Body in the Dark

The Dancer and the Dance

Producer: National Film and Television School, and Royal Anthropological Institute; Director: Felicia Hughes‐Freeland; Camera: Amy Hardy; Sound and Editing: Felicia Hughes‐Freeland. Distributed by the Royal Anthropological Institute, 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1P 5HS, U.K. Tel: (071) 387–0455; fax (071) 383–4235. 1988, color, 44 minutes, 16mm, 1/2 inch, NTSC, PAL. Rental £27.00 for 16mm, £12.00 for video in U.K. only; for rental elsewhere, and sale prices, enquire of the R.A.I. Film Officer.

Reclaiming the Forest

Producer: National Film and Television School, and Royal Anthropological Institute; Director: Paul Henley; Camera and Editing: Paul Henley; Sound: Georges Brion. 1986–1987, 57 or 39 minutes, color. Distributed by the Royal Anthropological Institute, 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1P 5HS, U.K. Tel: (071) 387–0455; fax: (071) 383–4235. Longer version: sale, £1,210.00; rental, £20.00: 16mm only. Shorter version: sale, £35.00 (PAL) or £52.00 (NTSC), rental £12.00 (PAL), video only. Postage and VAT extra.     

Review article: The challenge of African‐American leadership in an ambiguous world: W.E.B. Du Bois,Carter Woodson,Ralph Bunche and Thurgood Marshall in historical perspective

David Levering Lewis, W.E.B. DU BOIS ‐ BIOGRAPHY OF A RACE, 1868–1919, New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1993, xv + 735 pp., $35.00.

Jacqueline Goggin, CARTER G. WOODSON: A LIFE IN BLACK HISTORY, Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1993. xix + 217 pp., $24.95 (£23.70).

Brian Urquhart, RALPH BUNCHE: AN AMERICAN LIFE, New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1993, 496 pp., $27.50.

Mark V. Tushnet, MAKING CIVIL RIGHTS LAW: THURGOOD MARSHALL AND THE SUPREME COURT, 1936–1961, New York: Oxford University Press, 1994, xi + 399 pp., £27.50.     

Book reviews

Hugh Honour, THE IMAGE OF THE BLACK IN WESTERN ART, IV FROM THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION TO WORLD WAR I, Cambridge, Mass. and London: Harvard University Press, 1989; part i, 379 pp., 196 ill., part ii, 306 pp., 183 ill., £34.95 each volume.

Deborah Willis‐Thomas, AN ILLUSTRATED BIO‐BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BLACK PHOTOGRAPHERS, 1940–1988, New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1989, 483 pp., $85.00.

John Hutchinson, THE DYNAMICS OF CULTURAL NATIONALISM: THE GAELIC REVIVAL AND THE CREATION OF THE IRISH NATION STATE, London: Allen and Unwin, 1987, viii + 343 pp., £38.00.

Arthur Aughey, UNDER SIEGE: ULSTER UNIONISM AND THE ANGLO‐IRISH AGREEMENT, London: Hurst & Co, 1989, xv + 214 pp., £18.50.

Richard Jenkins (ed.), NORTHERN IRELAND: STUDIES IN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE, London: Avebury, 1989, xii + 197 pp., £23.50.

J. I. Little, NATIONALISM, CAPITALISM, AND COLONIZATION IN NINETEENTH‐CENTURY QUEBEC: THE UPPER ST. FRANCIS DISTRICT, Kingston, Montreal, London: McGill‐Queen's University Press, 1989, 336 pp., £31.45.

Basdeo Mangru, BENEVOLENT NEUTRALITY: INDIAN GOVERNMENT POLICY AND LABOUR MIGRATION TO BRITISH GUIANA 1854–1884, London: Hansib, 1987, 267 pp., £12.95.

Carole Marks, FAREWELL ‐ WE'RE GOOD AND GONE: THE GREAT BLACK MIGRATION, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989, x + 209 pp., $37.50 and $12.95 (paper).

James R. Grossman, LAND OF HOPE: CHICAGO, BLACK SOUTHERNERS, AND THE GREAT MIGRATION, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989, 384 pp., £23.95.

Robert M. Jiobu, ETHNICITY AND ASSIMILATION: BLACKS, CHINESE, FILIPINOS, JAPANESE, KOREANS, MEXICANS, VIETNAMESE AND WHITES, Albany: State University of New York Press, 1988, np.

John M. MacKenzie (ed.), IMPERIALISM AND POPULAR CULTURE, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1989, 264 pp., (illus.), £10.95 (paper).

Anne Phillips, THE ENIGMA OF COLONIALISM: BRITISH POLICY IN WEST AFRICA, James Currey and Indiana University Press, vii + 184 pp., £25.00 and £8.95 (paper).

John Darwin, BRITAIN AND DECOLONISATION: THE RETREAT FROM EMPIRE IN THE POST‐WAR WORLD, London: Macmillan, 1988, xiii + 383 pp., £33.00, and £9.95 (paper).

Tony Kushner and Kenneth Lunn (eds), TRADITIONS OF INTOLERANCE: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON FASCISM AND RACE DISCOURSE IN BRITAIN, Manchester University Press, 1989, 245 pp., £29.95.     

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).     

Book reviews

Stephen Cornell, THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE: AMERICAN INDIAN POLITICAL RESURGENCE, New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988, 278 pp., $29.95.

Jack D. Forbes, BLACK AFRICANS AND NATIVE AMERICANS: COLOR, RACE AND CASTE IN THE EVOLUTION OF RED‐BLACK PEOPLES, Oxford and New York: Basil Blackwell, 1988, 334 pp., £35.00.

Maryon McDonald, ’WE ARE NOT FRENCH!’: LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND IDENTITY IN BRITTANY, London: Routledge, 1989, 384 pp., £40.00.

Ronald Grigor Suny, THE MAKING OF THE GEORGIAN NATION, London: I. B. Taurus and Co. Ltd., 1989, ix‐395 pp., £29.50.

Shlomo Deshen, THE MELLAH SOCIETY: JEWISH COMMUNITY LIFE IN SHERIFIAN MOROCCO, translated and revised from the Hebrew by the author. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1989, xii + 152 pp., £23.95 and £9.50 (paper).

Roger Waldinger, Howard Aldrich, Robin Ward and Associates, ETHNIC ENTREPRENEURS: IMMIGRANT BUSINESS IN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, Sage Series on Race and Ethnic Relations, vol. 1., Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1990, 226 pp., £29.25 and £13.95 (paper).

Saul Dubow, RACIAL SEGREGATION AND THE ORIGINS OF APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1919–36, St Antony's and Macmillan, London, 1989, xi and 250 pp., £35.00.

Mark Duffield, BLACK RADICALISM AND THE POLITICS OF DE‐INDUSTRIALISATION: THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF INDIAN FOUNDRY WORKERS, Avebury, 1988, 226 pp., £24.50.

John Eade, THE POLITICS OF COMMUNITY: THE BANGLADESHI COMMUNITY IN EAST LONDON, Avebury, 1989, 213 pp., £24.00.

Nicole Hahn Rafter (ed.), WHITE TRASH: THE EUGENICS FAMILY STUDIES 1877–1919, Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1988, 382 pp., £36.00.

Neil R. McMillen, DARK JOURNEY ‐ BLACK MISSISSIPPIANS IN THE AGE OF JIM CROW, Urbana, Ill: University of Illinois Press, 1989, N.P.L.     

Book reviews

Andrew Hacker, TWO NATIONS: BLACK AND WHITE, SEPARATE, HOSTILE, UNEQUAL, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992, vii + 257 pp., $24.95.

Catherine Silk and John Silk, RACISM AND ANTI‐RACISM IN AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1990, x + 186 pp., £27.50.

Therese Daniels and Jane Gerson (eds), THE COLOUR BLACK, BLACK IMAGES IN BRITISH TELEVISION, London: BFI Publishing, 1989, 160 pp., £4.95 (paper).

Jim Pines and Paul Willemen (eds), QUESTIONS OF THIRD CINEMA, London: BFI Publishing, 1989, x + 246 pp., £7.95 (paper).

David R. Roediger, THE WAGES OF WHITENESS: RACE AND THE MAKING OF THE AMERICAN WORKING CLASS, London: Verso, 1991, 191 pp., £12.95 (paper).

William Cohen, AT FREEDOM'S EDGE: BLACK MOBILITY AND THE SOUTHERN WHITE QUEST FOR RACIAL CONTROL, 1861–1915, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1991, 340 pp., $42.50.

Robert L. Cooper, LANGUAGE PLANNING AND SOCIAL CHANGE, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990, 216 pp., £27.50, £9.95 (paper).

Emmanual Sivan and Menachem Friedman (eds), RELIGIOUS RADICALISM AND POLITICS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, Albany: State University of New York Press, 1990, 244 pp., n.p.

Eliezer Ben‐Rafael and Stephen Sharot, ETHNICITY, RELIGION, AND CLASS IN ISRAELI SOCIETY, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991, 287 pp., £32.50.     

The politics of race,culture and education

Mike Cole (ed.), EDUCATION FOR EQUALITY, London: Routledge, 1989, 237 pp., £9.95 (paper)

Peter Foster, POLICY AND PRACTICE IN MULICULTURAL AND ANTI‐RACIST EDUCATION, London: Routledge, 1990, 208 pp., £10.99 (paper)

Alrick X. Cambridge and Stephan Feuchtwang (eds), ANTI‐RACIST STRATEGIES, Avebury: Gower Publishing, 1990, 162 pp., £25.00

David Gillborn, ’RACE’, ETHNICITY AND EDUCATION, London: Unwin Hyman, 1990, 245 pp., £9.95 (paper)

Elizabeth Grugeon and Peter Woods, EDUCATING ALL: MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVES IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL, London: Routledge, 1990, 244 pp., £9.95 (paper)

Barry Troyna and Bruce Carrington, EDUCATION, RACISM AND REFORM, London: Routledge, 1990, 139 pp., £30.00 and £8.99 (paper)

Kenneth J. Meier, Joseph Stewart Jr., Robert E. England, RACE, CLASS AND EDUCATION, Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1989, 194 pp., npl     

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.     

Film reviews

Frozen tombs of Siberia

The Mystery of the Frozen Tombs of Siberia. Directed by Françoise Lévie; camera, Sacha Wiernik; sound, Sarah Moon Howe; editing, Michèle Maquet; produced by Sofidoc Production. 1994,26 minutes, color and black & white, English narration.

Imbalu, a ritual of manhood

Imbalu: Ritual of Manhood of the Bagisu of Uganda. A film by Richard Hawkins and Suzette Heald; director: Richard Hawkins; camera: David and Judith MacDougall; editor: Suzette Heald and Richard Hawkins; sound: Jack Reed. 1988, 95 minutes, colour, PAL video, Lugisu and English. Rental [UK only]: £9.00 (VHS‐PAL); sale: £40/ US$72 (VHS‐PAL), £80/US$110 (VHS‐NTSC) [plus VAT and postage]. Distributor: Royal Anthropological Institute, 50 Fitzroy Street, London, W1P 5HS, U.K.

The earth is our mother

The Earth is Our Mother and The Journey Back (The Earth is Our Mother, Parts I and II). Directed by Peter Elsass; produced by Casablanca Film Group and the Danish National Film Board; camera: Morten Bruus; editing: Niels Pagh Anderson; sound: Morten Bottzau; research: Guillermo Padilla. Distributed by TV2/Danmark Sales, Sortedam Dossering 55A, DK‐2100 København Ø, Denmark (Tel: +45 35 37 22 00; fax: + 45 35 37 22 27). 1987,55 minutes, color. Narration and subtitles in English.     

Book Reviews

PALAEOBIOLOGY: A SYNTHESIS, Editors: D. E. G. Briggs and P. R. Crowther. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford 1990.608 pp. ISBN 0 632 025255. £89.50.

EVOLUTION AND THE FOSSIL RECORD, by K. Allen and D. Briggs (Eds). 265 pp. Belhaven Press, London 1989. £25.

THE EMERGENCE OF ANIMALS: THE CAMBRIAN BREAKTHROUGH, by M.A.S. McMenamin and D.L.S. McMenamin, Columbia University Press, ISBN 0–231–06646–5‐ISBN 0–231–06647–3 (paperback). $35 Hardback, $17 paperback.

ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF THE ANTARCTIC BIOTA, by JA. Crame (Ed.), Geological Soc. special publication n° 47, 322 pp. London. Price: £58.     

Progress and Development in Biological Education

Software

Transpiration By J. M. Garland and U. Garland. Written for BBC Model B with colour monitor, cassette and disc versions. Produced by Garland Computing, 35 Dean Hill, Plymouth PL9 9AF. Price £10.00. Reviewd by W. G. Rogers

Seed germination By J. M. Garland. Written for BBC Model B with colour monitor. Cassette and disc versions. Produced by Garland Computing, 35 Dean Hill, Plymouth, Devon PL9 9AF. Price £10.00 Reviewd by W. G. Rogers.

Photosynthesis By J. M. Garland.Written for BBC Model B with colour monitor, cassette and disc versions. Produced by Garland Computing, 35 Dean Hill, Plymouth PL9 9AF. Price £10.00 Reviewed by W. G. Rogers.

Slides/Strides

Vertebrate reproduction Twenty-two.35 mm colour slides (including two title slides) with a study guide by David W. Macdonald. Ref. AV 218, price £16.80. Available from: Oxford Educational Resources Ltd, 197 Botley Road, Oxford 0X2 OHE Reviewed by Katrina Fuery

Reproduction in mammals Twenty-two.35 mm colour slides (with two title slides) with teaching notes by David W. Macdonald, produced in association with Oxford Scientific Films Ltd and J. Dellar of Wildlife Consultants Ltd. Ref. AV 220, price £16.80. Available from Oxford Educational Resources Ltd, 197 Botley Road, Oxford OX2 OHE Reviewed by Claire Carpenter

Mitosis and meiosis Two sets of 12 slides, each accompanied by a booklet containing background information and questions with answers. By Dr Judith Kinnear and Dr Marjory Martin. Refs M39825/8, M39820/9, price £9.95 each. Available from Philip Harris Biological Ltd, Oldmixon, Weston-super-Mare, Avon BS24 9BJ Cathy Maclean Marjorie Tindal

Farm animal breeds Set of 24, colour, plastic-mounted slides supplied in a wallet with teaching notes by Dr Alan Beaumont. Available from Audio-Visual Productions Ltd, Hocker Hill House, Chepstow, Gwent NP6 5ER Ref. 977. Price £8.90 Adam Cade

Basic techniques of plant tissue culture Twenty-six 35 mm colour slides in a plastic wallet with teaching notes. Ref M25080/2, price £16.25. Also available as a filmstrip, ref. M25084/9, price £11.00. Obtainable from Philip Harris Biological Ltd, Oldmixon, Westonsuper-Mare, Avon BS24 9BJ V. E. Stein

Focus on bats Forty 35 mm plastic mounted colour slides and a 20 minute cassette soundtrack narrated by Dr R. Stebbings. Ref. A VP 080. Price £11 (or filmstrip £7) and tape £4 (inclusive of VAT and postage). Available from International Centre for Conservation Education, Greenfield House, Gutting Power, Cheltenham, Glos GL54 5TZ Kevin Walsh

Introducing British reptiles Forty 35 mm colour slides, commentary booklet, and a leaflet on ‘Being kind to snakes‘ are supplied in a handy plastic wallet. Ref. AVP 075. Price £10.06 (includes VAT and postage). The commentary is also available on cassette. Also available as a film strip, price £5.00. Available from International Centre for Conservation Education, Greenfield House, Guiting Power, Cheltenham, Glos GL54 5TZ Iain Armstrong

Introducing British amphibia Forty 35 mm colour slides, commentary booklet and a leaftlet on ‘Garden ponds as amphibian sanctuaries’. Ref AVP 074. Price £10.06 (includes VA T and postage). Also available as a film strip, price £5.00. An audio-cassette of the commentary will soon be available price £3.80. From International Centre for Conservation Education, Greenfield House, Guiting Power, Cheltenham, Glos GL54 5TZ Alison Muspratt

Videotapes

Investigating the nervous system A 20-minute video-cassette, ref. 84/031/ I, price £29.50. Also available as a 16 mm film price £395. Produced by Educational Media Australia, in association with the Australian Academy of Science, Schools Biology Project. Available from Educational Media International, 25 Boileau Road, London W5 3AL Jane O'Leary

Reproduction in organisms A 16-minute video-cassette released in 1981, ref. 84J062JR, price £29.50. Also available as a 16 mm film price £205, ref. EM A AUS UP-S. Produced by Educational Media Australia. Available from Educational Media International, 25 Boileau Road, London W5 3AL Carol Burton Jenny Johnson

Eat your heart out A videotape in two parts, lasting about an hour produced by Scope Films Ltd, and available from Concorde Films Council Ltd, 201 Felixstowe Road, Ipswich IP3 9BJ. Price: hire £10; sale £60 C. Thorpe P. Burdett

Tapes

Biorhythms: 1. Human biology; 2. General biology Each consists of a cassette tape and a 65+ page booklet. Words by Harold Baum, music by Peter Shade, sung by the ‘Metabolites’. Published by Learn Through Music Ltd. Distributed by: (UK) Taylor and Francis Ltd, 4 John Street, London WC1N 2ET; (USA) Taylor and Francis Inc., 242 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-1906. Each part £8.95 (1984). ISBNs 0 85066 291 5 and 0 85066 292 3 John A. Barker     

The Macrophage‐Specific Serum Marker,Soluble CD163, Is Increased in Obesity and Reduced After Dietary‐Induced Weight Loss

Objective: Soluble CD163 (sCD163) is a new macrophage‐specific serum marker elevated in inflammatory conditions. sCD163 is elevated in obesity and found to be a strong predictor of the development of type 2 diabetes. We investigated whether dietary intervention and moderate exercise was related to changes in sCD163 and how sCD163 is associated to insulin resistance in obesity. Design and Methods: Ninety‐six obese subjects were enrolled: 62 followed a very low energy diet (VLED) program for 8 weeks followed by 3‐4 weeks of weight stabilization, 20 followed a moderate exercise program for 12 weeks, and 14 were included without any intervention. Fasting blood samples and anthropometric measures were taken at baseline and after intervention. Thirty‐six lean subjects were included in a control group. Results: sCD163 was significantly higher in obese subjects (2.3 ± 1.0 mg/l) compared with lean (1.6 ± 0.4 mg/l, P < 0.001). Weight loss (11%) induced by VLED resulted in a reduction and partial normalization of sCD163 to 2.0 ± 0.9 mg/l (P < 0.001). Exercise for 12 weeks had no effect on sCD163. At baseline, sCD163 was significantly correlated with BMI (r = 0.46), waist circumference (r = 0.40), insulin resistance measured by the homeostasis model assessment (HOMA‐IR; r = 0.41; all P < 0.001), and the leptin‐to‐adiponectin ratio (r = 0.28, P < 0.05). In a multivariate linear regression analysis with various inflammatory markers, sCD163 (β = 0.25), adiponectin (β = ?0.24), and high sensitivity C‐reactive protein (hs‐CRP; β = 0.20) remained independently and significantly associated to HOMA‐IR (all P < 0.05). After further adjustment for waist circumference, only sCD163 was associated with HOMA‐IR (P < 0.05). Conclusion: The macrophage‐specific serum marker sCD163 is increased in obesity and partially normalized by dietary‐induced weight loss but not by moderate exercise. Furthermore, we confirm that sCD163 is a good marker for obesity‐related insulin resistance.     

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.     

From the heart of the world

From the Heart of the World—The Elder Brothers’ Warning. Director: Alan Ereira; camera: Bill Broomfield; editor: Horacio Queiro; sound: John Wills. 1990, color, 87minutes VHS‐NTSC, VHS‐PAL. English narration and subtitles. Distributed by BBC Enterprises, 80 Wood Lane, London W12 OTT; or Mystic Fire Video, 225 Lafayette Street, Suite 1206, New York 10012; sale only, £12 or $29.95 + $4.00 postage. Ereira, Alan, The Heart of the World. London: Jonathan Cape, 1990, bibliography, index, 288 pp., £15.99.     

Books

Climbing Mount Improbable R. Dawkins. 308 pp. London: Viking (Penguin Books), 1996. £20.00. ISBN 0 670 85018 7. Reviewed by J. R. Downie

The beauty of the beastly N. Angier. 278 pp. London: Abacus (Little, Brown & Co), 1996. £8.99. ISBN 0 349 10769 6. Reviewed by Stephen Webster

The strange case of the spotted mice and other classic essays on science P. Medawar. 236 pp. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. £7.99. ISBN 0 19 286193 X. Reviewed by H. V. Wyatt

Privileged hands: a scientific life G. Vermeij. 297 pp. Oxford: W. H. Freeman, 1997. £18.95. ISBN 0 7167 2954 7. Reviewed by Paul F. Brain

Spotlight Science 7: SEN Learning support pack/Extra help sheets K. Johnson, S. Adamson, and G. Williams. Cheltenham, Glos.: Stanley Thornes, 1996. £55.00/£45.00. ISBNs 0 7478 2758 2/2466 4. Reviewed by Julie Lloyd

Longman Science 11–14: Biology Pupil's Book 3rd edn. M. Roberts and P. Mawby. 298 pp. Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1996. £9.99. ISBN 0582 29420 7. Reviewed by Caroline Poole

Longman Homework Handbooks Key Stage 3: Science C. Millican et al. 188 pp. Harlow, Essex: Addison Wesley Longman, 1996. £7.99. ISBN 0 582 29327 8. Reviewed by Loretta Platts

Heinenrann Co-ordinated Science Higher Biology: Pupil book; Assessment and resource pack R. Fosbery and J. McLean/M. Sheehan and C. Woodward. 184/156 pp. Oxford: Heinemann, 1996. £9.99/£39.95. ISBNs 0 435 58000 0/58016 7. Reviewed by Ann Dolan

Biology for you: National Curriculum Edition for GCSE (student's book) G. Williams. 352 pp. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. £12.99. ISBN 0 7487 2366 8. Reviewed by Jean Campbell

Human physiology & health M. Jenkins. 246 pp. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1996. £11.99. ISBN 0 340 658525. Reviewed by Arabella Stuart

Social Biology Topics: Human reproduction L. M. Baggott. 112 pp. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. £.8.95. ISBN 0 521 46914 7. Reviewed by Ann-Marie Skinner

Advanced biology principles and applications: study guide C. J. Clegg, D. C. Mackean, P. H. Openshaw, and R. C. Reynolds. 450 pp. London: John Murray, 1996. £17.99. ISBN 0 7195 5358 X. Reviewed by Carolyn Ann Mulley

GNVQ Intermediate Science Cambridge Training and Development Ltd. 210 pp. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. £12.00. ISBN 0 19 832800 1. Reviewed by P. Bunyan

Further studies for social care C. Holden et al. 330 pp. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1996. £12.99. ISBN 0 340 65526 7. Reviewed by Phil Bunyan

Health and social care for intermediate level Ed. S. Benson. 248 pp. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1996. £10.99. ISBN 0 340 620579. Reviewed by Phil Bunyan

Life chemistry and molecular biology E. J. Wood, C. A. Smith, and W. R. Pickering. 230 pp. London: Portland Press, 1997. £16.00. ISBN 1 85578 064 X. Reviewed by T. M. Harrison

Immunobiology: the immune system in health and disease 2nd edn. C. A. Janeway, Jr. and P. Travers. London: Current Biology and USA: Garland Publishing, 1996. Available from Churchill Livingstone, Robert Stevenson House, Leith Walk, Edinburgh, Scotland EH 1 3AF (tel: 0131-556-2424; fax. 0131-558-1278). £24.95/$19.95. ISBN 0-8153-2044-2. Reviewed by Paul F. Brain

Investigations by order: policy, curriculum and science teachers' work under the Education Reform Act J. Donnelly et al. Driffield, E. Yorkshire: Studies in Education, 1996. £14.95. ISBN 0 905484 57 6. Reviewed by Paul Denley

Environment and the law: an introduction for environmental scientists and lawyers J. F. and S. McEldowney. 327 pp. Horlow, Essex: Longman, 1996. £22.99. ISBN 0 582 22712 7. Reviewed by John Feltwell

Collins Gem: Mushrooms and toadstools photoguide P. Harding and A. Outen. 256 pp. London: HarperCollins, 1996. £3.99. ISBN 0 00 470934 9. Reviewed by Julia Milligan

Naturalists' Handbooks 25: Thrips W. D. J. Kirk. 70 pp. Slough, Berkshire: The Richmond Publishing Co., 1996. £8.95. ISBN 0 85546 3074. Reviewed by Ian Lancaster

Naturalists' Handbooks 22: Animals under logs and stones with wallcard C. Philip Wheater and H. J. Read. 90 pp. Slough, Berkshire: Richmond Publishing Co., 1996. £15.00/£8.95. Wallcard - £1.75. ISBNs 0 85546 302 3/301 5. Reviewed by Robin Sutton

Naturalists' Handbooks 23: Blowflies Z. Erzinclioglu. 72 pp. Slough, Berkshire: The Richmond Publishing Co., 1996. £8.95. ISBN 0 85546 303 1. Reviewed by Ian Lancaster

Resource packs Poultry Biology A resource booklet written by N. Gregory and available from the Poultry Association of New Zealand, 1 st Floor, 106 Carlton Gore Road, Auckland, New Zealand. (Tel. 10) 9 309 2417; fax. 0 (9) 307 3831; e-mail, bobd@pianz.org.nz) free of charge. Reviewed by Roger Lock

Wader migration game A set of 52 A4 sheets produced and available from RSPB Education, The Lodge, Sandy, Beds SG19 2DL. {Tel. 01767 680551; fax. 01767 692365.) Price £5.00 incl. p&p. Reviewed by Sarah McKenzie

Slides Invertebrate conservation slide packs: Heathland and grassland, Woodland and wetland Produced by R. Key of English Nature in conjunction with the Amateur Entomologists' Society. Available from Martin Harvey, Amateur Entomologists' Society, PO Box 8774, London SW7 5ZC. Price £25.00 plus £2.00 p&p. Reviewed by Sarah McKenzie

Software How animals move A CD-ROM produced by Moris Multimedia in consultation with Professor R. McNeill Alexander. Suitable for IBM and compatibles (486SX spec, or higher) and Macintosh (Proforma, Centris, and Quadea families). Available from Maris Multimedia, 99 Mansell Street, London E1 8AX. (Tel. 0171 488 1566; fax. 0171 702 5034.) Price £19.99 (incl. VAT plus £1.50 p&p). Reviewed by Mike Tribe

Videotapes Knowledge now in experimental biology — Yeast as a model organism: identifying genes that control cell division; Arabidopsis as a model organism: homeotic genes and development in a plant Two in a series of six videos produced by Cogilo Learning Media and available from Oxford University Press, Saxon Way West, Corby NN18 9ES. (Tel. 01536 741519; fax. 01536 746337; e-mail. http://www.cogitomedia.com 1-800-93- THINK.) Price £59.95 each plus VAT. Reviewed by Julian Thomas     

The evolutionary problem of genetic disease

Overpopulation and Family Planning: Report of the Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Planned Parenthood, October 24–29, 1955. Tokyo, Japan. Editor, Dr. L. N. Jackson. English and Japanese editions published by the International Planned Parenthood Federation, 69 Eccleston Square, London, S. W. I., England. Price: Sterling £1.1s.; Indian Rs. 7/‐; U.S. $3.00.

The Hazards to Man of Nuclear and Allied Radiations: Medical Research Council, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1956, 128 pp., price 5s. 6d.

Mental Disorders in Later Life (Second Edition) : Oscar J. Kaplan (ed.), Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, 1956, 508 pp., $7.50.

Zwillingstuberkulose III —Nachuntersuchung nach 20 Jahren an der Serie tuberkuloser Zwillinge: Helmut Mitsch‐rich, Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1956, 78 pp.

Land of the Moon‐Children—The Primitive San Blas Culture in Flux: Clyde E. Keeler (Georgia State College for Women, Milledgeville, Ga.) University of Georgia Press, 1956, 207 pp., $4.50.

Warbasse History—A Study in the Sociology of Heredity: James Peter Warbasse, Kendall Press, Falmouth, Mass., 1954, 226 pp. $8.00.     

The classics revisited

Franz Boas, RACE, LANGUAGE AND CULTURE, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, Midway Reprint, 1988, 647 pp, £19.95 and $27.50, (paperback only).

V. G. Kiernan, THE LORDS OF HUMAN KIND, London: Century‐Hutchinson/ Cresset Library, 1989, viii + 336 pp., £6.25 paperback.     

Masculinity and nationalism: gender and sexuality in the making of nations

Richard G. Fox (ed.), NATIONALIST IDEOLOGIES AND THE PRODUCTION OF NATIONAL CULTURE, Washington: American Anthropological Association, 1990, 177 pp., $17.00.

Michael Watson (ed.), CONTEMPORARY MINORITY NATIONALISM, London: Routledge, 1990, 277 pp., £35.00.

Christie Davies, ETHNIC HUMOR AROUND THE WORLD, A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1990, 404 pp., $39.95.

Elizabeth Fox‐Genovese, WITHIN THE PLANTATION HOUSEHOLD: BLACK AND WHITE WOMEN OF THE OLD SOUTH, Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1988, 544 pp., $34.95 and $12.95 (paper).

Darlene Clark Hine, BLACK WOMEN IN WHITE: RACIAL CONFLICT AND COOPERATION IN THE NURSING PROFESSION, 1890–1950, Btoomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1989, 264 pp., $35.00 and $12.95 (paper).

Pnina Werbner, THE MIGRATION PROCESS, Oxford: Berg, 1989, 391 pp., $56.00.

Elaine Pinderhughes, UNDERSTANDING RACE, ETHNICITY AND POWER: THE KEY TO EFFICACY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE, New York: The Free Press; London: Collier Macmillan, 1989, 269 pp., £20.00.

Paul B. Pedersen, Juris G. Draguns, Walter J. Lonner, Joseph E. Trimble, COUNSELLING ACROSS CULTURES, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1989, (third edition), xii + 402 pp., £14.35 (paper).

Roland Littlewood and Morris Lipsedge, ALIENS AND ALIENISTS: ETHNIC MINORITIES AND PSYCHIATRY, London: Unwin Hyman, 1989, (second edition), xvii + 334 pp., £32.00 and £10.95 (paper).

H. Russell Bernard and Jesús Salinas Pedraza, NATIVE ETHNOGRAPHY; A MEXICAN INDIAN DESCRIBES HIS CULTURE, London: Sage Publications, 1989, 648 pp., £62.00 (Illustrated).     

America's paradox

Michael C. Dawson, BEHIND THE MULE: RACE AND CLASS IN AFRICAN‐AMERICAN POLITICS, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994, xii + 234pp., (paper) npl.

Paula D. McClain and Joseph Stewart Jr., ’CAN WE ALL GET ALONG?’: RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES IN AMERICAN POLITICS, Boulder, CO: Westview, 1995, xv + 208pp., £33.50 and £9.50 (paper).

Joe E. Feagin and Hernán Vera, WHITE RACISM: THE BASICS, New York: Routledge, 1995, xiv + 230pp., £12.99 (paper).     

The camera eye as I witness: Sceptical reflections on the “Hidden Messages” of Anthropology and Photography, 1860–1920

Edwards, Elizabeth, ed. Anthropology and Photography, 1860–1920. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, in association with the Royal Anthropological Institute, 1992, illus., index, xi, 275 pp, £19.95.