Volume 82 – No. 1

March 2009

Perspectives


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Book Reviews

Asia General

TOURISM AT THE GRASSROOTS: Villagers and Visitors in the Asia-Pacific. By John Connell and Barbara Rugendyke. Reviewed by Lamont Lindstrom

CHINA, EAST ASIA AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: Regional and Historical Perspectives. By Takeshi Hamashita; edited by Linda Grove and Mark Selden. Reviewed by Robert B. Marks

GOVERNING FINANCE: East Asia’s Adoption of International Standards. By Andrew Walter. Reviewed by Marc Quintyn

THE DIGNITY OF NATIONS: Equality, Competition, and Honor in East Asian Nationalism. Edited by Sechin Y.S. Chien and John Fitzgerald.
Reviewed by Hyung-Gu Lynn

DRAGONS WITH CLAY FEET?: Transition, Sustainable Land Use, and Rural Environment In China and Vietnam. Reviewed by Jack Patrick Hayes

China and Inner Asia

CHINA’S REFORMS AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY. Edited by David Zweig and Chen Zhimin. Reviewed by Allen Carlson

DOING BUSINESS IN RURAL CHINA: Liangshan’s New Ethnic Entrepreneurs. By Thomas Heberer. Reviewed by Stig Thogersen

STATE AND ETHNICITY IN CHINA’S SOUTHWEST. By Xiaolin Guo.
Reviewed by Nicholas Simon

FIELDWORK CONNECTIONS: The Fabric of Ethnographic Collaboration in China and America. By Bamo Ayi, Stevan Harrell and Ma Lunzy.
Reviewed by Susan K. McCarthy

KEEPING DEMOCRACY AT BAY: Hong Kong and the Challenge of Chinese Political Reform. By Suzanne Pepper. Reviewed by Sonny Lo

Northeast Asia

21ST-CENTURY JAPANESE MANAGEMENT: New Systems, Lasting Values. By James C. Abegglen. Reviewed by Patrick Reinmoeller

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN JAPAN: Multinationals’ Role in Growth and Globalization. By Ralph Paprzycki and Kyoji Fukao. Reviewed by Kozo Kiyota

RETHINKING JAPANESE SECURITY: Internal and External Dimensions. By Peter J. Katzenstein. Reviewed by David A. Welch

NORMALIZING JAPAN Politics, Identity, and the Evolution of Security Practice. By Andrew L. Oros. Reviewed by Hugo Dobson

MULTICULTURALISM IN THE NEW JAPAN: Crossing the Boundaries Within. Edited by Nelson H. H. Graburn, John Ertl and R. Kenji Tierney. Reviewed by Robert Moorehead

JAPAN’S DIVERSITY DILEMMAS: Ethnicity, Citizenship, and Education. Edited by Soo im Lee, Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu and Harumi Befu. Reviewed by John F. Morris

PRIMARY SCHOOL IN JAPAN: Self, Individuality and Learning in Elementary Education. By Peter Cave. Reviewed by Christopher Bjork

JAPAN AND THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS: Empire and World Order, 1914-1938. By Thomas W. Burkman. Reviewed by Hatsue Shinohara

THE ETHICS OF AESTHETICS IN JAPANESE CINEMA AND LITERATURE: Polygraphic Desire. By Nina Cornyetz. Reviewed by Timothy Iles

INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AND SECURITY IN KOREA. By Jungsup Kim. Reviewed by Hazel Smith

NORTH KOREA IN THE BRINK: Struggle for Survival. By Glyn Ford with Soyoung Kwon. Reviewed by Geir Helgesen

NORTH OF THE DMZ: Essays On Daily Life in North Korea. By Andrei Lankov. Reviewed by Avram Agov

South Asia

JUKI GIRLS, GOOD GIRLS: Gender and Cultural Politics in Sri Lanka’s Global Garment Industry. By Caitrin Lynch. Reviewed by Dawn H. Currie

Southeast Asia

MARITIME SECURITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. Edited by Kwa Chong Guan and John K. Skogan. Reviewed by Netina Tan

TAKING SOUTHEAST ASIA TO MARKET: Commodities, Nature, and People in the Neoliberal Age. Edited by Joseph Nevins and Nancy Lee Peluso.
Reviewed by Derek Hall

CONTESTED DEMOCRACY AND THE LEFT IN THE PHILIPPINES AFTER MARCOS. By Nathan Gilbert Quimpo. Reviewed by Aprodicio A. Laquian

VIETNAM’S CHILDREN IN A CHANGING WORLD. By Rachel Burr
Reviewed by Danièle Bélanger

CULT, CULTURE, AND AUTHORITY: Princess Lieu Hanh in Vietnamese History. By Olga Dror. Reviewed by Nguyen Thi Dieu

MYANMAR’S LONG ROAD TO NATIONAL RECONCILIATION. Edited by Trevor Wilson. Reviewed by Nicholas Farrelly

WILLIAM J. GEDNEY’S COMPARATIVE TAI SOURCE BOOK: Oceanic Special Publication No. 34. Reviewed by Michael C. Howard

MAKING FIELDS OF MERIT Buddhist Female Ascetics and Gendered Orders in Thailand. By Monica Lindberg Falk. Reviewed by Susan M. Darlington

BEYOND THE GREEN MYTH: Borneo’s Hunter-Gatherers in the Twenty-First Century. Edited by Peter Sercombe and Bernard Sellato.
Reviewed by Gerry Van Klinken

Australasia and the Pacific Region

HUNTING THE COLLECTORS: Pacifi c Collections in Australian Museums, Art Galleries and Archives. Edited by Susan Cochrane & Max Quanchi.
Reviewed by Eric Kline Silverman

WHO OWNS THE CROWN LANDS OF HAWAI’I?: By Jon M. Van Dyke.
Reviewed by Fiona Mccormack

ISLAND MINISTERS: Indigenous Leadership in Nineteenth Century Pacifi c Islands Christianity. By Raeburn Lange. Reviewed by Judith Bennett

MEMORIES OF WAR: Micronesians in the Pacific War. By Susanne Falgout Lin Poyer and Laurence M. Carucci. Reviewed by Glenn Petersen

HOUSE-GIRLS REMEMBER: Domestic Workers in Vanuatu. Edited by Margaret Rodman, Daniela Kramer, Lissant Bolton and Jean Tarisese.
Reviewed by John P. Taylor

THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF MORALITY IN MELANESIA AND BEYOND. Edited by John Barker. Reviewed by Alexandra Widmer

THE FOUNDING OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MELANESIA AND MICRONESIA, 1850-1875. By Ralph M. Wiltgen. Reviewed by Terry M. Brown