SOAS Research Online

Charney, Michael W. (2009) 'Review of Seventeenth-Century Burma and the Dutch East India Company, 1634-1680 by Wil Dijk.' H-Net Reviews .

Standing, Guy (2009) 'Review of Cohen, D., "Three Lectures on Post-Industrial Society".' Journal of Economics, 98 (3). pp. 261-266.

Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Elena (2009) 'Book Review of Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, politics and the war on terror, by Mahmood Mamdani.' International Affairs, 85 (6). pp. 1282-1283.

Standing, Guy (2009) 'Global employment: Two reports in search of the problem.' Development and Change, 40 (6). pp. 1319-1337.

Sultany, Nimer (2009) 'Review of Plunder: When the Rule of Law is Illegal.' Journal of Law and Society, 36 (4). pp. 599-606.

Tan, Tian Yuan (2009) 'Review of Daniel Bryant, 'The Great Recreation: Ho Ching-ming (1483-1521) and His World'.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 72 (3). pp. 582-584.

Tan, Tian Yuan (2009) 'Review of A Dream of Glory (Fanhua meng): A Chuanqi Play by Wang Yun, translated, with introduction and annotation, by Qingyun Wu.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 72 (3). pp. 581-582.

Alshaer, Atef (2009) 'Gaza in Suspension: Review of, 'Governing Gaza: Bureaucracy, Authority, and the Work of Rule, 1917–1967, by Ilana Feldman.' H-Net H-Levant .

Luczanits, Christian (2009) 'Review: Discoveries in Western Tibet and the Western Himalayas: Essays on History, Literature, Archaeology and Art. Piats 2003: Tibetan Studies: Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Oxford, 2003. Brill’s Tibetan Studies Library, vol. 10/8 by Amy Heller and Giacomella Orofino.' Journal of the American Oriental Society, 129 (3). pp. 503-505.

Volz, Ulrich and Wolff, Peter (2009) 'Taking Africa Beyond Aid.' The Guardian .

Ferrari, Rossella (2009) 'Review of "Origins of the Chinese Avant-Garde: The Modern Woodcut Movement" by Xiaobing Tang.' China Review International, 16 (2). pp. 271-275.

Shindler, Colin (2009) 'Review of 'Hamas vs Fatah: The Struggle for Palestine' by Jonathan Schanzer.' Asian Affairs, 11 (2).

Janku, Andrea (2009) 'Review of Frank Dikötter, 'The Age of Openness: China Before Mao'.' The China Journal, 62 . pp. 235-237.

Alshaer, Atef (2009) 'Review of 'Embers and Ashes: Memories of an Arab Intellectual', by Hisham Sharabi.' Electronic Intifada .

Baumann, Hannes (2009) 'Review of N. Blanford, 'Killing Mr. Lebanon: The Assassination of Rafik Hariri and Its Impact on the Middle East'.' H-Net Reviews .

Laamann, Lars (2009) 'The Interweaving of Rituals: Funerals in the Cultural Exchange between China and Europe by Nicolas Standaert. Seattle; London: University of Washington Press.' China Quarterly (198). pp. 492-493.

Laamann, Lars (2009) 'The Greater China Factbook by Tilman Aretz. Taipei: Taiwan Elite.' China Quarterly (198). pp. 474-475.

Charney, Michael W. (2009) 'Review of Robert H. Taylor, 'The State in Myanmar'.' Britain-Burma Society Book Reviews .

Shah, Mustafa (2009) 'Review of 'The Oral and the Written in Early Islam' by Gregor Schoeler; translated by Uwe Vagelpohl.' Journal of Qur'anic Studies, 10 (1). pp. 98-128.

Alshaer, Atef (2009) 'Review of 'The Strings of the Lute', by Eileen Colucci.' Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, 2 (1). pp. 176-179.

Baderin, Mashood (2009) 'Review of 'New Directions in Islamic Thought: Exploring Reform and Muslim Tradition'.' The Middle East in London, 5 (9). p. 17.

Demetriou, Nicoletta (2009) 'Review of Transported by song: Corsican voices from oral tradition to world stage, by Caroline Bithell (2007).' Ethnomusicology Forum, 18 (2). pp. 281-283.

Janku, Andrea (2009) 'Review of Iwo Amelung, 'Der Gelbe Fluss in Shandong (1851-1911): Überschwemmungskatastrophen und ihre Bewältigung im China der späten Qing-Zeit'.' Zhongguo xueshu = 中国学术, 25 . pp. 251-256.

Marsden, Magnus (2009) 'Review of 'In Amma's Healing Room: gender and vernacular Islam in South India' by Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger.' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 15 (1). pp. 212-213.

Malagodi, Mara (2009) 'Review of Ali Riaz and Subho Basu, 'Paradise Lost? State Failure in Nepal' (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2007).' South Asia Research, 29 (1). pp. 78-80.

Branfoot, Crispin (2009) 'Indian Islamic Architecture: Forms and Typologies, Sites and Monuments by John Burton-Page, edited by George Michell (2008).' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 72 (1). pp. 191-192.

Khalili, Laleh (2009) 'A review of Salim Tamari’s Mountain against the Sea: Essays on Palestinian Society and Culture.' Times Higher Education .

Khalili, Laleh (2009) 'A review of Lisa Wedeen’s Peripheral Visions: Publics, Power, and Performance in Yemen.' Times Higher Education .

Khalili, Laleh (2009) 'A review of Rebecca Stein’s Itineraries in Conflict: Israelis, Palestinians, and the Political Lives of Tourism.' Times Higher Education .

Contadini, Anna (2009) 'Review of Marco Spallanzani, Oriental Rugs in Renaissance Florence. Florence: S.P.E.S., 2007.' The Burlington Magazine, 151 (1270). p. 35.

Hill, Nathan W. (2009) 'Review of Handbook of Proto-Tibeto-Burman: System and Philosophy of Sino-Tibetan Reconstruction. By James A. Matisoff. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003.' 語言暨語言學 / Languages and Linguistics, 10 (1). pp. 173-195.

Charney, Michael W. (2009) 'H.R.H. Prince Damrong Rajanubhab, A Biography of King Naresuan the Great, translated and edited by Kennon Breazeale. Bangkok : Toyota Foundation, 2008. Reviewer Michael Charney.' The Journal of the Siam Society, 97 . pp. 231-233.

Nelson, Matthew J. (2009) 'Review of David Loyn, 'Butcher and Bolt: two hundred years of foreign engagement in Afghanistan'.' The Middle East in London, 6 (1).

Fuccaro, Nelida (2009) 'The Arabian Frontier of the British Raj. Merchants, Rulers and British in the Nineteenth-Century Gulf.' Reviews in History, 726 .

Hezser, Catherine (2009) 'Review of: David Brodsky, 'A Bride Without a Blessing: A Study in the Redaction and Content of Massekhet Kallah and Its Gemara', Tuebingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 2006.' Journal of Jewish Studies, 60 (1). pp. 154-156.

Hezser, Catherine (2009) 'Review of: Annelies Kuyt and Gerold Necker (eds.), 'Orient als Grenzbereich? Rabbinisches und ausserrabbinisches' Judentum, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2008.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 134 (3). pp. 283-284.

Hezser, Catherine (2009) 'Review of: David Daube, The Deed and the Doer in the Bible. David Daube's Giffort Lectured, ed. Calum Carmichael. West Conshohoken, Penn.: Templeton Foundation Press, 2008.' Hebraic political studies, 4 (2). pp. 190-194.

Hintze, Almut (2009) 'Review: John R. Hinnells and Alan Williams (eds.): Parsis in India and the Diaspora. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2007.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 72 (1). pp. 196-200.

Bond, Oliver (2009) 'Review of Heine, Bernd, and Nurse, Derek, 2008. A linguistic geography of Africa (Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.' Journal of Linguistics, 45 (2). pp. 472-476.

Marsden, Magnus (2009) 'Review of Zenana: 'Everyday Peace in a Karachi Apartment Building' by Laura A. Ring.' Modern Asian Studies, 44 (2). pp. 441-444.

Marsden, Magnus (2009) 'Review of 'Islam and the prayer economy. History and authority in a Malian town' by Benjamin Soares.' Social Anthropology, 17 (4). pp. 508-510.

Wood, Abigail (2009) 'Review of Bohlman, P. (2008) 'Jewish music and modernity'.' Music and Letters, 90 (4). pp. 727-730.

Dovey, Lindiwe (2009) 'Review of 'The Devil you Dance With: Film Culture in the New South Africa'.' Cineaste, 35 (1). pp. 80-82.

Schwemer, Daniel (2009) 'Review of: A. Taggar-Cohen, Hittite Priesthood (Texte der Hethiter 26), Heidelberg 2006.' Orientalia Nova Series, 78 (1). pp. 96-105.

Impey, Angela (2009) 'Review of Mark Slobin (ed.), 'Global Soundtracks: Worlds of Film Music'. Middletown CT, Wesleyan University Press, 2008.' Ethnomusicology Forum, 18 (1). pp. 170-172.

Bajpai, Rochana (2009) 'Review of Martha Nussbaum, 'The Clash Within, Religious Violence, Democracy and India’s future'.' International Affairs, 85 (3). pp. 652-653.

Adib-Moghaddam, Arshin (2009) 'A Review of Kasra Naji, 'Ahmadinejad: The Secret History of Iran’s Radical Leader'.' Insight Turkey, 11 (3). pp. 208-210.

Yeon, Jaehoon (2009) 'Review of Prototypical Transitivty.' Studies in Language, 33 (1). pp. 233-239.

Ferrari, Rossella (2009) 'Review of "Children of Marx and Coca Cola: Chinese Avant-garde Art and Independent Cinema" by Xiaoping Lin.' China Review International, 16 (4). pp. 544-549.

Dorfmann-Lazarev, Igor (2009) 'Review of 'Nerses of Lambron. Commentary on the Revelation of Saint John'. Translation of the Armenian text, notes, and introduction by Robert W. Thomson.' Le Muséon, 122 (1/2). pp. 231-236.

Fuccaro, Nelida (2009) 'Review of 'A Companion to the History of the Modern Middle East' edited by Youssef Choueiri.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 72 (2). pp. 396-397.

Portisch, Anna (2009) 'The metamorphosis of heads: Textual struggles, education and land in the Andes.' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 15 (3). pp. 670-671.

Pierson, Stacey and Kerr, Rose (2009) 'Review of Song China Through 21st Century Eyes.' Arts of Asia, 40 (1). pp. 138-139.

Salih, Ruba (2009) 'Review of Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola Pratt, 'What Kind of Liberation? Women and the Occupation of Iraq'. University of California Press 2009.' Gender and Development, 17 (2).

Retsikas, Kostas (2009) 'Review of “Other Peoples’ Anthropologies: Ethnographic Practice on the Margins” edited by Aleksandar Boškovic.' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 15 (2). pp. 440-441.

Vergara-Camus, Leandro (2009) 'Book Review of "Peasants and Globalization: Political Economy, Rural Transformation and the Agrarian Question”, edited by A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi and Cristóbal Kay.' Journal of Peasant Studies, 36 (3). pp. 711-713.

Vergara-Camus, Leandro (2009) 'Book Review of "Accountability Politics: Power and Voice in Rural Mexico" by Jonathan Fox.' Bulletin of Latin American Research, 28 (3). pp. 463-464.

Shindler, Colin (2009) 'Review of 'Yigal Allon, Native Son: A Biography by Anita Shapira'. Translated by Evelyn Abel.' Middle Eastern Studies, 45 (1). pp. 149-153.

Shindler, Colin (2009) 'Review of 'A History of Palestine: From the Ottoman Conquest to the Founding of the State of Israel' by Gudrun Krämer.' Journal of Israeli History, 28 (1). pp. 79-83.

Hammond, Marle (2009) 'Review of Radwa Ashour et al (eds.), Arab Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999.' Middle Eastern Studies, 45 (5). pp. 851-855.

Dolce, Lucia (2009) 'Review of Patricia J. Graham, 'Faith and Power in Japanese Buddhist Art 1600-2005'.' Nihon bukkyô sôgô kenkyû [Interdisciplinary studies of Japanese Buddhism], 8 . pp. 129-138.

Howard, Keith (2009) 'Review of Kim Hee-sun, Contemporary Kayagum Music in Korea.' Songlines (58).

Howard, Keith (2009) 'Review of Mike Kim, Escaping North Korea: Defiance and Hope in the World's Most Repressive Country.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 72 (3). pp. 592-594.

Howard, Keith (2009) 'Review of Rudiger Frank, James Hoare, Patrick Kollner and Susan Pares, eds, Korea Yearbook 2008: POlitics, Economy and Society.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 72 (3). pp. 590-592.

Selwyn, Tom (2009) 'Review: 'Itineraries in Conflict: Israelis, Palestinians, and the Political Lives of Tourism' by Rebecca L. Stein.' Journal of Palestine Studies, 39 (1). pp. 81-83.

Rettová, Alena (2009) 'Review of "Elena Bertoncini Zúbková, Mikhail D. Gromov, Said A. M. Khamis and Kyallo Wadi Wamitila: Outline of Swahili Literature. Prose Fiction and Drama".' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 72 (3). pp. 594-596.

Khalili, Laleh (2009) 'A review of Benoit Challand’s Palestinian Civil Society: Foreign Donors and the Power to Promote and Exclude.' Perspectives on Politics, 7 (3). pp. 684-685.

Branfoot, Crispin (2009) 'Vijayanagara: Splendour in Ruins, edited by George Michell (2008).' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 72 (1). pp. 189-191.

Reyes, Raquel A. G. (2009) 'Review of 'The Politics of Dress in Asia and the Americas' by Mina Roces and Louise Edwards.' Asian Studies Review, 33 (4).

Hirschler, Konrad (2009) 'Review of Saladin. The Sultan and his Time, 1138-1193 by H. Möhring, transl. David S. Bachrach.' International History Review, 31 (4). pp. 838-839.

Hirschler, Konrad (2009) 'Review of Arabische Geschichtsschreibung in den arabischen Provinzen des Osmanischen Reiches (16.-18. Jahrhundert) by O. Weintritt.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 72 (3). pp. 562-563.

Hirschler, Konrad (2009) 'Review of Charity, Endowments, and Charitable Institutions in Medieval Islam by Y. Lev.' American Historical Review, 114 (2). p. 515.

Hirschler, Konrad (2009) 'Review of The Fortress of the Raven: Karak in the Middle Islamic Period (1100-1650) by M. Milwright.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 72 (2). pp. 401-403.

Tallotte, William (2009) 'Review of Rolf Killius, 'Voices for Humans, Ancestors and Gods. A musical journey through India’s interior, East and North-East'. 1 CD Topic Records/World Series, TSCD 933, 2006.' Cahiers d’ethnomusicologie, 22 . pp. 301-305.

Shah, Mustafa (2009) 'Book review of: Colin F. Baker. Qur’an Manuscripts: Calligraphy, Illumination and Design (London: British Library, 2007).' Journal of Qur'anic Studies, 11 (1). pp. 126-132.

Abou-El-Fadl, Reem (2009) 'Review of Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, The Politics of Secularism in International Relations (2008).' Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 37 (3). pp. 833-835.

Bhandar, Brenna (2009) 'Book Review: Hegel’s Laws: The Legitimacy of a Modern Legal Order: By William E. Conklin, Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2008. 400 pp. $65.00 (Cloth). ISBN 10-0804750300.' Law, Culture and the Humanities, 5 . pp. 452-456.

Bhandar, Brenna (2009) 'Joan Wallach Scott: The Politics of the Veil.' Feminist Legal Studies, 17 . pp. 345-351.

Bachmann, Reinhard (2009) ''Contracts and Trust in Alliances: Discovering, Creating and Appropriating Value' by Paul W.L. Vlaar. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2008.' Organization Studies, 30 (10). pp. 1171-1173.

Toporowski, Jan (2009) 'Review of: Pioneers of Financial Economics. Volume 2: Twentieth Century Contributions.' History of Economics Review, 49 (Winter). pp. 104-107.

Novak, Paolo (2009) 'Review of: Social Networks and Migration in Wartime Afghanistan. By Kristian Berg Harpviken. Houndmills: Palgrave, 2009.' Journal of Refugee Studies, 22 (4). pp. 529-530.

Laamann, Lars (2009) 'Colonial Hong Kong and Modern China: Interaction and Reintegration by LEE Pui-Tak 李培德. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2006.' Social Stratification in Chinese Societies, 2009 . pp. 251-254.

Mancini-Lander, Derek (2009) 'Review of Michael Axworthy, A History of Iran: Empire of the Mind (New York: Basic Books, 2008).' American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, 26 (4). pp. 121-124.