Silver

Paper Dreams: Universe Books New York City 10016 $6.95 paper $11.95 cloth. Reviewed by Lorraine Bodger

String Art Encyclopedia Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. New York City 10016 $8.95. Reviewed by Lorraine Bodger

Card Weaving: New York City 10001 $12.95. Reviewed by Ruth J. Katz Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.

Images in Sand: University Press of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40506 $12.95. Reviewed by Janis Sternbergs

The Ups and Downs of Needlepoint: A.S. Barnes and Co. Cranbury, NJ 08512 $17.50. Reviewed by Fannie Hillsmith

Anyone Can Paint-I Promise: David McKay Co., Inc. New York City 10017 $10.95. Reviewed by Robert H. Garden

Designing in Batik &; Tie Dye: Prentice-Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 $6.95. Reviewed by Nancy Belfer     

The State of Nonverbal Communication as a Field of Inquiry

Nonverbal Communication: Readings with Commentary. Shirley Weitz , ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1974. x + 351 pp. $10.00 (cloth), $4.95 (paper).
A World of Strangers: Order and Action in Urban Public Space. Lyn H. Lofland . New York: Basic Books, 1973. xvi + 223 pp. $9.50 (cloth).
Frame Analysis: An Essay on the Organization of Experience. Erving Goffman . Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1974. lx + 586 pp. $12.50 (cloth).     

Context, Meaning, and the Chomskyan Notion of Creativity

Implicit Meanings: Essays in Anthropology. Mary Douglas . London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1975. xxi + 325 pp. $23.50 (cloth).
Culture and Communication. The Logic by Which Symbols are Connected: An Introduction to the Use of Structuralist Analysis in Social Anthropology. Edmund Leach . New York: Cambridge University Press, 1976. 105 pp. $9.95 (cloth), $3.95 (paper).
Meaning. Michael Polanyi and Harry Prosch . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1975. xiv + 246 pp. $12.50 (cloth).     

The black ghetto and mainstream America

Thomas B. Edsall and Mary D. Edsall, CHAIN REACTION: THE IMPACT OF RACE, RIGHTS AND TAXES ON AMERICAN POLITICS, London and New York: Norton, 1992, ix + 343pp., $10.95 and £7.95 (paper).

Nicholas Lemann, THE PROMISED LAND: GREAT MIGRATION AND HOW IT CHANGED AMERICA, New York: Knopf, 1991, 410pp., $24.95 (cloth).

Alphonso Pinkney, BLACK AMERICANS, Fourth Edition, Englewood Cliffs, CT: Prentice Hall, 1993, vii + 246pp., npl.

Lee Sigelman and Susan Welch, BLACK AMERICANS’ VIEWS OF RACIAL INEQUALITY: THE DREAM DEFERRED, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, ix + 225pp., £13.95 and $15.95 (paper).

Raphael J. Sonenshein, POLITICS IN BLACK AND WHITE: RACE AND POWER IN LOS ANGELES, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1993, xxii + 301pp., $14.95 (paper).

Gerald Suttles, THE MAN‐MADE CITY: THE LAND USE CONFIDENCE GAME IN CHICAGO, London and Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990, xiii + 312pp., $24.95 and £19.95 (cloth).

William J. Wilson (ed.), THE GHETTO UNDERCLASS: SOCIAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVES, updated edn., London and Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1993, 201pp., $18.50 (paper).     

Luis Hidalgo and his Sculpture in Wax

Early America in Miniatures: The 18th Century: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. New York City 10016 $10.95 cloth. Reviewed by Marie Woodruff

Designs From Plant Forms: Universe Books New York City 10016 $4.95 paper. Reviewed by John W. Wadsworth

It's Easy to Carve: Doubleday &; Co., Inc. Garden City, New York $5.95 cloth. Reviewed by Frank D. Torre

Printmaking: A Beginning Handbook: Prentice-Hall Inc. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632 $9.95 paper $18.95 cloth. Reviewed by William C. Maxwell

The Golden Book of Hand &; Needle Arts … selected from The Family Creative Workshop Western Publishing Co., Inc. New York City 10022 $5.95 paper $10.95 cloth

Contemporary Crafts Market Place 1977–1978 … compiled by the American Crafts Council R. R. Bowker Co. New York City 10036 $15.95 paper     

Teaching Concern for the Environment

Reidman, Sarah R. Biological Clocks New York: T. Y. Crowell Junior Books, 1982 120 pp. $10.50 trade, $10.89 library. Reviewed by Gilbert Wright.

Sidgwick, J. B. (revised by James Muirden) Observational Astronomy for Amateurs, 4th ed. Hillside, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 1982 296 pp. $19.95 cloth, $5.95 paper. Reviewed by Van E. Neie.

Briggs, Asa The Power of Steam: An Illustrated History of the World's Steam Age Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982 208 pp. $22.50 (available in paper, $10, spring 1983). Reviewed by C. Bruce Hunter.

Manners, Ian R. North Sea Oil and Environmental Planning—The United Kingdom Experience Austin: University of Texas Press, 1982 268 pp. $37.50. Reviewed by Donald Schwartz.

Frazier, Kendrick Our Turbulent Sun Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1982 198 pp. Reviewed by James W. O'Leary.

Randi, James Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns and Other Delusions Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books, 1982 342 pp. $9.95 paper. Reviewed by R. F. Trimble.

Kircher, Harry B. and Donald L. Wallace Our Natural Resources, 5th ed. Danville, Ill.: Interstate, 1982 426 pp. $12.50. Reviewed by Rex E. Kerstetter.

Riley, Denis and Lewis Spolton World Weather and Climate, 2d ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982 $8.95. Reviewed by Ira W. Geer.

Shih, Gene and Richard Kessel Living Images: Biological Microstructures Revealed by Scanning Electron Microscopy Boston, Mass.: Science Books International, 1982 155 pp. $24.95 cloth, $14.94 paper. Reviewed by Michael E. Somers.

Christensen, Ann and Lee Green Trash to Treasures: An Idea Book for Classroom and Media Center Materials Littleton, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 1982 178 pp. $18.50 paper.

Selberg, Ingrid Our Changing World New York: Philomel Books, 1982 12 pp. $10.95 trade.     

Book Note

Thompson, Adell Biology, Zoology, and Genetics: Evolution Model vs. Creation Model Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1983 144 pp. $18. library binding, $8.95 paper Reviewed by Robert W. Boenig.

Libby, Leona Marshall Past Climates: Tree Thermometers, Commodities, and People Austin Tex.: University of Texas Press, 1983 126 pp. $25 hardcover Reviewed by Polly A. Toups.

Dunlop, David and Sigmund, Thomas Problem Solving with the Programmable Calculator Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1982 $19.95 trade, $10.95 paper Reviewed by Robert H. Bell.

Charig, Alan A New Look at Dinosaurs, 2d ed. New York: Facts on File, 1983 154 pp. $15.95 hardcover Reviewed by Malcolm F. Farmer.

Fodor, R. V. Chiseling the Earth: How Erosion Shapes the Land Hillside, N.J.: Enslow Pub., 1983 96 pp. $10.95 hardcover Reviewed by Carol J. Stadum.     

News Notes

Abstract

Wyatt, John The Shining Levels: The Story of a Man Who Went Back to Nature Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1974 209 pp., $6.95, Reviewed by Gilbert Wright

Banfield, A.F.W. The Mammals of Canada Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974. 438 pp., $19.95, Reviewed by Paul F. Connor.

Mai, W. F., with H. H. Lyon, Photographer Pictorial Key to Genera of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates (a division of Cornell University Press), 1975, 4th ed., rev., 219 pp., $12.50 softcover, Reviewed by Victor H. Dropkin.

Bridges, William Gathering of Animals: An Unconventional History of the New York Zoological Society New York: Harper and Row, 1974 518 pp., $12.50, Reviewed by Robert Deitchman.

Palmer, E. Laurence, Revised by H. Seymour Fowler Fieldbook of Natural History, 2d rev. ed. New York: McCraw-Hill Book Company, 1975 779 pp., $14.95, Reviewed by J. P. Kennedy.

Cohen, Daniel Animal Nature: The Biology of Human Behavior New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1975 144 pp., $5.72, Reviewed by Julie Ann Miller.

Muus, Bent J., Illustrated by Preben Dahlstrom; Translated by Gwynne Vevers Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of Britain and North-Western Europe St. James's Place, London: Collins, 1975. 244 pp., $10.00, Reviewed by Robert W. Boenig.

Barbour, Roger W., and Wayne H. Davis Mammals of Kentucky (Kentucky Nature Studies: 5) Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1974 322 pp., $14.95, Reviewed by Theodore W. Munch.

Brandwein, Paul F., et. al. Concepts in Science (Newton Edition) New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975 376 pp., Reviewed by Malcolm F. Farmer.     

Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in the United States

Bilingual Education for Hispanic Students in the United States . Joshua A. Fishman and Gary D. Keller , eds. New York: Teachers College Press, 1982. x + 502 pp. $18.95 (paper).
Bilingualism and Language Contact: Spanish, English, and Native American Languages . Florence Barkin, Elizabeth A. Brandt , and Jacob Ornstein-Galicia , eds. New York: Teachers College Press, 1982. xiii + 320 pp. $24.95 (cloth).
Spanish in the United States: Sociolinguistic Aspects . Jon Amastae and Lucia Elias-Olivares , eds. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982. x + 434 pp. $14.00 (paper).
The New Bilingualism: An American Dilemma . Martin Ridge , ed. Proceedings of a Conference Sponsored by Center for Study of the American Experience. The Annenberg School of Communications, University of Southern California, May 1980. Los Angeles: University of Southern California Press, 1981. 272 pp. $20.00 (cloth).     

On Cultural Psychology

Acts of Meaning . Jerome Bruner. Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1990. 200 pp. $19.95 (cloth).
Cultural Psychology: Essays on Comparative Human Development . James W. Stigler, Richard A. Shweder , and Gilbert Herdt , eds. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990. 636 pp. $59.50 (cloth), $19.95 (paper).
Human Behavior in Global Perspective: An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Psychology . Marshall H. Segall, Pierre R. Dasen, John W. Berry , and Ype H. Poortinga. Pergamon General Psychology Series, 160. New York: Pergamon Press. 458 pp. $48.50 (cloth), $24.50 (paper).     

Weather Forecasting: The View from Space…

Findley, James S.; Harris, Arthur H.; Wilson, Don E.; and Jones, Clyde Mammals of New Mexico Albuquerque: The University of New Mexico Press, 1975 360 pp., $8.50 Reviewed by Vagn Flyger

Piers, Helen Grasshopper and Butterfly New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1975 80 pp., $5.95, library edition $5.72 Reviewed by N. N. Raghuvir

Gergely, Tibor Animals: A Picture Book of Facts and Figures New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1975 47 pp., $5.95, library edition $5.72 Reviewed by Theodore W. Munch

Johnsgard, Paul A. Waterfowl of North America Bloomington, Indiana University Press 1975,575 pp. Reviewed by Kate Curry Vahle

Jacobson, Daniel The Fishermen (Indians of North America) New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1975 87 pp., $4.90 Reviewed by Robert W. Boenig

Janzen, Daniel H. Ecology of Plants in the Tropics (The Institute of Biology's Studies in Biology, No. 58) London: Edward Arnold (Distributed by Crane, Russak &; Co., New York), 1975 65 pp., $3.75 Reviewed by Rex E. Kerstetter

London, Carolyn The Hospital Doctors, Nurses and Mystery Workers New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1976 86 pp., $5.72 Library Edition Reviewed by Philip C. Anderson

Buxton, Ralph Nature's Gliders Chicago: Children's Press, 1975 32 pp., individuals $6.60, institutions $4.95 Reviewed by Sue Hall

Clarke, H. T. (revised by B. Haynes) A Handbook of Organic Analysis: Qualitative and Quantitative (fifth edition) New York: Crane, Russak &; Co., 1975 291 pp., cloth $35.00, paper $16.00 Reviewed by Lawrence Powell Eblin

Simon, Seymour Discovering What Garter Snakes Do New York: McGraw-Hill Junior Books, 1975 48 pp., $4.72 Reviewed by Carl Gans

Dobbs, Austen, ed. The Birds of Nottinghamshire: Past and Present North Pomfret, Vt.: David &; Charles, 1975 226 pp., $17.00 Reviewed by Gerald R. Rising

Ashworth, J. M., and Dee, Jennifer The Biology of Slime Moulds (The Institute of Biology's Studies in Biology, No. 56) New York: Crane, Russak &; Co., Inc., 1975 67 pp., $3.75 Reviewed by Emanuel D. Rudolph

Exline, Joseph D. Individualized Techniques for Teaching Earth Science West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Publishing Co., 1975 230 pp., $10.95 Reviewed by Waring B. Hill

Stadtfeld, Curtis K. Whitetail Deer: A Year's Cycle New York: The Dial Press, 1975 163 pp., $7.95 Reviewed by Paul F. Connor

Carrier, Rick Fly: The Complete Book of Sky Sailing New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1975 128 pp., $7.95 Reviewed by A.D. Goddard

Duncan, Wilbur H. Woody Vines of the Southeastern United States Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1975 76 pp., $2.50 Reviewed by A. J. Sharp

Barnes, R. S. K. Estuarine Biology (The Institute of Biology's Studies in Biology no. 49) New York: Crane, Russak &; Co., 1975 76 pp., $3.25 Reviewed by Brother G. Nicholas

Bendick, Jeanne How Heredity Works: Why Living Things Are As They Are (Finding-out books) New York: Parent's Magazine Press, 1975 64 pp., $4.59 Reviewed by Donald J. Nash     

Book Reviews

Lowery, G. H., Jr. The Mammals of Louisiana and its Adjacent Waters Louisiana State University Press 565 pp., $15.00, Reviewed by Paul F. Connor

Hutchins, Ross E. How Animals Survive (Finding-out books) New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1974 64 pp., $4.59, Reviewed by Carl Gans

Macan, T.T. Ponds and Lakes New York: Crane, Russak & Company, Inc. 1974 148 pp., $10.50, Reviewed by Robert E. Knowlton

Kurtén, Bjorn The Age of Mammals New York: Columbia University Press, 1974 250 pp., $4.95, Paperback, Reviewed by Austin T. Hyde, Jr., M.D.

Friedman, Judi Jelly Jam Activity Book Chicago: Educational Methods, 1975 64 pp., $1.00, Reviewed by Rose Henninge     

The controversy continues

Function, Phylogeny and Fossils: Miocene Hominoid Evolution and Adaptations Begun, DG, Ward, CV, Rose, MD eds. (1997). New York: Plenum Press. xii + 424 pp. ISBN 0-306-45457-2. $120.00 (cloth). The Evolution of Western Eurasian Neogene Mammal Faunas Bernor, RL, Fahlbusch, V, Mittman, H (eds). (1996). New York: Columbia University Press. ix + 487 pp. ISBN 0-231-08246-0. $92.00 (cloth). © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

Human biology in Papua New Guinea: The small cosmos. People of the great ocean: Aspects of human biology of the early pacific.

Edited by Robert D. Attenborough and Michael P. Alpers. 1993. New York: Oxford University Press. 427 pp. ISBN 0-19-857514-9. $105.00 (cloth). By Philip Houghton. 1996. New York: Cambridge University Press. 292 pp. ISBN 0-521-47166-4. $64.95 (cloth).     

Earth Worm: Biomass Measurement: A Science Activity for Middle School

Ridgely, Robert S. A Guide to the Birds of Panama Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1976 394 pp., $15.00. Reviewed by Karl L. Trever

Weiner, Michael A. Man's Useful Plants New York: Macmillan Co., 1976 137 pp., $6.95. Reviewed by Carolyn M. Levin

Bendick, Jeanne How Animals Behave New York: Parents Magazine Press, 1976 64 pp., $4.96. Reviewed by Robert Deitchman

Bayne, B. L., ed. Marine Mussels: The Ecology and Physiology New York: Cambridge University Press, 1976 506 pp., $49.50. Reviewed by Brother Nicholas Sullivan

Brown, Vinson The Explorer Naturalist Harrisburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, 1976 288 pp., $10.00. Reviewed by Paul F. Connor

Sheldon, William G. The Wilderness Home of the Giant Panda Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1975 196 pp., $12.50. Reviewed by Harold W. Puffer

Rudolph, Joachim (translated by H. C. Grinter) Chemistry for the Modern Mind New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1973 359 pp., $8.95. Reviewed by Donald Schwartz     

Experiencing Experimentation and Project Design

Richardson, David Vanishing Lichens New York: Macmillan, 1975 231 pp., $12.00. Reviewed by Emanuel D. Rudolph

Van Emden, H. F. Ecology of Pest Control (The Institute of Biology's Studies in Biology No. 50) New York: Crane, Russak &; Co., 1975 59 pp., $2.75 paper. Reviewed by W. L. Gojmerac

Behrens, June Look at the Sea Animals (An Elk Grove Book) Chicago: Children's Press, 1975 38 pp., $4.50. Reviewed by Harriet S. Gussin

Bok, Bart J., and Bok, Priscilla F. The Milky Way, 4th ed. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1974 273 pp., $15.00. Reviewed by Arnold Heiser

Schneider, Herman, and Schneider, Nina Science Fun with a Flashlight New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975 42 pp., $5.72. Reviewed by Van E. Neie

Behrens, June True Book of Metric Measurement Chicago: Children's Press, 1975 46 pp., $3.95. Reviewed by Sue Hall     

Trends in Religious Healing and the Integration of Biomedicine and Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States and Around the Globe: A Review

Religion and Healing in America . Linda L. Barnes and Susan S. Sered, eds. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005 (cloth and paper). xvi + 535 pp.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States Institute of Medicine . Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2005 (cloth). xx + 337 pp.
Consciousness and Healing: Integral Approaches to Mind-Body Medicine . Marilyn Schlitz and Tina Amorok with Marc S. Micozzi, eds. St. Louis: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, 2005 (cloth and paper). lx + 583 pp.
Negotiating the Holistic Turn: The Domestication of Alternative Medicine . Judith Fadlon. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2005. x + 157 pp.     

Women's Health, Women's Lives

What Makes Women Sick: Gender and the Political Economy of Health. Lesley Doyal. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1995. xii. 280 pp.
Gender and Health: An International Perspective. Carolyn F. Sargent and Caroline Brettell. eds. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1966. + 370 pp.
Women, Poverty and AIDS: Sex, Drugs and Structural Violence. Paul Farmer. Margaret Connors. and Janie Simmons. eds. Monroe, ME: Common Courage, 1966. xxi. 473 pp.
Choosing Unsafe Sex: AIDS-Risk Denial among Disadvantaged Women. E. J. Sobo. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995. ix. 232 pp.
Women in Pain: Gender and Morbidity in Mexico. Kaja Finkier. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994. xix. 238 pp.     

Classroom Aids

Phillips, Owen The Last Chance Energy Book Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1979 142 pp. $9.95. Reviewed by James W. O'Leary.

Nelkin, Dorothy Science Textbook Controversies and the Politics of Equal Time Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, 1978 174 pp. $12.95 hardcover, $4.94 paper. Reviewed by Russell F. Trimble.

Kuhn, Thomas S. The Essential Tension: Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1978 366 pp. $18.50. Reviewed by Waring B. Hill.

Kaplan, Colin, ed. Rabies: The Facts New York: Oxford University Press, 1977 116 pp. $5.00. Reviewed by L. Wolfinbarger, Jr.

Chanute, Octave Progress in Flying Machines Long Beach, Calif.: Lorenz &; Herweg, Publishers, 1976 308 pp. $12.50. Reviewed by A. D. Goddard.

Hurd, Edith Thacher Look for a Bird New York: Harper &; Row, Publishers, 1977 31 pp. $4.95. Reviewed by Sue Hall.

Young, Louise B. Earth's Aura New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977 305 pp. $12.95. Reviewed by Steven W. Sokolowski.

Suppe, Frederick, ed. The Structure of Scientific Theories Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1977 818 pp. $22.50 cloth, $10 paper. Reviewed by Austin T. Hyde, Jr., M.D.

Steele, William O. Talking Bones: Secrets of Indian Burial Mounds New York: Harper &; Row, 1978 63 pp. $6.95 Ralph M. Rowlett.

Froman, Robert The Greatest Guessing Game New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1978 33 pp. $5.79. Reviewed by Edwin Halfar.

Vevers, Gwynne Octopus, Cuttlefish and Squid New York: McGraw Hill, 1978 295 pp., $6.95. Reviewed by Donald Schwartz.     

A Portrait in Water Color

Bread Sculpture, The Edible Art by Ann Wiseman11 101 Productions San Francisco 94103 $6.95 cloth, $2.95 paper.

Professor Hammerfinger's Indestructible TOYS by Steve Ross Oliver Press Willits, Calif. 94590 $3.95.

Street Art by Robert Sommer Links Books New York City 10023 $7.95.

Your Homemade Greenhouse by Jack Kramer Walker and Company New York City 1019 $7.95.

Creating With Paper by Pauline Johnson University of Washington Press Seattle 98105 $10.95 cloth, $5.95 paper.