June 2009
Articles
Byung Kwon Song
Francis L.F. Lee, Zhou He, Chin-chuan Lee, Wan-Ying Lin and Mike Yao
Morris Rossabi
Lynette Ong
Harsh V. Pant
Perspectives
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Review Essays
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Review Article
Beijing: A New Focus
By Jianfei Zhu
Book Reviews
Asia General
GLOBALIZATION, MINORITIES AND CIVIL SOCIETY: Perspectives from Asian and Western Cities. Edited by Koichi Hasegawa and Naoki Yoshihara.
Reviewed by Nobue Suzuki
UNDERSTANDING CONTEMPORARY ASIA PACIFIC. Edited by Katherine Palmer Kaup. Reviewed by James Cotton
THE HIDDEN COSTS OF CLEAN ELECTION REFORM. By Frederic Charles Schaffer. Reviewed by Ben Reilly
ASIA’S NEW REGIONALISM. By Ellen L. Frost. Reviewed by Mark Beeson
THE EVOLUTION OF REGIONALISM IN ASIA: Economic and Security Issues. Edited by Heribert Dieter. Reviewed by Shiro Armstrong
EAST ASIAN MULTILATERALISM: Prospects for Regional Stability. Edited by Kent E. Calder and Francis Fukuyama. Reviewed by Simon Seong Chee Tay
HOW EAST ASIANS VIEW DEMOCRACY. Edited by Yun-han Chu, Larry Diamond, Andrew J. Nathan and Doh Chull Shin. Reviewed by Charles Burton
VISIBLE CITIES: Canton, Nagasaki, and Batavia and the Coming of the Americans. By Leonard Blusse. Reviewed by Beverly Lemire
ASIAN CANADIAN WRITING BEYOND AUTOETHNOGRAPHY. Edited by Eleanor Ty and Christl Verduyn. Reviewed by Christopher Lee
China and Inner Asia
CHINA’S BRAVE NEW WORLD: And Other Tales for Global Times. By Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom; foreword by Vladimir Tismaneanu. Reviewed by David Kelly
CHINA MODERNIZES: Threat to the West or Model for the Rest? By Randall Peerenboom. Reviewed by Sida Liu
THE ‘ONE CHINA’ DILEMMA. Edited by Peter C. Y. Chow. Reviewed by Nancy Bernkopf Tucker
CHINA’S CHANGING POLITICAL LANDSCAPE: Prospects for Democracy. Edited by Cheng Li. Reviewed by Calvin P. Chen
POLITICAL CHANGE IN CHINA: Comparisons with Taiwan. Edited by Bruce Gilley and Larry Diamond. Reviewed by Dennis V. Hickey
CHINA’S ENERGY STRATEGY: The Impact on Beijing’s Maritime Policies. Edited by Gabriel B. Collins, Andrew S. Erickson, Lyle J. Goldstein, and William S. Murray. Reviewed by Arthur Waldron
CHINA’S TELECOMMUNICATIONS REVOLUTION. By Eric Harwit. Reviewed by Becky P.Y. Loo
THE CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION: A History. By Paul Clarke. Reviewed by Daniel Leese
DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS. By Timothy Brook, Jerome Bourgon and Gregory Blue. Reviewed by W.J.F. Jenner
Northeast Asia
THE JAPANESE CHALLENGE TO THE AMERICAN NEOLIBERAL WORLD ORDER: Identity, Meaning, and Foreign Policy. By Yong Wook Lee. Reviewed by Philippe Tremblay
RETHINKING THE CONSTITUTION: An Anthology of Japanese Opinion. Translated by Fred Uleman. Edited by The Constitution of Japan Project 2004. Reviewed by Kyoko Inoue
FROM IMPRESSIONISM TO ANIME: Japan as Fantasy and Fan Cult in the Mind of the West. By Susan J. Napier. Reviewed by Christopher Bolton
EAST ASIAN POP CULTURE: Analysing the Korean Wave. Edited by Beng Huat Chua and Koichi Iwabuchi. Reviewed by Kaori Yoshida
KOREAN SPIRITUALITY. By Don Baker. Reviewed by Chong Bum Kim
South Asia
THE LONG PARTITION AND THE MAKING OF MODERN SOUTH ASIA: Refugees, Boundaries, Histories. By Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar. Reviewed by Harjot Oberoi
A HUNDRED HORIZONS: The Indian Ocean in the Age of Global Empire. By Sugata Bose. Reviewed by Vinayak Chaturvedi
CRICKET IN COLONIAL INDIA, 1780-1947. By Boria Majumdar. Reviewed by John Harriss
Southeast Asia
SOUTHEAST ASIAN DEVELOPMENT. By Andrew McGregor. Reviewed by Dean Forbes
SOUTHEAST ASIA IN POLITICAL SCIENCE: Theory, Region, and Qualitative Analysis. Edited by Erik Martinez Kuhonta, Dan Slater, Tuong Vu. Reviewed by Thomas B. Pepinsky
EARLY SOUTHEAST ASIA: Selected Essays. By O.W. Wolters; edited by Craig J. Reynolds. Reviewed by James K. Chin
AT THE EDGE OF THE FOREST: Essays on Cambodia, History, and Narrative in Honor of David Chandler. Edited by Anne Ruth Hansen and Judy Ledgerwood. Reviewed by Mona Lilja
KHMER WOMEN ON THE MOVE: Exploring Work and Life in Urban Cambodia. By Annuska Derks. Reviewed by Khatarya Um
TECHNICAL PROGRESS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: An Empirical Case Study of Malaysia. By Ranald J. Taylor. Reviewed by Rajah Rasiah
MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES AND INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATION: Evidence from Thailand. By Archanun Kohpaiboon. Reviewed by Pasuk Phongpaichit
ETHNO-RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE IN INDONESIA: From Soil to God. By Chris Wilson. Reviewed by John Sidel
POPULAR CULTURE IN INDONESIA: Fluid Identities in Post-Authoritarian Politics. By Ariel Heryanto.Reviewed by Michael Bodden
Australasia and the Pacific Region
THE TESTIMONY PROJECT: Papua : A Collection of Personal Histories in West Papua. Edited by Charles E. Farhadian; Photographs by Stephan Babuljak. Reviewed by Larry M. Lake
SPINNING THE DREAM: Assimilation in Australia 1950-1970. By Anna Haebich. Reviewed by Margaret Brock
EXCHANGE AND SACRIFICE. Edited by Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew Strathern. Reviewed by Naomi M. McPherson
INVENTING ‘EASTER ISLAND’. By Beverley Haun. Reviewed by Terry L. Hunt
TATTOOING THE WORLD: Pacific Designs in Print and Skin. By Juniper Ellis. Reviewed by Donald H. Rubinstein
WE FOUGHT THE NAVY AND WON: Guam’s Quest for Democracy. By Doloris Coulter Cogan. Reviewed by Laurel A. Monnig