Reviews

Books reviewed: Yongnian Zheng, Discovering Chinese nationalism in China: Modernization, identity and international relations Peter Drysdale and Dong Dong Zhang, (eds), Japan and China: rivalry or cooperation in East Asia? Eva‐Marie Kroller, Allan Smith, Joshua Mostow and Robert Kramer, (eds), Pacific encounters: the production of self and other Lee Kam Hing and Tan Chee‐Beng, (eds), The Chinese in Malaysia Edmund Terence Gomez and Jomo K.S., Malaysia's political economy: Politics, patronage and profits Patrick V. Kirch, On the Road of the Winds R. Le Heron, L. Murphy, P. Forer, M. Goldstone (eds), Explorations in Human Geography: Encountering Place     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Ross McLeod and Ross Garnaut (eds), East Asia in crisis: from being a miracle to needing one? Anthony Reid (ed.), Sojourners and settlers: histories of Southeast Asia and the Chinese William Callahan, Imagining democracy: reading ‘the events of May’ in Thailand Lynne T. White, Unstately Power, Volume I: Local causes of China's economic reforms; Volume II: Local causes of China's intellectual, legal and government reforms Michael Young, Malinowski's Kiriwana; fieldwork photography 1915‐1918 Colin Filer with Nikhil Sekhran, Loggers, donors and resource owners. Policy that works for forests and people Michael Dutton (ed.), Streetlife China Kimberly Ann Elliott (ed.), Corruption and the global economy     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Ben Burt and Christian Clerk (eds), Environment and development in the Pacific Islands Glenn Banks and Chris Ballard (eds), The Oki Tedi Settlement – issues, outcomes and implications Bill Gammage, The Sky Travellers: journeys in New Guinea 1938–1939     

Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: H. Charles and L. Boon‐Chye (eds), Globalisation and SMEs in East Asia H. Charles and L. Boon‐Chye (eds), The Role of SMEs in National Economies in East Asia C. Allen, Blood Narrative: Indigenous Identity in American Indian and Maori Literary and Activist Texts Mushtaq H. Khan and K. S. Jomo (eds), Rents, Rent‐seeking and Economic Development: Theory and Evidence in Asia T. Dwyer (ed.), Resource Tax Policy in Countries of the Asia Pacific Region J. X. Kasperson and E. K. Roger, Global Environmental Risk J. D. Kelly and M. Kaplan, Represented Communities: Fiji and World Decolonization R. E. Elson, Suharto: A Political Biography     

REVIEWS

Books reviewed: Simon, Judith and Linda Tuhiwai Smith with Fiona Cram, Margie Hohepa, Stuart McNaughton and Maxine Stephenson (eds), A Civilising Mission? Perceptions and representations of the Native Schools System. Lukere, Vicki and Margaret Jolly (eds), Birthing in the Pacific: Beyond Tradition and Modernity? Per Ronnas and Bhargavi Ramamurphy, Entrepreneurship in Vietnam. Transformations and Dynamics. Yaw A. Debrah and Ian G. Smith (eds), Work and Employment in a Globalised Era: An Asia Pacific Focus. Phongpaichit, Pasuk and Chris Baker, Thailand's Crisis. Task Force Report (J.R. Kerrey, Chair; R.A. Manning, Project Director), The United States and Southeast Asia. A Policy Agenda for the New Administration.     

Reviews

Daljit Singh and Liak Teng Kiat (eds), Southeast Asian Affairs Michael Hobday, Innovation in East Asia: the challenge to Japan Patricia Jeffrey and Roger Jeffrey, Don’t marry me to a plowman! Women’s everyday lives in rural North India Helen Morton, Becoming Tongan: an ethnography of childhood Edvard Hviding, Guardians of Maravo Lagoon: practice, place, and politics in maritime Melanesia Carol J. Ireson, Field, forest, and family: women’s work and power in rural Laos Jayant Menon, Adjusting towards AFTA: the dynamics of trade in ASEAN Singapore R. Gerard Ward and Elizabeth Kingdon (eds), Land, custom and practice in the South Pacific Paula Brown, Beyond a mountain valley: the Simbu of Papua New Guinea Hal Levine and Anton Ploed (eds), Work in progress: essays in the New Guinea Highlanders ethnography in honour of Paula Brown Glick     

REVIEWS

Books reviewed: Nordhaus, William D. and Joseph Boyer, Warming the World: Economic Models of Global Warming. Lee, Helen Morton, Tongans Overseas: Between Two Shores. Pugh, Michael and Neil Cooper, with Jonathan Goodhand, War Economies in a Regional Context. Challenges of Transformation. Askew, Marc, Bangkok. Reuter, Thomas A., Custodians of the Sacred Mountains: Culture and Society in the Highlands of Bali. Lan, Hua R. and Vanessa L. Fong (eds), Women in Republican China: A Sourcebook. Chuh, Kandice and Karen Shimakawa (eds), Orientations: Mapping Studies in the Asian Diaspora.     

Suharto's Fall and Afterwards: Medititations Provoked by Four Recent Analyses

Books reviewed in this article: Edward Aspinall, et al, (eds) The last days of President Suharto Richard W. Baker, et al, (eds) Indonesia: The Challenge of Change Arief Budiman, et al, (eds) Reformasi: Crisis and change in Indonesia Geoff Forester, (ed) Post‐Soeharto Indonesia: Renewal or Chaos?     

Reviews

D. Denoon, M. Hudson, G. McCormack, T. Morris-Suzuki (eds), Multicultural Japan: palaeolithic to postmodern Khoo Boo Teik, Pardoxes of Mahathirism: An Intellectual Biography of Mahathir Mohamad William Case, Elites and Regimes in Malaysia: Revisiting a Consociational Democracy Edmund T. Gomez, The 1995 Malaysian General Elections: A Report and Commentary Bruce Grant, Indonesia B.S. Baviskar and Donald W. Attwood (eds.), Finding the middle path: the political economy of cooperation in rural India Harold Brookfield, Lesley Potter and Yvonne Bryon, In place of the forest. Environmental and socio-economic transformation in Borneo and the Eastern Malay Peninsula. UNU Studies on critical environmental regions     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed Moazzem Hozzain, Iyanatul Islam and Reza Kibria, South Asian Economic Development:Transformation, Opportunities and Challenges, Valentine Udoh James and James S. Etim, (eds.) The Feminization of Development Processes in Africa Aura Reggiani, (ed.) Accessibility, Trade and Locational Behaviour Richard H. Olson and Thomas A. Lyson, (eds.) Under the Blade: The Conservation of Agricultural Landscapes     

Re-evaluating Asia

Harland, Bryce Collision Course: America and East Asia in the Past and Future. da Cunha, Derek (ed.) The Evolving Pacific Power Structure. King, Peter and Kibata, Yoichi (eds) Peace Building in the Asia Pacific Region: Perspectives from Japan and Australia. Bell, Roger; McDonald, Tim and Tidwell, Alan (eds) Negotiating the Pacific Century: The ‘New’ Asia, the United States and Australia. Robison, Richard (ed.) Pathways to Asia: The Politics of Engagement.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Aura Reggiani, (ed.) Spatial Economic Science. New Frontiers in Theory And Methodology Frans Boekema, Kevin Morgan, Silvia Bakers, and Roel Rutten, (eds.) Knowledge, Innovation and Economic Growth–The Theory and Practice of Learning Regions Gary E.Machlis and Donald R. Field, (eds.)National Parks and Rural Development: Practice And Policy in the United States John Kromer, Neighborhood Recovery: Reinvestment Policy for the New Hometown     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article: Incomplete Picture Victor L. Arnold, ed., Alternatives to Confrontation: A National Policy toward Regional Change. Ladies’Room Gerda R. Wekerle, Rebecca Peterson, and David Morley, eds., New Space for Women. Speaking Fluidly Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Western Water Resources: Multilateral Monologues Alice H. Amsden, ed., The Economics of Women and Work. New York: To Plan or Not to Plan Joseph F. DiMento, The Consistency Doctrine and the Limits of Planning. Comprehensive Social Theory Walter Isard and Panagis Liossatos with Yoshigeto Kanemoto and Phyllis C. Kaniss Galvanized into Action Kai N. Lee and Donna Lee Klemka with Marion E. Marts, Electric Power and the Future of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle and London: Toil and Trouble Andrew Levison, The Full Employment Alternative. New York: Made in the U.S.A. Hsin-Min Tong, Plant Location Decisions of Foreign Manufacturing Investors. Also of Interest Peter Abelson, Cost Benefit Analysis and Environmental Boblems. Also of Interest Brian J. L. Berry and Lester P. Silverman, eds., Also of Interest John Carney, Ray Hudson, and Jim Lewis, eds. Also of Interest Leslie Dienes and Theodore Shabad, The Soviet Energy System: Resource Use and Policies. New York: Also of Interest Thomas R. Dye and Virginia Gray, eds., The Determinants of Public Policy. Lexington, Mass. Also of Interest Stahrl W. Edmunds and Adam Z. Rose, eds. Also of Interest Thomas G. Rawski, China's Transition to Industrialism: Producer Goods and Economic Development in the Twentieth Century.     

Review

Book reviewed: Laurence R. Goldman (ed.), Social impact analysis: An applied anthropology manual Robert W. Hefner (ed.), Market cultures: Society and morality in the new Asian capitalisms Yasuhiro Nakasone, The making of new Japan: Reclaiming the political mainstream Arne Kalland and Gerard Persoon (eds.), Environmental movements in Asia Carl N. McDaniel and John M. Gowdy, Paradise for sale – A parable of nature Arthur P.J. Mol and David. A. Sonnenfeld (eds.), Ecological modernisation around the world: Perspectives and critical debates Martha C. Nussbaum, Women and human development: The capabilities approach Marcus Noland, Avoiding the apocalypse, the future of the two Koreas Philippe Papin, Histoire de Hanoi     

Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Carl A. Trocki, Opium, Empire and the Global Political Economy: A Study of the Asian Opium Trade 1750–1950 Robert Robertson and William Sutherland, Government by the Gun: The Unfinished Business of Fiji's 2000 Coup Maung Maung, The 1988 Uprising in Burma Jan Van Bremen and Akitoshi Shimizu (eds), Anthropology and Colonialism in Asia and Oceania Hugh Cortazzi (ed.), Japan Experiences: Fifty Years, One Hundred Views – Post–war Japan through British Eyes     

Reviews

Ballard, Chris, Paula Brown, R. Michael Bourke and Tracy Harwood (eds.) (2005) The Sweet Potato in Oceania: A Reappraisal. Ethnology Monograph 19 (University of Pittsburgh), Oceania Monograph 56 (University of Sydney), viii + 227 pp., US$56.00, pbk, ISBN: 0 945428 13 8.
Reviewed by Janet Davidson
Honorary Research Associate, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand.
Email: Janet.Davidson@University‐of‐Ngakuta.ac.nz Boomgaard, Peter, David Henley and Manon Osseweijer (eds.) (2005) Muddied Waters, Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Management of Forests and Fisheries in Island South East Asia. Leiden: KITLV Press, 418 pp., US$35.00, ISBN 90 6718 243 5.
Reviewed by Michael Roche
School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Email: M.M.Roche@massey.ac.nz McMillan, Richard (2005) The British Occupation of Indonesia 1945‐1946: Britain, the Netherlands, and the Indonesia Revolution [Royal Asiatic Society Books]. London: Routledge, 248 pp., US$115.00, ISBN 978‐0415355513.
Reviewed by Laura M. Calkins
Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Email: laura.calkins@ttu.edu     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Understanding and Action
Peter Marris, Community Planning and Conceptions of Change. Policy Fad?
George W. Gau and Michael A. Goldberg, eds., North American Housing Markets into the Twenty-First Century. View from the Inside
W. G. Roeseler, Successful American Urban Plans. Theory Kickers
Philip L. Clay and Robert M. Hollister, eds., Neighborhood Policy and Planning. Invisible Hand
Albert M. Church, Conflicts over Resource Ownership: The Use of Public Policy by Private Interests. Beyond Growth Poles
Dennis A. Rondinelli, Secondary Cities in Developing Countries: Policies for Diffusing Urbanization. Clearing Obstacles
Max Neiman and Barbara J. Burt, eds., The Social Constraints on Energy-Policy Implementation. Causes and Relationships
Richard J. Cebula, Geographic Living-Cost Differentials. The Separatists
Pierre Clavel, Opposition Planning in Wales and Appalachia. International Buffet
Lawrence Susskind and Michael Elliott, Paternalism, Conflict, and Coproduction: Learning from Citizen Action and Citizen Participation in Western Europe. Social Impact Assessment
Steve H. Murdock, F. Larry Leistritz, and Rita R. Hamm, eds., Nuclear Waste: Socioeconomic Dimensions of Long-Term Storage. Two Environmental Problems
Partha Dasgupta, The Control of Resources. Cambridge     

Book Reviews

Book Review in this Article Nick Eberstadt, ed., Fertility Decline in the Less Developed Countries K. S. Shrader-Frechette, Nuclear Power and Public Policy: The Social and Ethical Problems of Fission Technology Lloyd C. Irland, Wildlands and Woodlots: The Story of New England's Forests David Lowenthal and Marcus Binney, eds., Our Past before Us: Why Do We Save It? Theodore W. Schultz, Investing in People: The Economics of Population Quality Peter O. Muller, Contemporary Suburban America Gail Garfield Schwartz, ed., Advanced Industrialization and the Inner Cities William W. Philliber and Clyde B. McCoy, eds., The Invisible Minority: Urban Appalachians A. C. Lewin, Housing Co-operatives in Developing Countries: A Manual for Self-Help in Low-Cost Housing Schemes Richard E. Lonsdale and John H. Holmes, eds., Settlement Systems in Sparsely Populated Regions: The United States and Australia Laurence J. C. Ma and Edward W. Hanten, eds., Urban Development in Modern China Charles Madge and Peter Willmott, Inner City Poverty in Paris and London Dean E. Mann, ed., Environmental Policy Formation: The Impact of Values, Ideology, and Standards Edward S. Mason et al., The Economic and Social Modernization of the Republic of Korea Thomas L. McPhail, Electronic Colonialism: The Future of International Broadcasting and Communication     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Measuring Poverty John W. Mellor and Gunvant M. Desai, Agricultural Change and Rural Poverty: Variations on a Theme. Third World Cities Robert B. Potter. Urbanisation and Planning in the 3rd World: Spatial Perceptions and Public Participation. Urban Economics for the Practitioner John M. Levy. Urban and Metropolitan Economics. Perspectives on Europe George Demko, ed., Regional Development: Problems and Policies in Eastern and Western Europe. Southern Land Use Robert G. Healy, Competition for Land in the American South: Agriculture, Human Settlement, and the Environment. Change in the United Kingdom A. Amin and J. Goddard, eds., Technological Change, Industrial Restructuring, and Regional Development. A Look at Marketing Boards Kwame Arhin, Paul Hesp, and Laurens van der Laan, eds., Marketing Boards in Tropical Africa. A Significant Step Ann Roell Markusen, Profit Cyucle, Oligopoly, and Regional Development. Steering Group Study Catherine Stirling and John N. Yockelson, eds., Under Pressure: U.S. Industry and the Challenges of Structural Adjustment.     

Book Reviews

Book Review in this Article Duncan Sim, Change in the City Centre. Naomi Black and Ann Baker Cottrell, eds., Women and World Change: Equity Issues in Development. Raymond C. Scheppach and Everett M. Ehrlich, eds., Energy-Policy Analysis and Congressional Action Brian Bayliss, Planning and Control in the Transport Sector Robert W. Lake, The New Suburbanites: Race and Housing in the Suburbs Carl H. Reidel, ed., New England Prospects: Critical Choices in a Time of Change John Cathie, The Political Economy of Food Aid Michael N. Danielson and Jameson W. Doig, New York: The Politics of Urban Regional Development. Oran R. Young, Natural Resources and the State: The Political Economy of Resource Management. Albert O. Hirschman, Shifting Involvements: Private Interest and Public Action David Listokin et al., Landmarks Preservation and the Property Tax: Assessing Landmark Buildings for Real Taxation Purposes. Richard H. Sabot, ed., Migration and the Labor Market in Developing Countries David W. Countryman and Denise M. Sofranko, eds., Guiding Land Use Decisions: Planning and Management for Forests and Recreation Judith A. Martin and David A. Lanegran, Where We Live: The Residential Districts of Minneapolis and Saint Paul