Book Reviews

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RETHINKING JAPAN: The Politics of Contested Nationalism | By Arthur Stockwin and Kweku Ampiah

Michael Strausz

AIRPORT URBANISM: Infrastructure and Mobility in Asia | By Max Hirsh

Weiqiang Lin

ARTEFACTS OF ENCOUNTER: Cook’s Voyages, Colonial Collecting and Museum Histories | Edited by Nicholas Thomas, Julie Adams, Billie Lythberg, Maia Nuku, and Amiria Salmond; Photography by Gwil Owen

Roderick Ewins

DEMOCRATIZATION FROM ABOVE: The Logic of Local Democracy in the Developing World | By Anjali Thomas Bohlken

Niraja Gopal Jayal

THE ASEAN MIRACLE: A Catalyst for Peace | By Kishore Mahbubani and Jeffery Sng

Richard Stubbs

POLITICAL SURVIVAL AND YASUKUNI IN JAPAN’S RELATIONS WITH CHINA | By Mong Cheung

Lu Yan

INSURGENCIES AND REVOLUTIONS: Reflections on John Friedmann’s Contributions to Planning Theory and Practice | Edited by Haripriya Rangan, Mee Kam Ng, Libby Porter, and Jacquelyn Chase

Kah-Wee Lee

CHALLENGES IN THE PROCESS OF CHINA’S URBANIZATION | Edited by Karen Eggleston, Jean C. Oi, and Yiming Wang

Christine Wen

RESILIENCE AND GROWTH IN THE SMALL STATES OF THE PACIFIC | Edited by Hoe Ee Khor, Roger P. Kronenberg, and Patrizia Tumbarello

Penelope Schoeffel

DOMINATION AND RESISTANCE: The United States and the Marshall Islands during the Cold War | By Martha Smith-Norris

Sylvia C. Frain