IN MUSLIM SOUTHEAST ASIA: Discourse and Struggles | Edited by Norshahril Saat, Azhar Ibrahim ALTERNATIVE VOICES IN MUSLIM SOUTHEAST ASIA: Discourse and Struggles | Edited by Norshahril Saat, Azhar Ibrahim
Mohamed Salihin Subhan

DEMANDING IMAGES: Democracy, Mediation, and the Image-Event in Indonesia | By Karen Strassler.DEMANDING IMAGES: Democracy, Mediation, and the Image-Event in Indonesia | By Karen Strassler.
Colm Fox

THIS IS WHAT INEQUALITY LOOKS LIKE | By Teo You Yenn THIS IS WHAT INEQUALITY LOOKS LIKE | By Teo You Yenn
Nathan Peng

DISTRIBUTIVE POLITICS IN MALAYSIA: Maintaining Authoritarian Party Dominance | By Hidekuni Washida DISTRIBUTIVE POLITICS IN MALAYSIA: Maintaining Authoritarian Party Dominance | By Hidekuni Washida
Hwok Aun Lee

Australasia & the Pacific Islands

PEOPLE AND CHANGE IN INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA | Edited by Diane Austin-Broos and Francesca Merlan PEOPLE AND CHANGE IN INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA | Edited by Diane Austin-Broos and Francesca Merlan
Siobhan McDonnell