Review Essays

Recently Received Books: Regional Focus on Asia

 

How We Missed the Story: Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and the Hijacking of Afghanistan

How We Missed the Story:
Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and the Hijacking of Afghanistan
By Roy Gutman

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 2008. 321pp.

* Cross-listed in Humanitarianism, Intervention & Terrorism
& Theory, Philosophy & History
Stitching Identities in a Free Trade Zone: Gender and Politics in Sri Lanka

Stitching Identities in a Free Trade Zone:
Gender and Politics in Sri Lanka
By Sandya Hewamanne

Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. 287pp.

* Cross-listed in Women, Children & Gender
Globalization, Labor & Economic Rights
Chinese Human Smuggling Organizations: Families, Social Networks, and Cultural Imperatives

Chinese Human Smuggling Organizations:
Families, Social Networks, and Cultural Imperatives
By Sheldon X. Zhang

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2008. 281pp.
Blisters on their Feet: Tales of Internally Displaced Persons in India's North East

Blisters on their Feet: Tales of
Internally Displaced Persons in India's North East
Edited by Samir Kumar Dasr

Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. 2008. 347pp.

*Cross-listed in Refugees & Displaced Persons
China Returns to Africa: A Rising Power and a Continent Embrace

China Returns to Africa: A Rising
Power and a Continent Embrace
Edited by Chris Alden, Daniel Large & Ricardo Soares De Oliveira

New York, NY: Columbia University Press. 2008. 382pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Africa & the Middle East
& Development, Democracy & Health

Degrees Without Freedom?: Education, Masculinities, and Unemployment in North India

Degrees Without Freedom?: Education,
Masculinities, and Unemployment in North India
By Craig Jeffrey, Patricia Jeffery & Roger Jeffery

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. 2008. 240pp.

*Cross-listed in Women, Children & Gender
How East Asians View Democracy

How East Asians View Democracy
Edited by Yun-han Chu, Larry Diamond, Andrew J. Nathan &
Doh Chull Shin

New York, NY: Columbia University Press. 2008. 309pp.

*Cross-listed in Development, Democracy & Health
Melancholy Order: Asian Migration and the Globalization of Borders

Melancholy Order: Asian Migration and the Globalization of Borders
By Adam M. McKeown

New York , NY: Columbia University Press. 2008. 450pp.

*Cross-listed in Globalization, Labor & Economic Rights
East Asia's Haunted Present: Historical Memories and the Resurgence of Nationalism

East Asia's Haunted Present: Historical Memories
and the Resurgence of Nationalism
Edited by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa & Kazuhiko Togo

Westport, CT: Praeger Security International. 2008. 261pp.

* Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History
Piracy and the State: The Politics of Intellectual Property Rights in China

Piracy and the State: The Politics of Intellectual
Property Rights in China
By Martin K. Dimitrov

New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 2009. 307pp.

*Cross-listed in Globalization, Labor & Economic Rights

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