Book reviews

General British Business in Asia since 1860. Ed. R. P. T. Davenport‐Hines and Geoffrey Jones. Cambridge University Press, 1989. Pp. 301. Illus. Maps. Index. £35.00. Minority Peoples in the Age of Nation States. Ed. Gerard Chaliand. London, Pluto Press, 1989. Pp. 152. £18.00 Hb., £7.95 Pb. Moscow's Third World Strategy. By Alvin Z. Rubinstein. Princeton University Press. 1988. Pp. 311. Bibliog. Index. $29.95. The Limits of Soviet Power in the Developing World: Thermidor in the Revolutionary Struggle. Ed. Edward A. Kolodziej and Roger E. Kanet. Macmillan Press. 1989. Pp. 531. Bibliog. Index. £45.00. A History of Far Eastern Art. By Sherman E. Lee. London. Thames and Hudson, 1989, Pp. 548. Illus. Map. Bibliog. Index. £38.00. Central Asia Hidden Treasures and…