Book reviews

Otto Braun, A Comintern Agent in China, 1932–1939, translated by Jeanne Moore, Queensland U.P., St Lucia, 1982. 278 pp, epilogue, appendices, indexes. Cloth: $24.95.

John King Fairbank, Chinabound: A Fifty Year Memoir, Harper & Row, New York, 1982. 480 pp, preface, maps, illustrations, index. Cloth: $25.95.

Chik–fong Lee, Index to Pre–T'ang Poetry, Chinese Materials Center, Taipei, 1980. 135 pp, stroke index. US$16.50.

Shih–Shun Liu, One Hundred and One More Chinese Poems, Chinese Materials Center, Taipei, 1981. 157 pp, appendices, index. US$19.75.

John Marney, Beyond the Mulberries, Chinese Materials Center, Taipei, 1982. 240 pp, introduction, abbreviations. Cloth: US$19.50.

Colin Mackerras, The Performing Arts in Contemporary China, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1981. 243 pp, preface, appendix, notes, index. Cloth: $41.50.

Howard Goldblatt (ed.), Chinese Literature for the 1980s: The Fourth Congress of Writers & Artists, M.E. Sharpe Inc., New York, 1982. xviii, 175 pp, preface, introduction. Cloth: US$35.00.

John Meskill, Academies in Ming China: A Historical Essay, Association for Asian studies Monograph 39, University of Arizona Press, Tucson (Arizona), 1982. xiv, 203 pp, introduction, appendices, notes, bibliography, maps, illustrations, index. Cloth: US$12.95.

Ping–cheng T'ung & D.E. Pollard, Colloquial Chinese, Houtledge fi Kegan Paul, London, 1982. 322ppp, cassette, introduction, vocabulary list. Paper: £4.95.

J.A.A. Stockwin, Japan: Divided Politics in a Growth Economy, London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, Second Edition, 1982. xii, 333 pp, tables, introduction, notes, index. Cloth £15.50, paper £8.50.

Michio Morishima, Why Has Japan ‘Succeeded’ ? Western Technology and the Japanese Ethos, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1982. xi, 207 pp, preface, index. Cloth: n.p.g.

Tetsuo Najita, Japan: The Intellectual Foundations of Modern Japanese Politics, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1980. viii, 152 pp, preface, introduction, index. Paper: $6.95.

Jyotindranath Das Gupta, Authority, Priority and Human Development, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1981. 118 pp, introduction, appendix, notes, index. Price: $15.95.

S.R. Aiken, C.H. Leigh, T.R. Leinbach & M.R. Moss, Development and Environment in Peninsular Malaysia, McGraw–Hill Southeast Asia Series, McGraw Hill, Singapore, 1982. 310 pp, tables, figures, plates, appendices, bibliography, index. Cloth: US$29.95.

Leonard Andaya, The Heritage of Arung Palakka. A History of South Sulawesi (Celebes) in the Seventeenth Century, KITLV Verhandelingen no. 91, Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, 1981. xii, 353 pp, introduction, appendices, glossary, notes, bibliography, maps, index. Paper: Dfl.110.

John M. Chin, The Sarawak Chinese, Oxford U.P., Kuala Lumpur, 1981. xv, 158 pp, foreword, preface, maps, plates, appendices, bibliography, index. Paper: $13.95.

Katuiti Honda, Journey to Cambodia: Investigation into Massacre by Pol Pot Regime, Committee of ‘Journey to Cambodia’ International Edition, Heiwa to Rodo Kaikan, Tokyo, 1981. 191 pp, preface, illustrations. Paper: n.p.g.

Tsuyoshi Kato, Matriling and Migration; Evolving Minangkabau Traditions in Indonesia, Cornell U.P., Ithaca (N.Y.), 1982. 267 pp, maps, tables, figures, glossary, index. Price: US$22.50.

Gustav Papanek (ed.), The Indonesian Economy, Praeger, New York, 1980. xxi, 433 pp, index. Cloth: US$50.95.

Pramoedya Ananta Toer, This Earth of Mankind, translated and introd. by Max Lane, Penguin Books, Ringwood (Vic.), 1982. 338 pp, maps, glossary. Paper: $5.95.

C. Skinner (ed. & trans.), Ahmad Rijaluddin's Hikayat Perintah Negeri Benggala, KITLV Bibliotheca Indonesia No. 22, Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, 1982. 198 pp, maps, introduction, notes, bibliography, appendices. Paper: n.p.g.

Martin Stuart–Fox (ed.). Contemporary Laos: Studies in the Politics and Society of the Laos People's Democratic Republic, University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1982. 345 pp, preface, introduction, index. Cloth: $24.95.

Nicholas Tarling, The Burthen, The Risk, And The Glory: A Biography of Sir James Brooke, Oxford U.P., Kuala Lumpur, 1982. 465 pp, plates, appendices, bibliography, index. Cloth; $55.95. Paper: n.p.g.

O.W. Wolters, History, Culture, and Region in Southeast Asian Perspectives, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 1982. xiii, 120 pp, introduction, appendices, bibliography. Paper: S$25.00/ US$12.50.

Kim–Wah Yeo, The Politics of Decentralization: Colonial Controversy in Malaya, 1920–1929, Oxford U.P., Kuala Lumpur, 1982. 395 pp, plates, abbreviations, glossary, appendix, bibliography, index. Cloth: $39.95.

Fouad Ajami, The Arab Predicament, Cambridge University Press, 1981. $39.00.