---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for China Studies Newsletter http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- 31.12.1998 New in IGCS - On-line Journals: Journal of the American Oriental Society (JAOS) Ed./Corp.: American Oriental Society, Ann Arbor, Mich., USA URL: http://www.umich.edu/~aos/frntmtr.htm ISSN: 0003-0279. Numbering: 1 (1843/49) - . Frequency: Quarterly. Language: English. Description: Regular serial publication of the American Oriental Society. Self description: "The first volume, published in 1843-49, set the tone for all time in the broad scope of subject matter and the solidity of its scholarship. It included studies of Arab music, of Persian cuneiform, and of Buddhism in India, and brought to a wide audience the then novel theories of Pierre E. Du Ponceau, assailing the doctrine of the "ideographic" character of the Chinese script. From that year to the present day, the Journal has brought to the world of scholarship the results of the advanced researches of the most distinguished American Orientalists, specialists in the literatures and civilizations of the Near East, North Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Inner Asia, the Far East and the Islamic World. [...]" Note: Tables of content are available beginning with vol 116 (1996). Additionally, full text articles beginning with vol 116 are available for purchase on-line among Northern Light Search's Special Collection at http://www.northernlight.com/pubsearch.html (this service provides free bibliographical data of found articles, including a short summary!). _______________________________________________________ With kind regards, Hanno Lecher ([log in to unmask]) INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINA STUDIES -- editor http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ _______________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to: [log in to unmask] containing the following message: SIGNOFF IGCS-L