Book Reviews

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EPISTEMOLOGY OF THE PAST: Texts, History, and Intellectuals of Cambodia, 1855–1970 | By Theara Thun

Matthew Galway

BUILDING LITTLE SAIGON: Refugee Urbanism in American Cities and Suburbs | By Erica Allen-Kim

Christina Schwenkel

BOYS LOVE MEDIA IN THAILAND: Celebrity, Fans, and Transnational Asian Queer Popular Culture | By Thomas Baudinette

Emi Donald

TOWARD A FREE ECONOMY: Swatantra and Opposition Politics in Democratic India | By Aditya Balasubramanian

Yasser Ali Nasser

RIGHTEOUS DEMAGOGUES: Populist Politics in South Asia and Beyond | By Adnan Naseemullah and Pradeep Chhibber

Sefika Kumral

RESISTANCE AS NEGOTIATION: Making States and Tribes in the Margins of Modern India | By Uday Chandra

Edward Moon-Little

PASSCODE TO THE THIRD FLOOR: An Insider’s Account of Life Among North Korea’s Political Elite | By Thae Yong-ho; translated by Robert Lauler

Fyodor Tertitskiy

MILLENNIAL NORTH KOREA: Forbidden Media and Living Creatively with Surveillance | By Suk-Young Kim

Esther Eui-Gyeong Kim

JAPANESE RACIAL IDENTITIES WITHIN US-JAPAN RELATIONS, 1853–1919 | By Tarik Merida

Michael Sharpe

INTIMATE STRANGERS: Shin Issei Women and Contemporary Japanese American Community, 1980–2020 | By Tritia Toyota

Nobuko Adachi