Reviews, Op-Eds, and Short Essays

The Inequality of Pay by Henry Phelps Brown. In Contemporary Sociology 8(July 1979):656‑657.

Human Nature, Class, and Ethnicity by Milton Gordon. In Sociology and Social Research 63(July 1979):817‑819.

Social Indicators of Equality for Minorities and Women: A Report of the United States Commission on Civil Rights. In Contemporary Sociology 9(January 1980):158‑159.

Issues in Malaysian Development by James Jackson and Martin Rudner (eds.). In Asian Studies Association of Australia Review 3(April 1980): 70‑71.

Strangers Within the City Gate: The Jews of Atlanta by Steven Hertzberg. In Contemporary Sociology 9(May 1980):429.

Marginal Workers, Marginal Jobs: The Underutilization of American Workers by Teresa A. Sullivan. In American Journal of Sociology 86(July 1980):208‑210.

Professional Structure in Southeast Asia by T.H. Silcock (ed.). In Kabar Seberang (James Cook University, Townsville, Australia) 7(July 1980):132‑134.

Class, Race, and Colonialism in West Malaysia: The Indian Case by Michael Stenson. In Journal of Asian Studies 40(February 1981):437‑439.

Malaysia: Growth and Equity in a Multiracial Society by Kevin Young, William C.G. Bussink and Parvez Hasan. In Journal of Developing Areas 16(October 1981):133-135.

Neighborhoods and Urban Development by Anthony Downs and The New Suburbanites: Race and Housing in the Suburbs by Robert W. Lake. In Contemporary Sociology 11(November 1982):787‑788.

Economics of Population by T. Paul Schultz. In Economic Development and Cultural Change 32(January 1984):431‑437.

Malaysia: Quest for a Politics of Consensus by Kiran Kapur Datar and Class and Communalism in Malaysia by Hua Wu Yin. In Journal of Asian Studies 44(May 1985):664‑666.

Demographic Transition in Asia by Gavin W. Jones (ed.). In Asian Studies Association of Australia Review 9 (1) (July 1985):109‑110.

Labor Immigration Under Capitalism: Asian Workers in the United States Before World War II by Lucie Cheng and Edna Bonacich (eds.). In American Journal of Sociology 92(November 1986):758‑760.

Ethnic Preference and Public Policy in Developing States, edited by Neil Nevitte and Charles H. Kennedy. In Pacific Affairs 61(Summer 1988):319‑321.

The Demographic Dimension in Indonesian Development by Graeme J. Hugo, Terence H. Hull, Valerie J. Hull, and Gavin Jones. In Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 20 (March 1989):104‑106.

The Hispanic Population of the United States by Frank Bean and Marta Tienda. In Contemporary Sociology 18(May 1989): 386‑388.

Peasants in the Making: Malaysia’s Green Revolution by Diana Wong. In Journal of Asian Studies 49 (May 1990):447‑448.

Peasants Under Peripheral Capitalism by Wan Hashim. In Crossroads 5(2) (1991):158‑160.

The Population of Peninsular Malaysia by Saw Swee-Hock. In Pacific Affairs 64(Fall 1991):431‑432.

Labor Migration and Rural Transformation in Colonial Asia by Jan Breman. In Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 23(March 1992):144‑145.

Fertility Transitions, Family Structure, and Population Policy by Calvin Goldscheider. In Rural Sociology 58(Fall 1993):514‑515.

Asian and Pacific Islander Migration to the United States: A Model of New Global Patterns by Elliot R. Barkan. In Journal of American Ethnic History 14(Spring 1995):61‑63.

Malaysian Development: A Retrospective by Martin Rudner. In Crossroads 10 (1) (1996):200‑202.

Malaysia’s Demographic Transition: Rapid Development, Culture, and Politics by Richard Leete. In Journal of Asian Studies 56 (May 1997):558‑560.

Critical Perspectives on Schooling and Fertility in the Developing World by Caroline H. Bledsoe, John B. Casterline, Jennifer A. Johnson-Kuhn, and John Haaga (eds.). In Studies in Family Planning 31 (March 2000): 91-92.

The Unsteady March by Philip A. Klinkner with Rogers M. Smith. In Political Science Quarterly 115 (Summer 2000): 309-311.

“Immigration and Population Movement.” Statement on Research Priorities Presented at the Long Ranging Planning Workshop, Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch, NICHD, June 25-26, 2001. URL: http://www.nichd.nih.gov/about/meetings/2001/DBS_planning/hirshman1.cfm

Race and Ethnicity.” Statement on Research Priorities Presented at the Long Ranging Planning Workshop, Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch, NICHD, June 25-26, 2001. URL: http://www.nichd.nih.gov/about/meetings/2001/DBS_planning/hirshman2.cfm

An Economic History of Malaysia, c1800-1990: The Transition to Modern Economic Growth by John H. Drabble. EH.net published by the Economic History Association, Jul 9, 2001. URL: http://eh.net/book_reviews/economic-history-malaysia-c1800-1990-transition-modern-economic-growth

Who Counts? The Politics of Census-Taking in Contemporary America by Margo J. Anderson and Stephen E. Fienberg. In Contexts 1 (Spring 2002): 65-66.

Citizenship on the global stage.” Op-ed article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 10, 2002. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/94308_focus10main.shtml

Foreword” to The Naked Social Order: The Roots of Racial Polarisation in Malaysia by Collin Abraham. pp. xiii- xvi. Kuala Lumpur: Pelanduk Publications, 2003.

The New Race Question: How the Census Counts Multiracial Individuals, edited by Joel Perlmann and Mary C. Waters. In Population Studies 58 (Spring 2004):130-131.

Roots Too: White Ethnic Revival in Post-Civil Rights America by Matthew Frye Jacobson. In American Journal of Sociology 113 (July 2007): 274-275.

Immigrants and Boomers: Forging a New Social Contract for the Future of America by Dowell Myers. In Sociological Forum 23 (September 2008) :624-626

The Future of DemographyCommentary In Asian Population Studies 4 (November 2008): 233-234.

Inheriting the City: The Children of Immigrants Come of Age by Philip Kasinitz, John H. Mollenkopf, Mary C. Waters and Jennifer Holdway. In Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 680 (November 2008): 307-310.

Blurring the Color Line: The New Chance for a More Integrated America by Richard Alba. In Population and Development Review 36 (March 2010): 188-190.

The Diversity Paradox: Immigration and the Color Line in Twenty-First Century America by Jennifer Lee, Frank D. Bean.  In Contemporary Sociology 40 (September 2011):  602-603.

Malaysia’s Development Challenges: Graduating from the Middle by Hal Hill. Tham Siew Yean and Ragayah Haji Mat Zin, editors. In Asia-Pacific Economic Literature 27 (May 2013): 163-165.

Op-Ed Column “Rapid Malay Education Trend, but Slow Pace for Indians” New Straits Times Wednesday, September 11, 2013 (page 19). http://www.nst.com.my/opinion/columnist/rapid-malay-education-trend-but-slow-pace-for-indians-1.353333

Op-Ed Column on “Great Reduction in Job Inequality” New Straits Times, September 14, 2013. http://www.nst.com.my/opinion/columnist/great-reductions-in-job-inequality-1.355416

What is Your Race? The Census and Our Flawed Efforts to Classify Americans by Kenneth Prewitt. In Population and Development Review 40 (June 2014): 367-369.

Preface to David A. Swanson 2016. The Washington State Census Board and Its Demographic Legacy. New York: Springer.

Grounds for Difference by Rogers Brubaker. In Population and Development 43(4): 743–758 (December 2017).

Planting Empire, Cultivating Subjects: British Malaya, 1786-1941 by Lynn Hollen Lees. In Journal of British Studies. (July 2019). Vol 58(3): 654-656.

Women and Development in Malaysia. Brief note published online in 2020 under “articles” on the Economic History of Malaya Project website. https://www.ehm.my/publications/articles/women-and-development-in-malaysia 

America Classifies the Immigrants: From Ellis Island to the 2020 Census by Joel Perlmann. In Contemporary Sociology (March 2022). Vol 51(2): 146-148.

One Quarter of the Nation: Immigration and the Transformation of America by Nancy Foner. In Ethnic and Racial Studies Published online, 30 January 2024 at (https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2024.2308649)