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FEATURES
Yu, Anthony C., Rereading The Stone: Desire and the Making of Fiction in Dream of the Red Chamber
Reviewed by John Minford, p. 307
Academia Encounters the Chinese Martial Arts
By Stanley E. Henning, p. 319
The Study of Chinese Philosophy in the West: A Bibliographic Introduction
By Karel van der Leeuw, p. 332
REVIEWS
Barrett, Thomas, ed., China, Marxism, and Democracy: Selections from October Review
Reviewed by Stephen Philion, p. 373
Benson, Linda, and Ingvar Svanberg, China’s Last Nomads: The History and Culture of China’s Kazaks
Reviewed by Larry N. Shyu, p. 378
Benton, Gregor, and Frank N. Pieke, editors, The Chinese in Europe
Reviewed by Gary G. Hamilton, p. 380
Bergère, Marie-Claire. Sun Yat-sen
Reviewed by Parks M. Coble, p. 382
Bokenkamp, Stephen R., Early Daoist Scriptures
Reviewed by Barbara Hendrischke, p. 386
Buckley, Roger, Hong Kong: The Road to 1997
Reviewed by Danny S. L. Paau, p. 392
Cao, Chang-ching, and James D. Seymour, eds., Tibet through Dissident Chinese Eyes: Essays on Self-Determination
Reviewed by June Teufel Dreyer, p. 394
Chan, Sin-wai, A Topical Bibliography of Translation and Interpretation: Chinese-English, English-Chinese
Reviewed by Eugene Chen Eoyang, p. 396
Chang, Leo S., and Yu Feng, The Four Political Treatises of the Yellow Emperor
Reviewed by Robert Eno, p. 399 Available from UH Press
Cheng, Hsüeh-li, New Essays in Chinese Philosophy
Reviewed by Michael R. Martin, p. 404
Christensen, Thomas J., Useful Adversaries: Grand Strategy, Domestic Mobilization, and Sino-American Conflict, 1947-1958
Reviewed by John D. Becker, p. 408
Chu, Chauncey Cheng-hsi, A Discourse Grammar of Mandarin Chinese
Reviewed by Scott McGinnis, p. 410
Chung, Stephanie Po-yin, Chinese Business Groups in Hong Kong and Political Change in South China, 1900-1925
Reviewed by Robert Paul Gardella, p. 413
Cole, Alan, Mothers and Sons in Chinese Buddhism
Reviewed by Linda Penkower, p. 416
De Bary, William Theodore, Asian Values and Human Rights: A Confucian Communitarian Perspective
Reviewed by Sor-Hoon Tan, p. 421
Engelfriet, Peter M., Euclid in China: The Genesis of the First Chinese Translation of Euclid’s Elements, Books I-VI (Jihe yuanben, Beijing, 1607) and Its Reception up to 1723
Reviewed by Mary Tiles, p. 426
Faure, Bernard, The Will to Orthodoxy: A Critical Genealogy of Northern Chan Buddhism
Reviewed by Joseph McKeon, p. 430
Forte, Antonino, The Hostage An Shigao and His Offspring: An Iranian Family in China
Reviewed by Albert Welter, p. 434
Galikowski, Maria, Art and Politics in China, 1949-1984
Reviewed by Teresa Chi-Ching Sun, p. 439
Gao, James Zheng, Meeting Technology’s Advance: Social Change in China and Zimbabwe in the Railway Age
Reviewed by David Pong, p. 444
Hall, David L., and Roger T. Ames, Thinking From the Han: Self, Truth, and Transcendence in Chinese and Western Culture
Reviewed by Deirdre Sabina Knight, p. 449
Huang, Yiping, Agricultural Reform in China: Getting Institutions Right
Reviewed by Gregory Veeck, p. 452
Jeans, Roger B., Jr., Democracy and Socialism in Republican China: The Politics of Zhang Junmai (Carsun Chang), 1906-1941
Reviewed by Ta-ling Lee, p. 456
Jensen, Lionel M., Manufacturing Confucianism: Chinese Traditions and Universal Civilization
Reviewed by Min-sun Chen, p. 459
Khoon, Tan Loke, and Clifford Borg-Marks, Trade Mark Law in the People’s Republic of China
Reviewed by Pitman B. Potter, p. 462
Li, Bozhong, Agricultural Development in Jiangnan, 1620-1850
Reviewed by Hugh R. Clark, p. 464
Li, Wei, The Chinese Staff System: A Mechanism for Bureaucratic Control and Integration
Reviewed by Oded Shenkar, p. 469
Lin, Duan, Konfuzianische Ethik und Legitimation der Herrschaft im alten China: Eine Auseinandersetzung mit der vergleichenden Soziologie Max Webers
Reviewed by Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer, p. 471
Lindau, Juan David, and Timothy Cheek, eds. Market Economics and Political Change
Reviewed by Maria Chan Morgan, p. 473
Liou, Kuotsai Tom, Managing Economic Reforms in Post-Mao China
Reviewed by Alfred John Herschede, p. 478
MacKinnon, John Ramsay (text), and Nigel Hicks (photos), Wild China
Reviewed by Robert P. Weller, p. 481
Madsen, Richard, China’s Catholics: Tragedy and Hope in an Emerging Civil Society
Reviewed by David L. Wank, p. 482
Madsen, Richard, China’s Catholics: Tragedy and Hope in an Emerging Civil Society
Reviewed by Franklin J. Woo, p. 487
Mann, Jim, About Face: A History of America’s Curious Relationship with China from Nixon to Clinton
Reviewed by Edward Friedman, p. 490
McElroy, Michael B., Chris P. Nielsen, and Peter Lydon, Energizing China: Reconciling Environmental Protection and Economic Growth
Reviewed by George P. Jan, p. 497
Misra, Kalpana, From Post-Maoism to Post-Marxism: The Erosion of Official Ideology in Deng’s China
Reviewed by John A. Rapp, p. 504
Palmer, Martin, tr., The Book of Chuang Tzu
Reviewed by John Dye, p. 507
Pan, Yihong, Son of Heaven and Heavenly Qaghan: Sui-Tang China and Its Neighbors
Reviewed by Victor Cunrui Xiong, p. 511
Pas, Julian F., with Man Kam Leung, Historical Dictionary of Taoism
Reviewed by Judith M. Boltz, p. 514
Porter, Deborah Lynn, From Deluge to Discourse: Myth, History, and the Generation of Chinese Fiction
Reviewed by Patricia Angela Sieber, p. 518
Qian, Wenbao, Rural-Urban Migration and Its Impact on Economic Development in China
Reviewed by Laurence J. C. Ma, p. 520
Schneider, Axel, Wahrheit und Geschichte: Zwei chinesische Historiker auf der Suche nach einer modernen Identität für China
Reviewed by Brian Moloughney, p. 522
Schwarcz, Vera, Bridge across Broken Time: Chinese and Jewish Cultural Memory
Reviewed by Maram Epstein, p. 527
Scott, Ian, ed., Institutional Change and the Political Transition in Hong Kong
Reviewed by Kerrie L. Macpherson, p. 530
Seymour, James D., and Richard Anderson, New Ghosts, Old Ghosts: Prisons and Labor Reform Camps in China
Reviewed by Pitman B. Potter, p. 534
Valencia, Mark J., Jon M. Van Dyke, and Noel A. Ludwig, Sharing the Resources of the South China Sea
Reviewed by James C. F. Wang, p. 537 Available from UH Press
Wagner, Donald B., The Traditional Chinese Iron Industry and Its Modern Fate
Reviewed by Eric Harwit, p. 540
Wakefield, David, Fenjia: Household Division and Inheritance in Qing and Republican China
Reviewed by Robert J. Antony, p. 542 Available from UH Press
Wang, Ban, The Sublime Figure of History: Aesthetics and Politics in Twentieth-Century China
Reviewed by Richard Kraus, p. 544
Wang, Po, Laozi sixiang de shiguan tese (The characteristics of a court historian in Laozi’s thought)
Reviewed by Wim de Reu, p. 546
Wei, Ching-sheng, The Courage to Stand Alone: Letters from Prison and Other Writings
Reviewed by Wei-chin Lee, p. 550
West, Andrew Christopher, Catalogue of the Morrison Collection of Chinese Books
Reviewed by Beatrice S. Bartlett, p. 553
Wong, J. Y., Deadly Dreams: Opium, Imperialism, and the Arrow War (1856-1860) in China
Reviewed by Thomas D. Reins, p. 555
Yang, Benjamin, Deng: A Political Biography
Reviewed by Rhoda S. Weidenbaum, p. 559
Yang, Dali L., Beyond Beijing: Liberalization and the Regions in China
Reviewed by Kristen Diane Parris, p. 561
Ye, Wa., and Joseph W. Esherick, Chinese Archives: An Introductory Guide
Reviewed by Nelson Chou, p. 564
Yeh, Wen-Hsin, ed., Wartime Shanghai
Reviewed by Chang-tai Hung, p. 565
Yin, Hung, Shiji zhuanzhe shiqi de Zhongguo yingshi wenhua (Film and television culture in China on the eve of the new millenium)
Reviewed by Zhiwei Xiao, p. 569
Zhu, Fang, Gun Barrel Politics: Party-Army Relations in Mao’s China
Reviewed by Stephen R. MacKinnon, p. 572
BOOKS RECEIVED, p. 575
