East Asia Before the West: Five Centuries of Trade and Tribute. By David C. Kang. Contemporary Asia in the World. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. x, 240 pp. $27.50 (cloth). - From Orientalism to Postcolonialism: Asia, Europe and the lineages of difference. Edited by Sucheta Mazumdar, Vasant Kaiwar, and Thierry Labica. Routledge Contemporary Asia Series. New York: Routledge, 2009.

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East Asia Before the West: Five Centuries of Trade and Tribute. By David C. Kang. Contemporary Asia in the World. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. x, 240 pp. $27.50 (cloth). - From Orientalism to Postcolonialism: Asia, Europe and the lineages of difference. Edited by Sucheta Mazumdar, Vasant Kaiwar, and Thierry Labica. Routledge Contemporary Asia Series. New York: Routledge, 2009.