ASEASUK News 46 (2009) book reviews

Reviews from Aseasuk News no. 46 (Autumn 2009)

·      Military politics, Islam and the state in Indonesia: from turbulent transition to democratic consolidation

·      Muslims and matriarchs: cultural resilience in Indonesia through jihad and

colonialism

·      Paths and rivers:  Sa’dan Toraja society in transformation

·      Torture, truth and justice: the case of Timor Leste

·      Loan-words in Indonesian and Malay

·      A history of modern Burma

·      Colonialism, violence and Muslims in Southeast Asia: the Maria Hertogh controversy and its aftermath

·      Across the causeway: a multi-dimensional study of Malaysia-Singapore relations

·      Constructing Singapore: elitism, ethnicity and the nation-building project

·      Proper Islamic consumption: shopping among the Malays in modern Malaysia

·      Hard choices: security, democracy, and regionalism in Southeast Asia