Africa, Asia and Australasia

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Books reviewed: Robin Law, The English in West Africa 1685–1688: The Local Correspondence of the Royal African Company of England, 1681–1699 Part 2. Ruth Watson, ‘Civil Disorder is the Disease of Ibadan’: Chieftaincy and Civic Culture in a Yoruba City. A. Adu Boahen, Emmanuel Akyeampong, Nancy Lawler, T. C. McCaskie and Ivor Wilks (eds), ‘The History of Ashanti Kings and the Whole Country Itself’ and Other Writings by Otumfuo, Nana Agyeman Prempeh I. Deryck Schreuder and Jeffrey Butler, Sir Graham Bower's Secret History of the Jameson Raid and the South African Crisis, 1895–1902. Ronald Hyam and Peter Henshaw, The Lion and the Springbok: Britain and South Africa since the Boer War. Justin Willis, Potent Brews: A Social History of Alcohol in East Africa 1850–1999. Paul Dresch, A History of Modern Yemen. Claude Markovits, A History of Modern India, 1480–1950. P. J. Marshall, The Eighteenth Century in Indian History: Evolution or Revolution? Seema Alavi, The Eighteenth Century in India. Milo Kearney, The Indian Ocean in World History. Paul A. Cohen, China Unbound: Evolving Perspectives on the Chinese Past. Philip Huang, Code, Custom and Legal Practice in China. Xiaoqun Xu, Chinese Professionals and the Republican State: The Rise of Professional Associations in Shanghai, 1912–1937. Merle Goldman and Elizabeth Perry (eds), Changing Meanings of Citizenship in Modern China.