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THE. Louvvtpa OF THE. lOUVVtpA OF PUBLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES, INC Volume XXII, Number 2 February 1963 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 170.106.202.126, on 30 Sep 2021 at 16:57:05, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021911800105236 THE ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES, INC. Formerly the Far Eastern Association, Inc. OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION EARL H. PRFTCHARD, President EUGENE LANGSTON, Treasurer University of Arizona Japan Society WILLIAM VV. LOCKWOOD, Vice President DELMER M. BROWN, Editor of Monographs Princeton University University of California RUSSELL H. FIFIELD, Secretary RHOADS MURPHEY, Editor of Journal University of Michigan University of Washington DIRECTORS A. DOAK BARNETT (1962-196S) JAMES R. HIGHTOWER (1960-1963) Columbia University Harvard University RICHARD K. BEARDSLEY (1962-1965) CHARLES O. HUCKER (1960-1963) University of Michigan Michigan State University (Oakland) ROBERT 1. CRANE (1962-1965) LUCIAN W. PYE (1961-1964) Duke University Massachusetts Institute of Technology W. THEODORE DE BARY (1961-1964) ROBERT A. SCALAPINO (1960-1963) Columbia University University of California ALEXANDER ECKSTEIN (1961-1964) MILTON B. SINGER (1960-1963) University of Michigan University of Chicago JOHN A. HARRISON (1961-1964) G. WILLIAM SKINNER (1962-1965) University of Florida Cornell University W. NORMAN BROWN (Honorary) LAURISTON SHARP (Honorary) University of Pennsylvania Cornell University COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN WILLIAM L. HOLLAND, Nominating FRED W. RIGCS, Program University of British Columbia Indiana University JACKSON H. BAILEY, Membership Earlham College RDITORS OF THE JOURNAL RHOADS MURPHEY, Editor HARRY J. BENDA, Assistant Editor University of Washington Yale University MARIUS B. JANSEN, Associate Editor ARDATH BURKS, Book Reviews Princeton University Rutgers Umvermy BERNARD S. 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IP address: 170.106.202.126, on 30 Sep 2021 at 16:57:05, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021911800105236 ies Vol. XXII: No. 2 February 1963 Contents ARTICLES 139 The Great Tradition and the Little in the Perspective of Sinhalese Buddhism GANANATH OBEYESEKERE 155 Buddhism and Animism in a Burmese Village JOHN BROHM 169 Preliminary Notes on Sung Archaeology R. C. RUDOLPH 179 The Philippine Sugar Industry and the Politics of Independence, 1929-1935 THEODORE FRIEND 193 Bhagavata Mela Natakam, a Traditional Dance-Drama Form CLIFFORD R. JONES BOOK REVIEWS 201 Sevostyanov, Politi\a veli\ih derzhav na Dalnem Vosto\e IVAN AVAKUMOVIC 201 Blofeld, tr., The Zen Teaching of Hui Hat LEON HURVITZ 202 Legge, The Chinese Classics HAROLD SHADICK 204 Ziircher, Dialoog der Misverstanden MARIUS B. JANSEN 205 Watson, Records of the Grand Historian of China HOMER H. DUBS 207 Sebes, The Jesuits and the Sino-Russian Treaty of Nerchins\ GEORGE ALEXANDER LENSEN 209 Li, The Statistical System of Communist China SIDNEY KLEIN 210 Communist China, 1955-1959. Policy Documents with Analysis PETER S. H. TANG 210 Blaustein, ed., Fundamental Legal Documents of Communist China H. ARTHUR STEINER 211 Boyd, Communist China's Foreign Policy CHALMERS A. JOHNSON 212 Garner, Chinese and Japanese Cloisonne Enamels HUGO MUNSTERBERG 212 Hata, Nih-Chu senso shi JAMES T. C. LIU 213 Kanai, Hansei BYRON K. MARSHALL 214 Kurzman, Kishi and Japan. The Search for the Sun. JOHN M. MAKI 215 Silberman, ed., Japanese Character and Culture DOUGLAS G. HARING 216 Nelson, The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary JOSEPH K. YAMAGIWA 217 Hatano, Mother and Son EZRA F. VOGEL 217 Hasumi, Zen in Japanese Art HUGO MUNSTERBERG 218 Conroy, The Japanese Seizure of Korea: 1868-igio FRANK G. WILLISTON 219 Richardson, A Short History of Tibet Hoffmann, The Religions of Tibet TURRELL V. WYLIE Articles in the Journal of Asian Studies represent neither the views of the Association for Asian Studies nor those of the Editors. The Editor is responsible for the selection and acceptance of articles. Responsibility for opinions expressed and for the accuracy of facts published in articles rests solely with the individual authors. COPYRIGHT 1963 BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES INC. The Journal is indexed in the International Jndex to Periodicals. It is also available on film through University Microfilm, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 170.106.202.126, on 30 Sep 2021 at 16:57:05, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021911800105236 138 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES 220 Dalai Lama, My Land and My People TURRELL V. WYLIE 220 Lamb, Britain and Chinese Central Asia OWEN LATTIMORE 221 Lattimore, Nomads and Commissars: Mongolia Revisited ROBERT A. RUPEN 223 Collins, Siberian Journey: Down the Amur to the Pacific JOHN A. HARRISON 223 Poppe, Uzbe\ Newspaper Reader EDWARD ALLWORTH 224 Fishel, ed., Problems of Freedom: South Vietnam Since Independence BERNARD B. FALL 227 Palmier, Indonesia and the Dutch GERALD S. MARYANOV 228 Gould, Americans in Sumatra CECIL HOBBS 228 Aung, Burmese Law Tales GERARD R. MORAN ROBERT E. KN0WLT0N 229 Casper, ed., Modern Philippine Short Stories DONN V. HART 230 Moon, Divide and Quit MINOO ADENWALLA 231 Wolpert, Tila\ and Go\hale: Revolution and Reform 7. DUNCAN M. DERRETT 233 Range, Jawaharlal Nehru's World View SUSANNE HOEBER RUDOLPH 234 Turner, ed., India's Urban Future ROBERT I. CRANE 235 Kripalani, Rabindranath Tagore: A Biography Sinha, Social Thinking of Rabindranath Tagore AINSLIE f. EMBREE 236 Cormack, She Who Rides a Peacoc\. Social Change and Indian Students ALBERT MAYER 237 Neale, Economic Changes in Rural India EDWIN EAMES 238 Beals, Gopalpur: A South Indian Village EDWIN EAMES 239 Nair, Blossoms in the Dust. The Human Factor in Indian Development RALPH W. NICHOLAS 240 Wolf, Foreign Aid: Theory and Practice in Southern Asia WILFRED MALENBAUM 242 Gadgil, Planning and Economic Policy in India WILFRED MALENBAUM 243 Nanjundan et al., Economic Research for Small Industry Development Singh, The Economics of Small Scale Industries Balakrishnan, Financing Small Scale Industries in India MONROE BERKOWITZ 245 Khan, Problems of Growth of an Underdeveloped Economy CARL K. EICHER 246 Sahota, Indian Tax Structure and Economic Development GERALD SIRKIN 246 Birw£, Der Ganapatha zu den Adhyayas IV und V der Grammati\ Paninis. 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