International straits of the world

International Straits of the World. Gerard J. Mangone, General Editor.

Volume One: William E. Butler, Northeast Arctic Passage (Al‐ phen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands: Sijthoff & Nordhoff, 1978) 199 + xii pp. $35.00.

Volume Two: Michael Leifer, Malacca, Singapore, and Indonesia (Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands: Sijthoff & Nordhoff, 1978) 217 + xi pp. $35.00.

Volume Three: R. K. Ramazani, The Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz (Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands: Sijthoff & Nordhoff, 1979) 180 + xi pp. $35.00.

Volume Four: Scott C. Truver, The Strait of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean (Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands: Sijthoff & Nordhoff, 1980) 272 + xiii pp. $40.00.

Volume Five: Ruth Lapidoth‐Eschelbacher, The Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden (The Hague/Boston/London: Martinus Nijhoff, 1982) 265 + xiv pp. $65.00.

Volume Six: Gunnar Alexandersson, The Baltic Straits (The Hague/Boston/London: Martinus Nijhoff, 1982) 132 + xi pp. $32.50.     

Alternative regimes for harvesting the seabed

Scott Allen and John P. Craven, editors, Alternatives in Deepsea Mining, Proceedings, Law of the Sea Institute Workshop, December 11–14, 1978, Ka'u Hawaii (Honolulu: Law of the Sea Institute, University of Hawaii, 1979), vii + 110 pp., $12.50.

Jack N. Barkenbus, Deep Seabed Resources: Politics and Technology (New York: The Free Press, 1979), xiv + 191 pp., $14.95.

Ross D. Eckert, The Enclosure of Ocean Resources: Economics and the Law of the Sea (Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 1979), xiv + 390 pp., $16.95.

I. G. Bulkley, Who Gains From Deep Ocean Mining? Simulating the Impact of Regimes for Regulating Nodule Exploitation, Research Series No. 40 (Berkeley: Institute of International Studies, University of California, 1979), vii + 117 pp., $3.50 (paper).

Judith T. Kildow, editor, Deepsea Mining (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1980), vii + 110 pp., $2.50.     

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 reviews

Shigeru Oda, International Control of Sea Resources vol. 12, 2d ed. (reprint with a new introduction). (Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff, 1989), Publications on Ocean Development, 1989). 215 pp. Index. ISBN 90–247–3800–8. $75.00.

Prosper Weil, The Law of Delimitation: Reflections. Translated from the French by Maureen MacGlashan. (Cambridge: Grotius Publications, 1989). xv, 327 pp. ISBN 09–490–0940–7. $98.00, £55.00.     

Book reviews

William T. Burke. The New International Law of Fisheries: UNCLOS 1982 and Beyond. 1994. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press. 382 pp. ISBN 0–19–825251‐X (cloth), $105.00.

Jon M. Van Dyke, Durwood Zealke, and Grant Hewison, eds. Freedom for the Seas in the 21st Century: Ocean Governance and Environmental Harmony. 1993. Washington, D.C.: Island Press. 504 pp. ISBN 1–55963–241–0 (cloth), $55.00. ISBN 1–55963–242–9 (paper), $27.50.     

Book reviews

Andrea de Guttry and Natalino Ronzitti, eds. The Iran‐Iraq War (1980–1988) and the Law of Naval Warfare. 1993. Cambridge, England: Grotius Publications. 573 pp. ISBN 1–857010–13–2. (Available from Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, and New York, NY, ISBN 0–521–463025, $190)

David L. Larson. Security Issues and the Law of the Sea. 1993. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. 382 pp. ISBN 0–8191–9089–6. $47.50     

Science Activities and the Retarded Child

Cobb, Vicki Lots of Rot New York; J. B. Lippincott, 1981 35 pp. $9.95 trade, $9.89 library. Reviewed by Frances B. Spuler.

Sheaffer, Robert The UFO Verdict: Examining the Evidence Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1981 242 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by R. F. Trimble.

Taylor, Ron The Story of Evolution New York: Warwick Press, 1981 80 pp. $9.90. Reviewed by A. Gilbert Wright.

D'Ignazio, Fred Small Computers: Exploring Their Technology and Future New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1981 146 pp. $8.90. Reviewed by Judith A. Douville.

Stwertka, Eve, and Albert Stwertka Industrial Pollution: Poisoning Our World (Impact Books) New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1981 96 pp. $7.45. Reviewed by Robert H. Bell.

Claypool, Jane Alcohol and You (Impact Books) New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1981 96 pp., $ 7.45. Reviewed by Austin T. Hyde, Jr., M.D.

The Johns Hopkins Atlas of Human Functional Anatomy, 2d ed. Leon Schlossberg, illustrator George D. Zuidema, editor Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980 115 pp. $17.50 hardcover, $10.95 paperback. Reviewed by Carl Gans.

Harper &; Row's Complete Field Guide to North American Wildlife, western edition (Assembled by Jay Ellis Ransom) New York: Harper &; Row, 1981 809 pp. $12.95 vinyl, $17.50 cloth. Reviewed by Donald J. Nash.

Houdini Miracle Mongers and their Methods: A Complete Exposé Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1981 240 pp. $13.95. Reviewed by R. F. Trimble.

Rublowsky, John Born in Fire: A Geological History of Hawaii New York: Harper &; Row, Publishers, 1981 84 pp. $9.95 ($9.89 library ed.). Reviewed by M. Grant Gross.

Lampton, Christopher Meteorology: An Introduction (Impact Books) New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1981 96 pp. $7.45. Reviewed by Ira W. Geer.

Fields, Alice Satellites New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1981 48 pp. $6.90. Reviewed by Frances B. Spuler.     

Maya and Altaic

Evolution and Human Behavior. Alexander Alland. Social Science Paperbacks. No. 49. Tavistock Publications. London 1969. 243 pp. 37 figs. Price 18/‐.

The Two Worlds of the Washo. An indian Tribe of California &; Nevada. (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology.) James F. Downs, Holt, Rine‐hart and Winston, Inc., New York 1966. 113 pages, 1 map, 1 pl.

West African Kingdoms in the Nineteenth Century. Ed. with an Introduction by Daryll Forde and P. M. Kaberry. Published for the International African Institute by Oxford University Press. Oxford 1967. 289 pp. Price 50 s.net.

Francisco de Avila. Hermann Trimborn und Antje Kelm. Quellenwerke zur Alten Geschichte Amerikas aufgezeichnet in den Sprachen der Eingeborenen. Herausgegeben vom Ibero‐Amerikanischen Institut Berlin der Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Band VIII. Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin, 1967. 308 pp. Price DM 105: ‐ (I, "Francisco de Avila” by Hermann Trimborn, pp. 1–198; II, "Götter und Kulte in Huarochirí” by Antje Kelm, pp. 199–307).

The Individual and Culture. Mary Ellen Goodman. The Dorsey Press. Homewood, Illinois 1967. 265 pp. Price $ 4.95.

Mythologie du Masque en Nouvelle‐Calédonie. Jean Guiart. Publications de la Société des Océanistes, No. 18. Paris 1966. 150 pp., 22 pls., 1 map.

Goldgewichte aus Ghana. Brigitte Menzel. Veröffentlichungen des Museums für Völkerkunde, Berlin. Neue Folge 12, Abteilung Afrika III, Berlin 1968. 242 S. Reich illustriert.

La division du temps et le calendrier rituel des peuples lagunaires de Côte d'Ivoire. Georges Niangoran‐Bouah. Université de Paris. Travaux et Mémoires de l'Institut d'Ethnologie. LXVIII. Paris 1964. 164 S., 12 Abbildungen.

Boum‐le‐Grand, village d'Iro: Claude Pairault. Université de Paris. Travaux et Mémoires de l'Institut d'Ethnologie. LXXIII. Paris 1966. 470 S., 225 Abb.

The Social Organization of the Western Apache. Grenville Goodwin. With a Preface by Keith H. Basso. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona, 1969 (2nd edition), xxii+701 pp. Price $ 10.

The Gurage. A People of the Ensete Culture. William A. Shack. Published for the International African Institute by Oxford University Press, London 1966. 222 pp. Ill. Price 50 s.net.

Die Erde in Vorstellungswelt und Kulturpraktiken der sudanischen Völker. Jürgen Zwernemann. (Habilitationsschrift.) Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 1968. 545 S., 1 Karte. DM 80: ‐, broschiert.

The Medicine Man, Swifa Ya Nguvumali. Hasani Bin Ismail. Edited and translated by Peter Lienhardt. Oxford Library of African Literature. Clarendon Press. Oxford University Press. Oxford 1968. 208 pp. Price 42 s.

Das Rind in den Felsbilddarstellungen Nordafrikas. Walther F. E. Resch. Studien zur Kulturkunde, Band 20. Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden 1967. 105 S., 24 Tafeln und 4 Abbildungen. Broschiert DM 20:‐.

Social Anthropology. Godfrey Lienhardt. 2nd edition. Oxford Paperbacks University Series Opus 15. London 1966. 177 pp. Price 7/6 net.

Churches at the Grass‐Roots. A Study in Congo/Brazzaville. Efraim Andersson. World Studies of Churches in Mission. Lutherworth Press. London 1968. 296 pp. Price 30/‐.

Os Macomdes de Moçambique. Vol. I‐II. Junta de Investigates do Ultramar. Centro de Estudos de Antropología Cultural. Lisboa 1964.

I. Aspectos históricos e económicos. Jorge Dias. 180 S., 109 Abb., 17 Zeichnungen, 7 Karten.

II. Cultura material. 192 S., 261 Abb., 74 Zeichnungen. Jorge Dias e Margot Dias.     

Review article: Migrants,minorities, and Mosleyites

Kenneth Lunn (ed.), Hosts, Immigrants, and Minorities: Historical Responses to Newcomers in British Society, 1870–1914; Folkestone: Dawson, 1980, 377 pp., £15.00.

Colin Holmes, Antisemitism in British Society, 1876–1939; London: Arnold, 1979, 328 pp., £13.50.

Gisela C. Lebzelter, Political Antisemitism in England, 1918–39; London: Macmillan, in association with St Antony's College, Oxford, 1978, 222 pp., £10.00.

Kenneth Lunn & Richard C. Thurlow (eds), British Fascism: Essays on the Radical Right in Inter‐War Britain; London: Croom Helm, 1980, 234 pp., £12.95.     

A critique of the methodology of Robert Redfield: ‘Folk culture’ and other concepts

The Raw and the Cooked. Claude Levi‐Strauss. Jonathan Cape 1970. 387 pp., ill., bibl. Price £3.5.0.

Folktales of Israel. Ed. by Dov Noy with the assistance of Dan Ben Amos. Transi, by Gene Baharav. The University of Chicago Press. Folktales of the World. Chicago 1963. 221 S. $ 4.00.

Politics of Social Research. An inquiry into the ethics and responsibilities of social scientists. Ralph L. Beals. Aldine Publishing Company. Chicago 1969. 228 pp.

African Stone Sculpture. Philip Allison. Percy Lund, Humphries &; Co., Ltd. London 1968. 71 pp. 99 pls. 3 maps. Price 56 s.

The Elementary Structures of Kinship. (Les Structures élémentaires de la Parenté). Claude Lévy‐Strauss. Rev. ed. translated from the French by James Harle Bell, John Richard von Sturmer and Rodney Needham, Editor. Beacon Press, Boston; Eyre &; Spottiswoode Ltd., London. 1969. 541 pp., 87 figs. Price $ 15.00.

Contes sous la Croix du Sud. Giselle de Goustine. (Les littératures populaires de toutes les nations. N.S., T. XIII). Editions G.‐P. Maisonneuve et Larose, Paris 1967. 208 pp.

La divination malgache par le sikidy. Raymond Decary avec la collaboration de Marcelle Urbain‐Faublée. Publications du centre Universitaire des Langues Orientales Vivantes, 6e série, vol. IX. Paul Geuthner, Paris 1970. 111 pp.

Über Lebensraum und Lebensformen des Frühsemiten. Joseph Henninger. Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Forschung des Landes Nordrhein‐Westfalen. Geisteswissenschaften, Heft G 151. Westdeutscher Verlag. Köln und Opladen 1968. 61 Seiten. Kart. DM 6.60.

Indianer von gestern, heute und morgen. Beobachtungen zum Kulturwandel in den Anden Boliviens. Hermann Trimborn. Kulturgeschichtliche Forschungen; 12. Band. Albert Limbach Verlag, Braunschweig 1968. 96 S., 104 Abb., 1 Karte. Preis DM 38:—.

Der Wandel ökonomischer Rollen bei den westlichen Dan in Liberia. Eberhard Fischer. Studien zur Kulturkunde, Band XXI. Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden. Wiesbaden 1967. 481 S. 4 Taf. 7 Abb. DM 66:—.

An Anthropological Bibliography of South Asia. Together with a Directory of Anthropological Field Research. Vol. III. 1960–64. Compiled by

Elizabeth von Fürer‐Haimendorf and Helen Kanitkar. Le Monde d'Outre‐Mer Passé et Présent, Quatrième Série. Bibliographies VIII. Editions Mounton &; Cie, Paris 1970. 562 pp. Price 193 F.

Man‐apes or Ape‐men? The Story of Discoveries in Africa. Sir Wilfrid E. Le Gros Clark. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., New York 1967. 150 pp., 33 fig., bibliography, index. Price $3.95.     

Water,Water, Everywhere

Abstract

Math and Science Across Culture: Activities and Investigations from the Exploratorium. Maurice Bazin, Modesto, and the Exploratorium Teacher Institute. New York: The New Press, 2002. 176 pp. $19.95 (paperback). ISBN 1-56584-541-2

History Beneath the Sea—Nautical Archaeology in the Classroom. K. C. Smith and Amy Douglass (Editors). Washington, D.C.: Society for American Archaeology, 2001. 28 pp. $5.95 (paperback). ISBN 0-932839-17-7.     

Daten zur Populationsgenetik der 6-Phosphogluconat-Dehydrogenase

Summary Four Malaysian racial groups were typed for red cell adenylate kinase: 324 Malays, 300 Chinese, 256 Indians, and 483 West Malaysian Aborigines. The AK² gene frequencies found were 0.015, 0.0, 0.086, and 0.013, respectively. All 244 Malays, 170 Chinese, 153 Indians, and 132 West Malaysian Aborigines examined had the common cytoplasmic malate dehydrogenase phenotype.

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Zusammenfassung Vier Rassengruppen aus Malaysia wurden auf Adenylatkinase-Varianten hin untersucht: 324 Malayen, 300 Chinesen, 256 Inder und 483 Eingeborene von West-Malaysia. Die Genhäufigkeiten des Allels AK² waren: 0,015, 0,0, 0,086 und 0,013. Alle 244 Malayen, 170 Chinesen, 153 Inder und 132 west-malaysischen Eingeborenen, die daraufhin untersucht werden konnten, hatten den häufigen Phänotyp der cytoplasmatischen Malat-Dehydrogenase.

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This work was supported by the University of Maryland and University of California International Centers for Medical Research and Training with research grants AI-10049-12, AI-10051, and HE 10486, all from the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Public Health Service.     

Book reviews

Wildbeuter in Ostafrika. Die Tindiga, ein Jäger und Sammlervolk. Ludwig Kohl‐Larsen. Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin, 1958. 165 S., 119 Photos und 77 Zeichnungen.

Das Elefantenspiel. Mythen, Riesen‐ und Stammessagen. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Kohl‐Larsen. Erich Röth‐Verlag, Kassel, 1956. 233 pp.

Die Tierverkleidung der afrikanischen Naturvölker. Helmut Straube. Studien zur Kulturkunde, Bd. 13. Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, Wiesbaden, 1955. 233 pp., 1 map. DM 23.80.

Själavandringsföreställningar bos Nordamerikas Indianer. Arvid Wachtmeister. 195 pp. Stockholm 1957.

Altmexikanische Kulturen. Walter Krickeberg. Safari‐Verlag, Berlin, 1956. 616 pp., 6 colour pls., 120 pls., 309 figs., 1 map. Cloth. DM 29.80.

Cortés in Mexiko. H. D. Disselhoff. Janus‐Bücher, Bd. 2. Verlag R. Oldenbourg, München, 1957. 93 pp., 1 map. DM 3.20.

Wahrsagerei, Himmelskunde und Kalender der alten Azteken. Gliederung des alt‐aztekischen Volks in Familie, Stand und Beruf. Aus dem aztekischen Urtext Bernardino Sahaguns übersetzt und erläutert von Leonhard Schultze Jena. Quellenwerke zur alten Geschichte Amerikas, aufgezeichnet in den Sprachen der Eingeborenen, IV—V. Herausgegeben von der Lateinamerikanischen Bibliothek, Berlin. W. Kohlhammer Verlag. Stuttgart 1950, 1952. XIII + 400 pp., 4 pls., resp. X + 338 pp.

Tibetisches Kunsthandwerk in Metall. Siegbert Hummel. Otto Harrasso‐witz, Leipzig, 1954. 27 pp., 18 full‐page ill.

Geschichte der tibetischen Kunst. Siegbert Hummel. Otto Harrassowitz, Leipzig, 1953. 123 PP., 124 full‐page ill.

Among the Savages of the South Seas. Memoirs of Micronesia 1862–1868. A. Tetens. Translated from the German by Florence Mann Spoehr. Stanford University Press. London: Oxford University Press, 1958. 107 pp., 13 figs., 1 map.

Die primitiven Seelenvorstellungen der nordeurasischen Völker. Eine religionsethnographische und religionsphänomenologische Untersuchung. Ivar Paulson. The Ethnographical Museum of Sweden, Monograph Series, Publication No. 5. Stockholm 1958. 407 S.

The Collecting of Folk Music and other Ethnomusicological Material. A manual for field workers. Ed. by Maud Karpeles. London 1958. 40 pp. (Issued by the International Folk Music Council and the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland.)

Göttinger völkerkundliche Studien, Band II. Herausgegeben von Hans Plischke. Institut für Völkerkunde an der Georg‐August‐Universität zu Göttingen. Droste‐Verlag, Düsseldorf, 1957. 119 S.     

Cultural diversity and schooling

Ashley H. Robins, BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN PIGMENTATION, (Cambridge Studies in Biological Anthropology, 7), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991, xiii + 253 pp., £37.50.

Ulfried Geuter, THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF PSYCHOLOGY IN NAZI GERMANY. Cambridge Studies in the History of Psychology, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992, v‐xxi + 335 pp., npl.

Clare Midgley, WOMEN AGAINST SLAVERY. THE BRITISH CAMPAIGNS, 1780–1870, London: Routledge, 1992, xii + 281 pp., £37.50.

Maryinez Lyons, THE COLONIAL DISEASE: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF SLEEPING SICKNESS IN NORTHERN ZAIRE, 1900–1940, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992, xvi + 335 pp., £50.00.

Wim van Binsbergen, TEARS OF RAIN: ETHNICITY AND HISTORY IN CENTRAL WESTERN ZAMBIA, London and New York: Kegan Paul International, 1992, 495 pp., £45.00.

Albert B. Robillard (ed.) SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, London: Kegan Paul International, 1992, xvi + 507 pp., £45.

Sarah Radcliffe and Sallie Westwood (eds) ‘VIVA’: WOMEN AND POPULAR PROTEST IN LATIN AMERICA, London: Routledge, 1993, 270 pp., £12.99 pb; £40.00 hb.

Cindi Katz and Janice Monk (eds) FULL CIRCLES: GEOGRAPHIES OF WOMEN OVER THE LIFECOURSE, London: Routledge, 1993, 317 pp., £12.99 pb; £40 hb.

Hans van Amersfoort and Hans Knippenberg (eds), STATES AND NATIONS. THE REBIRTH OF THE ‘NATIONALITIES QUESTION’ IN EUROPE, Netherlands Geographical Studies 137, Amsterdam: Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap, 1991, 189 pp., Dfl. 29.50.

Elizabeth D. Huttman, Wim Blauw and Juliet Saltman (eds), URBAN HOUSING SEGREGATION OF MINORITIES IN WESTERN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1991, xiii + 431 pp., npl.

Roger Daniels, Sandra C. Taylor, and Harry H. L. Kitano (eds) JAPANESE AMERICANS: FROM RELOCATION TO REDRESS, Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1992, 264 pp., $17.95 US (paper only).

David J. O'Brien and Stephen S. Fugita, THE JAPANESE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1991, 178 pp., £8.99 (paper).

Paul James Rutledge, THE VIETNAMESE EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA, Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1992, 173 pp., npl.     

Islamic faith as a cultural dimension to ethnic relations

Ralph Grillo, 2015 Muslim Families, Politics and the Law. A Legal Industry in Multicultural Britain. Farnham: Ashgate, xvi + 337 pp. £75 (hardback) ISBN 978-1-4724-5121-7

John R Bowen, 2010 Can Islam Be French? Pluralism And Pragmatism in a Secularist State, Princeton: Princeton University Press, xi + 230 pp. $23.95 (paperback) ISBN978-0691-13283-9

John R Bowen, 2012 Blaming Islam. Cambridge: MIT Press, 144 pp. $15.95 (paperback) ISBN 978262017589     

A Weather Watch for All Grades

Berger, Melvin Computers in Your Life New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1981 117 pp. $8.95 trade, $8.79 library. Reviewed by Edwin Halfar.

Gardner, Martin Science: Good, Bad and Bogus Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1981 408 pp. $18.95. Reviewed by R. Emile Jester.

Frazer, Frank Discovering Energy Alexandria, Va.: Stonehenge Press, in association with the American Museum of Natural History, 1981 96 pp. $9.95. Reviewed by James W. O'leary.

Finney, D. J. Statistics for Biologists New York: Chapman and Hall, 1980 162 pp. $9.95 paper. Reviewed by John G. Harvey.     

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.     

In Memoriam: Rafael Karsten 1879–1956

Feminism and Anthropology. Henrietta Moore. Feminist Perspectives Series. Cambridge: Basil Blackwell and Polity Press, 1988. 246 pp.

Sous le signe de l'ours. Mythes et temporalité chez les Ojibwa septentrionaux. Désveaux, Emmanuel. Editions de la maison des sciences de l'homme, 1988. 304 p. ‐ pl.: ill., graph, carte.

Coast Salisk Essays. Wayne Suttles. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press. Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1987. 320 pp.

The Mataco of the Gran Chaco: An Ethnographic Account of Change and Continuity in Mataco Socio‐Economie Organization. Alvarsson, Jan Åre. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 1988. 314 pp. 15 pp. plates, 12 maps, 31 tables, 17 figures.

Morally United and Politically Divided: The Chinese Community of Penang. Claes Hallgren. Stockholm: Stockholm Studies in Social Anthropology, University of Stockholm, ix, 199 pp.

In the Stockholm Art World. Deborah Ericson. Stockholm: Stockholm Studies in Social Anthropology, University of Stockholm, 1988. 179 pp.

Twenty Girls: Growing up, Ethnicity and Excitement in a South London Microculture. Helena Wulff. Stockholm: Stockholm Studies in Social Anthropology, University of Stockholm, 1988. xii + 193 pp.

Central Planning and Local Reality: The Case of a Producers Cooperative in Ethiopia. Eva Poluha. Stockholm: Stockholm Studies in Social Anthropology, University of Stockholm, 1989.

Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society. Lila Abu‐Luchod. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986. 317 pp.

Arab Women in the Field: Studying Your Own Society, edited by Soraya Altorki and Camillia Fawzi El‐Solh. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1988. xii, 184 pp. $14.95 (paper).

The New Islamic Presence in Western Europe, edited by Tomas Gerholm and Georg Yngve Lithman. London and New York: Mansell Publishing Limited, 1988. 293 pp. ISBN 07201 18667.

Iranian Immigrants and Refugees in Norway. Zahra Kamalkhani. Bergen Studies in Social Anthropology, No. 43. Bergen: University of Bergen, 1988. 214 pages.

What Gifts Engender: Social Relations and Politics in Mendi, Highland Papua New Guinea. Rena Lederman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 291 pp. 1986.

Class and Culture in Urban India: Fundamentalism in a Christian Community. Lionel Caplan. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987. ix+ 296 pp.

The Good Things of Life: A Study of the Traditional Religious Culture of the Yoruba People. Roland Hallgren. Leberød: Plus Ultra, 1988. pp. 198.

The Kazaks of China. Essays on an Ethnic Minority, edited by Linda Benson and Ingvar Svanberg. Studia Multiethnica Upsaliensia 5. Stockholm: Almqvist &; Wiksell, International, 1988. xii + 250 pp. SEK. 147.00.

Culture, Identity, and Politics. Ernest Gellner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. viii, 189 pp.

Parsing through Customs: Essays by a Freudian Folklorist. Alan Dundes. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1987. xvi + 216 pp.

When You're Up to Your Ass in Alligators … More Urban Folklore from the Paperwork Empire. ALAN Dundes and Carl R. Pagter. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1987. 271 pp.     

A new heredity counseling service in Western Canada

ANIMAL GENETICS: Frederick B. Hutt. The Ronald Press Company, New York, 1964. 546 pp., $12.00.

INTERNATIONAL POPULATION CONFERENCE —CONCRAGES INTERNATIONAL DE LA POPULATION, OTTAWA, 1963: International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Liège, 1964, 468 pp.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 34TH SESSION, OTTAWA, 1963: Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, Volume XL, Book 1, Toronto, 1964, pp. 319–494: Joint meetings with the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population.

THE CONCEPT OF RACE: Ashley Montagu, editor. Free Press of Glencoe, New York, 1964. 270 pp., $5.95.

PREGNANCY, CONCEPTION AND HEREDITY: Eric Weiser (Translated from the German by Therese Pol; So ensteht der Mensch: Von Zeugung und Vererbung, Ullstein Bücher, 1959). Blaisdell Publishing Co., New York, 1965. 148 pp., $1.50.     

Book review

Biomineralization and Biological Metal Accumulation: Biological and Geological Perspectives. Papers presented at the Fourth International Symposium on Biomineralization, Renesse, The Netherlands, June 2–5, 1982. P. Westbroek and E. W. De Jong, eds. R. Reidel Publishing Company, Dodrecht, the Netherlands; Boston, U.S.A.; and London, England. 1983, 533 pp, $69.50.