Book Notes

Recently Received Books: Regional Focus on Asia

 

Multiculturalism in the New Japan: Crossing the Boundaries Within

Multiculturalism in the New Japan:
Crossing the Boundaries Within
Edited by Nelson Graburn, John Ertl & R. Kenji Tierney

New York, NY: Berghahn Books. 2008. 252pp.

*Cross-listed in Religion, Race, Ethnicity & Culture

Refugee Law and Practice in Japan

Refugee Law and Practice in Japan
By Osamu Arakaki

Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing. 2008. 270pp.

*Cross-listed in Refugess & Displaced Persons &
International Law & Ethics
Schooling Passions: Nation, History, and Language, in Contemporary Western India

Schooling Passions: Nation, History,
and Language, in Contemporary Western India
By Veronique Benei

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. 2008. 346pp.

*Cross-listed in Women, Children & Gender

Catastrophe and Contention in Rural China: Mao's Great Leap Forward Famine and the Origins of Righteous Resistance in Da Fo Village

Catastrophe and Contention in Rural China:
Mao's Great Leap Forward Famine and the
Origins of Righteous Resistance in Da Fo Village
By Ralph A. Thaxton, Jr.

New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 2008. 383pp.

*Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History
Reshaping the Holy: Democracy, Development, and Muslim Women in Bangladesh

Reshaping the Holy: Democracy, Development,
and Muslim Women in Bangladesh
By Elora Shehabuddin

New York, NY: Columbia University Press. 2008. 285pp.

*Cross-listed in Women, Children & Gender &
Religion, Race, Ethnicity & Culture
Protracted Displacement in Asia: No Place to Call Home

Protracted Displacement in Asia: No Place to Call Home
Edited by Howard Adelman

Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing. 2008. 243pp.

*Cross-listed in Refugess & Displaced Persons

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