Book review

TERBORGH, J. (1983): Five New World Primates. A Study in Comparative Ecology. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey. 260 pp, figures and tables, cloth/paper $ 52.00 / $ 13.50

WATSON, A. & D.T. GOODGER (1986) : Catalogue of the Neotropical Tiger‐moths. British Museum (Natural History), London. 74 pp (A 4 format), 4 colour plates, paper: £ 14, 50     

Book reviews

Bowden, C. (1986): Blue Desert. University of Arizona Press, Tucson. 180 pp. cloth. $ 16.95.

ZWINGER, A. (1983): A Desert Country Near the Sea. A Natural History of the Cape Region of Baja California. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson. 399 pp. with many black‐and‐white photos and figures, paperback. $ 12.95.

SCOTT, J.A. (1986): The Butterflies of North America. A Natural History and Field Guide. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, USA. 584 pp, 64 color plates, many distribution maps and line drawings in the text. Cloth $ 49.50 net.

JACKSON, M.H. (1985): Galapagos ‐ A Natural History Guide. The University of Calgary Press, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 283 pp. including over 100 black‐and‐white photos and illustrations and 16 pp full color insert. Paperback $ 17.50 net.

MOONEY, H.A. & J.A. DRAKE (eds.) (1986): Ecology of Biological Invasions of North America and Hawaii. Ecological Studies vol. 58. Springer Verlag, New York, Berlin, Heidelberg. 321 pp. with many figs, tables. Cloth DM 148.00.

ZEIL, W. (1986): Südamerika. Geologie der Erde, Band 1. Ferdinand Enke Verlag, Stuttgart. 160 pp. with 54 figs, 4 colour plates and 3 tables, paperback. DM 24.80.

REGÖS, J. (1987): Die grüne Hölle ‐ ein bedrohtes Paradies. Verlag P. Parey, Hamburg und Berlin, W. Germany. 130 pp. many colour photos, cloth, DM 39.80.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Primula . John Richards. 299 pp., 116 colour paintings (19 plates), 51 colour and 10 black-and-white photographs, 17 line drawings.
Kew, A World of Plants . Heather Angel. 160 pp., 146 colour photographs, 1 map. Collins & Brown, London, in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1993.
Pests and Diseases of Alpine Plants . P.R. Ellis, A.R. Entwistle & D.G.A. Walkey. 320 pp., 28 colour plates (163 photographs), 35 black-and-white figures including 2 plates (12 photographs), 50 tables.     

Book reviews

RAFFAELE, H.A. (1989): A Guide to the Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Revised Ed., Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. 254 pp, maps of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, 41 plates (24 in full colour), checklists and detailed maps of important sites, paperback, $ 15.95 (hardcover $ 39.50).

HORWELL, D. (1988): Galapagos ‐ the enchanted isles. Dryad Press, London. Batsford Books. 64 pp., many figs, and black‐and‐white photographs, Hardcover £ 8.95.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Scandinavian Ferns. Benjamin Øllgard and Kirsten Tind. 317 pp., 114 colour plates, 103 line drawings. Rhodos International Science and Art Publisher, Copenhagen. 1993. Hardback: ISBN 87–7245–532–2, Danish kr. 425.
Stewart & Corry's Flora of the North-east of Ireland. Third edition. Edited by Paul Hackney, xi + 419 pp., 14 colour & 9 black-and-white photographs, maps and tables. Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Poppies: The Poppy Family in the Wild and in Cultivation. Christopher Grey-Wilson. 208 pp., 114 colour plates, 38 lines drawings. B. T. Batsford, London. 1993.
Wild and Garden Plants. Max Walters. 200 pp., 39 colour plates, 51 black-and-white illustrations. The New Naturalist Library. HarperCollins, London. 1993.
Phylogeny and Classification of the Orchid Family. R. L. Dressier. 314 pp., 16 colour plates (96 photographs) and numerous black-and-white drawings. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 1993.
Flowering Plants of the World. V. H. Heywood (Consultant Editor). 335 pp., many part-colour illustrations and maps. B. T. Batsford, London. 1993.     

Book reviews

CHADWICK, A. C. & S. L. SUTTON eds. (1984): Tropical Rain‐Forest ‐ The Leeds Symposium. Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society Ltd. Central Museum, Calverley Street, Leeds LS1 3AA, U.K. 335 pp. with many figures and tables, cloth. Price 34.50 £ (+ 9.00 £ for overseas air mail shipping).

DIAMOND, A. W. & LOVEJOY eds. (1985): Conservation of Tropical Forest Birds ICBP Techn. Publ. No. 4 International Council for Bird Preservation, Cambridge, England. 318 pp, many figures and tables, paperback. Price £ 18.50.     

Reviews

George F. Hart: Systematics and distribution of Permian miospores. — Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg 1965. — 185 text pages; 431 “text-figures” — some of which are tables or range charts — in pp. 186–252.

Clara S. Hires: Spores, ferns, microscopic illusions analyzed. — Millburn, N. J., 1965; 565 pp., including 246 plates, some of which in colour, numerous text figures, and a 16-page supplement.     

The value of measurements in the study of wader migration; a reply

Birds of West Central and Western Africa. Vol. 2. By C. W. Mackworth- Praed and C. H. B. Grant. Longman. 1973. 818 pp., 93 colour-plates, hundreds of distribution maps. Price £8.00., by L. A. Batten

A Guide to the Birds of Wales. David Saunders. Constable &; Co. Ltd, London. 1974. 341 pp. Many photographs and sketch maps. Price £2.50., by Chris Mead

The World of an Estuary. Heather Angel. Faber and Faber, London. 1975. 128 pp., 50 black and white photographs. Price £1.95., by A. J. Prater

Scarce Migrant Birds in Britain and Ireland. Dr J. T. R. Sharrock, with drawings by P. J. Grant. T. &; A. D. Poyser Ltd., Berkhamsted. 1974. 26 plates. Price £3.80., by D. E. Glue

The Buzzard. Colin R. Tubbs. David and Charles, Newton Abbot. 1974. 199 pp., 17 photographs and 11 figures. Price £4.75., by Chris Mead

Birds of the Yorkshire Coast. Richard Vaughan. Hendon Publishing Co. Ltd., London. 1974. 96 pp. 77 plates. Price £1.70 hardback, £1.20 paperback., by H. B. Ginn

The Naturalist in Majorca. James D. Parrack. David and Charles, Newton Abbot. 1973. 224 pp., 32 black and white plates and 15 line drawings. Price £3.95., by L. A. Batten

Feathers Plain and Fancy. Hilda Simon. Frederick Muller, London. 1973. (First published 1969.) Viking Press, New York. 126 pp., many colour and black and white illustrations by the author. Price £2.00., by H. B> Ginn

A Revised Check-List of the Maltese Islands. By C. De Lucca. E. W. Classey Ltd, Hampton, Middlesex, 1969. 95pp. Price £0.75.

Die Vögel des Bodenseegebietes. By H. Jacoby, G. Knötzsch and S. Schuster. Supplement to Vol. 67 of Der Ornithologische Beobachter, 1970. 260pp. 16 black and white plates.

Die Vogelwelt der Limmattal und Zürichseeregion. By W. Knopfli. Supplement to Vol. 68 of Der Ornithologische Beobachter, 1971. 174pp. 4 colour plates.     

Short reviews

Oliver C. Cox. RACE RELATIONS: ELEMENTS AND SOCIAL DYNAMICS. Detroit, Wayne State University Press, 1976, pp. 337, $17.50.

Emerich K. Francis ‐ INTERETHNIC RELATIONS: AN ESSAY IN SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY. Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., Inc., 1976, New York, Oxford, Amsterdam, £20.00. 432 pp., incl. Selected Bibliography and Index.

Tom G. Svensson, ETHNICITY AND MOBILIZATION IN SAMI POLITICS. Stockholm, University of Stockholm Studies in Social Anthropology No. 4, 1976. pp. 279, n.p.

Alphonso Pinkney, RED, BLACK, AND GREEN; BLACK NATIONALISM IN THE UNITED STATES. London, Cambridge University Press, 1976. pp. 270, £7.50.

David H. McKay, HOUSING AND RACE IN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY. London, Croom Helm, 1977. 193 pp., £7.50.

Gordon Bowker & John Carrier (Eds) RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS: SOCIOLOGICAL READINGS. London, Hutchinson, 1976, pp. 400, £3.95.

John Stone (Ed) RACE, ETHNICITY AND SOCIAL CHANGE: READINGS IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS. California, Wadsworth, 1977, pp. 400, n.p.

Trevor R. Lee ‐ RACE AND RESIDENCE: THE CONCENTRATION AND DISPERSAL OF IMMIGRANTS IN LONDON. Oxford University Press, 1977. pp. 193, £6.95.     

Buchbesprechungen

Bond, J. (1961): Birds of the West Indies. ‐ 256 pp., 8 Farbtaf. (mit insgesamt 80 Abb.) von D. R. Eckelberry und 186 Strichzeichnungen von E. L. Poole. ‐ Houghton Mifílin Comp. Boston, The Riverside Press, Cambridge.

Herklots, G. A. C. (1961): The Birds of Trinidad and Tobago. ‐ 287 pp., 16 Farbtaf. (mit 180 Figuren) des Autors, 4 schwarzweißen Tafeln (mit 34 Figuren) von J. M. Abbott und 14 Textfiguren. ‐ Collins, St. Jame's Place, London.

Koepcke, H.‐W. &; Koepcke, M. (seit 1963): Las Aves Silvestres de Importância Económica del Peru. — Ministério de Agricultura, Servicio Forestal y de Caza, y Servicio de Pesquería, Lima. (Zu beziehen durch: Librería ?La Universidad?, Av. Nicolás de Piérola No. 639, Lima, oder durch Horst Dickudt, Librería, Casilla 1981, Lima.) Erscheint seit 1963 in Lieferungen zu je 8 Seiten.

Moynihan, M. (1962): Hostile and Sexual Behaviour Patterns of South American and Pacific Laridae. ‐Behaviour, Suppl. VIII, 365 pp., 49 Fig., 25 Tabellen, 5 Diagramme. E. J. Brill, Leiden.

Olrog, C. C. (1959): Las Aves Argentinas. Una Guia de Campo. ‐ 344 pp., 48 Farb‐taf. (mit 1216 Figuren), zahlreiche Textfiguren und Verbreitungskärtchen, 1 Übersichtskarte von Argentinien. ‐ Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Instituto ?Miguel Lillo?, Tucumán.

Phelps, W. H. &; Phelps, W. H., jr. (1963): Lista de las Aves de Venezuela con su Distribution, Tomo 1, Parte II, Passeriformes, Segunda Edition. ‐ 479 pp.; Bol. Soc. Venezolana Ci. Naturales, Tomo XXIV, Nos. 104 y 105; Editorial Sucre, Caracas.

Steinbacher, J. (1962): Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Vögel von Paraguay. ‐ Abh. senckenb. naturf. Ges., No. 502, S. 1–106, 4 Karten.

Delamare Deboutteville, Cl. et Rapoport, E.: Biologie de l'Amérique Australe. ‐Vol. 1: Etudes sur la Faune du Sol. ‐ Éditions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, 1962. ‐ Großformat, 657 Seiten. ‐ 120,‐ N. F.

Keast, A., Crocker, R. L. et Christian, C. S.: Biogeography and Ecology in Australia. (Monographiae Biologicae Nr. VIII.) Dr. W. Junk, Publishers, The Hague, Netherlands. ‐ 1959. 8e. IV and 640 pages with 56 figs, and 18 plates. Cloth. Dutch Guilders 65‐ (US $ 18,50).     

Book review

R. R. Churchill and A. V. Lowe, The Law of the Sea (Manchester, U. K., and Dover, NH: Manchester University Press, 1984), 322 pp.; tables. $25.00.

James K. Sebenius, Negotiating the Law of the Sea (Cambridge, MA, and London, England: Harvard University Press, 1984), 251 pp.; tables. $20.00     

Book review

PRANCE, G.T. ed. (1986): Tropical Rain Forests and the World Atmosphere. American Association for the Advancement of Science Selected Symposium 101. Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado and London. 105 pp., some figs., paper. 20.50.

LOWE‐McCONNELL, R.H. (1987): Ecological Studies in Tropical Fish Communities. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne. 382 pp. with tables and figs., paper. 12.95 (hardbound 35.00).     

"…We Have to Work with our own Heads" (/Angn!ao): San Bushmen and the Media

Three views of Hindustan

Pinney, Christopher. Camera Indica, the Social Life of Indian Photographs. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1998. 240 pp., 127 figs., glossary, notes, biblio., index. $55.00 hdbd., $29.00 paperbd.

Wade, Bonnie C. Imaging Sound: An Ethnomusicological Study of Music, Art, and Culture in Mughal India. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1998. lviii+276 pp., VII charts, 21 maps, 166 b‐&;‐w figs., 20 color plates, glossary, bibliography, notes, appendix, indexes. $80.00 or £63.95 hdbd.

The Dictionary of Art, Jane Turner, ed. London: Macmillan Publishers Ltd.; New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc., 1996. 32,600 pp. in 34 vols., with black‐and‐white and color illus., maps, tables, biblio., index. $8800.00 hdbd.     

Article of the Week…

Kellington, S. H., and A. C. Mitchell An Evaluation of New Science Worksheets for Scottish Integrated Science London: Heinemann Educational Books, 1978 136 pp. $9.50 paper. Reviewed by Howard J. Stein

Sullivan, Dennis Lots of Dots: Learning with Coordinate Pictures Designed by and for Children Berkeley: Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, 1977 48 pp. $2.50 softcover. Reviewed by John G. Harvey

Parker, Stephen Life before Birth: The Story of the First Nine Months Published with the British Museum (Natural History) New York: Cambridge University Press, 1979 48 pp. $6.95 hardcover, $2.50 paper. Reviewed by Donald J. Nash

Anderson, Norman D. Investigating Science in the Swimming Pool and Ocean New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1978 175 pp. $7.95. Reviewed by Julian R. Brandou

Selsam, Millicent Tyrannosaurus Rex New York: Harper &; Row, 1978 41 pp. $5.95. Reviewed by George R. Zug

Freeman, W. H., and Brian Bracegirdle An Atlas of Embryology, 3d ed. London and Exeter, N. H.: Heinemann Educational Books, Inc., 1979 94 pp. $10.00 cloth. Reviewed by Joseph Patrick Kennedy     

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).     

Buchbesprechungen

Karl Esser: Kryptogamen 1. Cyanobacterien, Algen, Pilze, Flechten. Praktikum und Lehrbuch. Dritte, wesentlich überarbeitete Auflage. 585 S., 300 Abb., Springer‐Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg 2000. Preis: 129.00 DM, ISBN 3–540–66451–3

Jain, S. M., Gupta, R. J., Newton, R. J. (Eds.): Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants. Kluwer Academic Publishers Dordrecht 1999, Vol. 2, 547 S

Vanneste, J. L. (Ed.): FIRE Blight: The Disease and its Causative Agent, Erwinia amylovora. CABI Publishing, CAB International, Oxon, UK, 2000, 370 p., 16 color plates, 38 figures, 25 tables, 6 boxes, Price US$120.00, ISBN 0 85199 294 3

Heitefuss, R. Pflanzenschutz. Grundlagen der praktischen Phytomedi‐zin. 3., neubearbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart. 2000, 399 S., 94 Abb., 22 Tab., Preis 49.90 DM, ISBN 313 5133036/650

L. Benzing, Der sachkundige Vorratsschützer. Sachkunde für Anwender und Abgebende von Vorratsschutzmitteln. Agrimedia Spithal, 2000, 158 S., 32 farbige Abb., 14 schwarz ‐ weiße Abb., 23 Tab.. Preis: 78 DM, ISBN 3–86037–115–0     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Botanik und Gartenbau in Prachtwerken. E. Lack & H.W. Lack
Gardening with Dwarf Trees and Shrubs. Andreas Bartels. English translation by R.J. Cooper
Conifers. Keith Rushforth. 232 pp., 20 colour plates, 31 line drawings, 2 maps
Growing Lilies. Derek Fox. 264pp., 8 pages of colour photographs, numerous line drawings by Leslie Wilkinson
Growing Cyclamen. Gay Nightingale. 148 pp., 19 colour plates as well as text figures.     

The relationship between ethnology and social anthropology 1

African Miniatures. The Goldweights of the Ashanti. Margaret Webster Plass. Lund Humphries, London 1967. 26 pp., 166 ill.

Anthropologists in the Field. Edited by D. G. Jongmans and P. C. W. Gutkind. Series: Non‐European Societies, nr 6. Royal van Gorcum &; Comp. N. V. Assen 1967. 277 pp. Price cloth Hf 32.50.

Races of Africa. C. G. Seligman. 4 ed. Opus 9 (Oxford Paperbacks University Series). Oxford University Press, London. 1966. 177 pp.

Hausa ba dabo ba ne. A collection of 500 Proverbs translated and annotated by A. H. M. Kirk‐Greene. Ibadan. Oxford University Press London 1966 84 pp. Price 5/3 d.

Human Evolution. An Introduction to Man's Adaptations. Bernard G. Campbell. Aldine Publishing Company, Chicago 1966. 425 pp., 135 ill. Price $ 8.95.

Human Evolution. Readings in Physical Anthropology (2nd cd.) Noel Korn and Fred W. Thompson (editors). Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., New York 1967, 466 pp. figs. $ 4.95.

Caste and Race: Comparative Approaches. A Ciba Foundation Volume. Ed. by Anthony de Reuck and Julie Knight. J. &; A. Churchill Ltd., London 1967. 348 pp. Price 60 s.

The American Negro. A Study in Racial Crossing. Melville J. Hersko‐vits. A Midland Book, Indiana University Press, Bloomington 1964. 92 pp. Price $ 1.65.

Strangers to the City: Urban Man in Jos, Nigeria. Leonard Plotnicov. University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh 1967. 320 pp. Price hardbound $ 6.95, paperbound $ 2.95.

Ozeanien. Paul Collaer. Musikgeschichte in Bildern, Hrsg. von Heinrich Besseler und Max Schneider, Band I: Musikethnologie, Lieferung 1. VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1965. 234 S., 178 Abb.

A Study of Polyandry. H. R. H. Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark. Mouton &; Co. The Hague 1963. 606 pages, 44 photographs, 4 figs., 2 sketches, 6 maps, 48 genealogical tables. Cloth. Price: Glds. 68.‐(=ab. US $ 19.00, £ 6.16.‐, DM 75.50, 94.50 F).

African Music. A Briefly Annotated Bibliography. Compiled by Darius L. Thieme. Library of Congress, Reference Department, Music Division, Washington 1964. 55 pp. 45 cents.

Tribes and forms in African Art. William Fagg. Methuen &; Co. Ltd., London 1965. 122 Pl. 6 Guineas net.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
daylilies. A.B. Stout; introduction and updating by Darrel Apps. xxx + 145 pp., 11 colour and 37 black and white plates. J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London and Melbourne. 1986.
WONDERS OF CREATION. NATURAL HISTORY DRAWINGS IN THE BRITISH library. Ray Desmond. 248pp., 49 coloured and 67 black and white illustrations. The British Library, London & Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, USA. 1986.
A HANDBOOK OF ANNUALS AND BEDDING plants. Graham Rice. 272 pp., 20 colour plates and 42 line drawings. Croom Helm, London, & Timber Press, Portland, Oregon. 1986.
Victorian gardens. Brent Elliott. 285 pp. 12 colour plates and 100 black and white illustrations. B.T. Batsford Ltd., London. 1986.
A FIELD GUIDE TO THE DRAGONFLIES OF BRITAIN, EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA. J. d'Aguilar, J.-L. Dommanget and R. Prechac. 336 pp. with 40 colour plates. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., London. 1986.
the genus haworthia - a taxonomic revision. Charles L. Scott. 150 pp. + xl. Unnumbered colour and monochrome photographs. Aloe Books, Johannesburg. 1985. ISBN 0620079746. Price not stated.
A FIELD GUIDE TO CATERPILLARS OF BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS IN BRITAIN AND Europe. D.J. Carter, illustrated by Brian Hargreaves. 296 pp. 72 pages of coloured illustrations. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., London. 1986.
THE YEAR-ROUND BULB GARDEN. Brian Mathew. 144 pp. 144 colour plates and 22 line drawings. Souvenir Press. 1986. ISBN 0 285 62787 2. Hardback.
royal kew. Ronald King. 256 pp. 75 illustrations. Constable and Co. Ltd. 1985.
A REVISION Of STAPELIA L. (Asclepiadaceae). L.C. Leach. 157 pp. with 106 illustrations. Excelsa Taxonomic Series No. 3. Aloe Books, Johannesburg. 1985. ISBN 0620 07976 2. Price not stated.