Book Reviews

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STATEBUILDING BY IMPOSITION: Resistance and Control in Colonial Taiwan and the Philippines | By Reo Matsuzaki

Jong-sung You

PARADOXES OF THE POPULAR: Crowd Politics in Bangladesh | By Nusrat Sabina Chowdhury

John Richards

DOWN AND OUT IN LATE MEIJI JAPAN | By James L. Huffman

Simon Partner

POPPIES, POLITICS, AND POWER: Afghanistan and the Global History of Drugs and Diplomacy | By James Tharin Bradford

William Maley

SVAY: A Khmer Village in Cambodia | By May Mayko Ebihara; edited by Andrew Mertha, with an introduction by Judy Ledgerwood

Edmund J. Malesky

K-POP IDOLS: Popular Culture and the Emergence of the Korean Music Industry | By Dal Yong Jin and Hark Joon Lee

Seung-Ah Lee

GENDER AND CLASS IN CONTEMPORARY SOUTH KOREA: Intersectionality and Transnationality | Edited by Hae Yeon Choo, John Lie, and Laura C. Nelson

Jinsook Kim

FROM FACTORY GIRLS TO K-POP IDOL GIRLS: Cultural Politics of Developmentalism, Patriarchy, and Neoliberalism in South Korea’s Popular Music Industry | By Gooyong Kim; Foreword by Douglas Kellner

Hyejin Jo

WORKING WITH THE ANCESTORS: Mana and Place in the Marquesas Islands | By Emily C. Donaldson

David Fazzino

DIPLOMACY, TRADE, AND SOUTH KOREA’S RISE TO INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCE | By Dennis Patterson and Jangsup Choi

Seung-Whan Choi