Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Walter Benjamin. By Julian Roberts Maurice Merleau-Ponty: Between Phenomenology and Structuralism (Theoretical Traditions in the Social Sciences Series). By James Schmidt Phenomenology in Practice and Theory. Edited by William S. Hamrick Advocacy and Anthropology, First Encounters. Edited by Robert Paine A Plague of Caterpillars. A Return to the African Bush. By Nigel Barley The Innocent Anthropologist. Notes from a Mud Hut. By Nigel Barley So Much That Is New. Baldwin Spencer 1860–1929: A Biography. By D.J. Mulvaney and J.H. Calaby The Native Tribes of Western Australia. By Daisy Bates Women, Employment and Development in the Arab World. Edited by Julinda Abu Nqsr Peasants, Subsistence Ecology, and Development in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. By Lawrence S. Grossman The History and Social Influence of the Potato. By Redcliffe Salaman Human Ecology: The Story of Our Place in Nature from Prehistory to the Present. By Bernard Campbell Philosophy and Archaeology. By Merrilee H. Salmon The Psychosocial Interior of the Family.3rd Edition, Edited by Gerald Handel The Artificial Family. A Consideration of Artificial Insemination by Donor. By R. Snowden and G.D. Mitchell Maternal and Child Health in Rural Kenya. An Epidemiological Study. Edited by J.K. van Ginneken and AS. Muller Maternal Bonding. By Wladyslaw Sluckin, Martin Herbert and Alice Sluckin The Continuum Concept. By Jean Liedloff Wives and Midwives, Childbirth and Nutrition in Rural Malaysia. By Carol Laderman Human Sexuality: Contemporary Controversies. Edited by Harold Feldman Australian Women and the Political System. Edited by Marian Simms Singapore: Struggle for Success. By John Drysdale. George Allen and Unwin     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
The Handicap Principle. A missing piece in Darwin's puzzle by Amotz & Avishag Zahavi (1999)
Biology and Wildlife of the Mediterranean Region by Jacques Blondel and James Aronson
Ecology ofChagos Archipelago . Edited by Charles Shep-pard and Mark Seaward.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
Riparian Ecosystem Recovery in Arid Lands: Strategies and References . Mark K. Briggs
Land Restoration and Reclamation: Principles and Practice James A. Harris, Paul Birch, and John Palmer     

The Baldwin effect and genetic assimilation: revisiting two mechanisms of evolutionary change mediated by phenotypic plasticity

Two different, but related, evolutionary theories pertaining to phenotypic plasticity were proposed by James Mark Baldwin and Conrad Hal Waddington. Unfortunately, these theories are often confused with one another. Baldwin's notion of organic selection posits that plasticity influences whether an individual will survive in a new environment, thus dictating the course of future evolution. Heritable variations can then be selected upon to direct phenotypic evolution (i.e., "orthoplasy"). The combination of these two processes (organic selection and orthoplasy) is now commonly referred to as the "Baldwin effect." Alternately, Waddington's genetic assimilation is a process whereby an environmentally induced phenotype, or "acquired character," becomes canalized through selection acting upon the developmental system. Genetic accommodation is a modern term used to describe the process of heritable changes that occur in response to a novel induction. Genetic accommodation is a key component of the Baldwin effect, and genetic assimilation is a type of genetic accommodation. I here define both the Baldwin effect and genetic assimilation in terms of genetic accommodation, describe cases in which either should occur in nature, and propose that each could play a role in evolutionary diversification.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Introduction to Social Psychology. E. Llewellyn Queener.
The Development of Human Behavior. Richard Dewey and W. J. Humber.
Social Psychology. Solomon E. Asch.
Social Psychology: An Analysis of Human Behavior. Leonard W. Doob.
Social Psychology. Robert E. L. Faris.
Fundamentals of Social Psychology. Eugene L. and Ruth E. Hartley.
Readings in Social Psychology. Prepared for the Committee on the Teaching of Social Psychology of The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Revised Edition. Editorial Committee: Guy E. Swanson, Theodore M. Newcomb, Eugene L. Hartley, and others.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Urban Aborigines. By Fay Gale New Zealand Society. Contemporary Perspectives. Edited by Stephen D. Webb and John Collette Themes in Culture (Essays in Honour of Morris E. Oder). Edited bv M. D. Zamora. J. M. Mahar, H. Orenstein Buddhist Monk, Buddhist Layman: A Study of Urban Monastic Organization in Central Thailand. By Jane Bunnag A Borneo Childhood Enculturation in Dusun Society. By Thomas Rhys Williams Ritual in Industrial Society. By Robert Bocock. George Allen and Unwin Social Change and Human Behavior: Mental Health Challenges of the Seventies. Edited by George V. Coelho and Eli A Rubinstein Mental Health and Social Change: An Annotated Bibliography. Edited by George V. Coelho Social Anthropology and Language. Edited by Edwin Ardener The Roots of Civilisation. By Alexander Mar-shack Evolution of the Primates. An Introduction to the Biology of Man. By A. B. Chiarelli The Ascent of Man. An Introduction to Human Evolution. By David Pilbeam. Mac-millan Early Hominid Posture and Locomotion. By John T. Robinson Maori Greenstone Pendants in the Australian Museum, Sydney. By D. Wayne Orchi-ston Studies in Oceanic Culture History: Volume 3. Edited by R. C. Green and M. Kelly. The Languages of the Eastern Family of the East New Guinea Highland Stock. Edited by Howard McKaughan The Australian Aborigines. A Portrait of their Soaiety. By Kenneth Maddock Priorities in Melanesian Development. Edited by Ronald J. May Padju Epat: The Ma'anyan of Indonesian Borneo. By A. B. Hudson     

Women in Development

Women and Technological Change in Developing Countries . Roslyn Dauber and Melinda L. Cain , eds.
Women and the Social Costs of Economic Development: Two Colorado Case Studies . Elizabeth Moen, Elise Boulding, Jane Lillydahl , and Risa Palm .
The Domestication of Women: Discrimination in Developing Societies . Barbara Rogers.     

What Is Canadian Anthropology?

The Management of Myths: The Politics of Legitimation in a Newfoundland Community. Anthony P. Cohen . Newfoundland Social and Economic Studies, 14. St. John's: Institute of Social and Economic Research, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1975. viii + 146 pp. n.p. (cloth).
Saint Pascal: Changing Leadership and Social Organization in a Quebec Town. Gerald L. Gold . Cultures and Communities: A Series of Monographs, Community Studies. Toronto: Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada, 1975. viii + 215 pp. n.p. (paper).
Natives without a Home. Mark Nagler . Canadian Social Problems Series. Don Mills, Ontario: Longman Canada, 1975. xvii + 85 pp. $2.95 (paper).
Crime in Canadian Society. Robert A. Silverman and James J. Teevan, Jr ., comps. Toronto: Butterworth, 1975. xi + 455 pp. $7.95 (paper).     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: The Garia: An Ethnography of a Traditional Cosmic System in Papua New Guinea. By Peter Lawrence Talk Never Dies: The Language of Huli Disputes. By Laurence Goldman The First Taint of Civilization. A History of the Caroline and Marshall Islands in Pre-Colonial Days, 1521–1885. By Francis X. Hezel The Island States of the Pacific and Indian Ocean: Anatomy of Development. Edited by R.T. Shand Micronationalist Movements in Papua New Guinea. Edited by R.J. May The Political Economy of Fiji, Jay Narayan The Lost World of Irian Jaya. By Robert Mitton The Filipino Nation. Edited by Jim Haskins Tongan Society at the time of Captain Cook's Visits: Discussions with Her Majesty Queen Salote Tupou. By Elizabeth Bott with the assistance of Tavi Sexual Antagonism, Gender, and Social Change in Papua New Guinea. Edited by Fitz John P. Poole and Gilbert H. Herdt Sorcery and Social Change in Melanesia. Edited by Marty Zelenietz and Shirley Lindenbaum Sexual Meanings: The Cultural Construction of Gender and Sexuality. Edited by S.B. Orner and H. Whitehead. Muslim Women. Edited by Freda Hussain Women In Islamic Societies: Social Attitudes and Historical Perspectives. By Bo Utas Mothering in Greece: From Collectivism to Individualism. By Mariella Doumanis Mother Worship: Theme and Variations. By James J. Preston Mothers At Work. Public Policies in the United States, Sweden, and China. By Carolyn Teich Adams and Kathryn Teich Winston Language-The Loaded Weapon. The use and abuse of language today. By Dwight Bolinger The History of the Fijian Languages. By Paul A. Geraghty A Grammar of Manam. By Frantisek Lichtenberk Ethnography and language in Educational Settings. Edited by Judith Green and Cynthia Wallat Language Planning: An Introduction. By Carol M. Eastman The Ethnography of Communication. An Introduction. By Muriel Saville-Troike Forms of Talk. By Erving Goffman Native Language and Foreign Language Acquisition. Edited by Harris Winitz Racism and Colonialism. Essays on Ideology and Social Structure. Edited by Robert Ross Village Communities and the State. Changing Relations Among the Maka of South-Eastern Cameroon since the Colonial Conquest. By Peter Geschiere Old Modes of Production and Capitalist Encroachment. Edited by Wim van Binsbergen and Peter Geschiere Worship and Conflict under Colonial Rule. A South Indian Case. By Arjun Appadurai. Development and Underdevelopment in Historical Perspective: Populism, Nationalism and Industrialization. By Gavin Kitching Culture and Sericulture. Social Anthropology and Development in South Indian Livestock Industry. By S.R. Charsley Essays on Linguistics. Language, Systems and Structures. By Members of the Institute of Linguistics.     

REVIEWS

Wood Pulp. By J ulius G rant .
Manual for the Determination of Seed-Borne Diseases. By L. C. D oyer .
Fungi of India. Supplement I. By B. B. M undkur .
The Vegetables of New York. Vol. I. By U. P. H edrick .
Cotton: History, Species, Varieties, Morphology, Breeding, Culture, Diseases, Marketing, and Uses. By H. B. B rown .
The Longevity of Plants. By H. M olisch . Translated into English by E. H. Fulling.
Plant Physiology. By N. A. M aximov . Edited by R. B. H abvey and A. E. M urneek .
Science in Agriculture. By J. W. P aterson .
Report on Agricultural Research in Great Britain: a Survey of its Scope, Administrative Structure and Finance, and of the Methods of making its Results known to Farmers, with Proposals for Future Development.
An Introduction to Botany. By A. W. H aupt .
Form and Causality in Early Development. By A. M. D alcq .     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Beginning Lives , by Rosalind Hursthouse.
On Moral Medicine:Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics , edited by Stephen E. Lammers and Allen Verhey.
Quantitative Risk Assessment , edited by James M. Humber and Robert F.
A Theory of Value and Obligation , by Robin Attfield.
Ethical Issues at the Outset of Life , edited by William B. Weil Jr. and Martin Benjamin.
Legal Frontiers of Death and Dying by Norman L. Cantor
Having Your Baby By Donor Insemination:A Complete Resource Guide , by Elizabeth Noble     

Books

Industrial Environmental Performance Metrics. Challenges and Opportunities by the Committee on Industrial Environmental Performance Metrics, National Academy of Engineering Washington, DC
Measures of Environmental Performance and Ecosystem Condition, edited by Peter C. Schulze Washington, DC
Sustainable Measures: Evaluation and Reporting of Environmental and Social Performance, edited by Martin Bennett and Peter James with Leon Klinkers Sheffield (UK)
Sustainable Development in the United States: An Experimental Set of Indicators. A Progress Report prepared by the U.S. Interagency Working Group on Sustainable Development Indicators Washington, DC     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article
An Introduction to Botany. By A rthur W. H aupt .
Heredity, Eugenics and Social Progress. By H. C. B ibby .
Introduction to Floral Mechanism. By S. G. J ones .     

Reviews

book reviewed in this article
The Population Structure of Vegetation , ( Handbook of Vegetation Science 3. ) Ed. by J. WHITE.
An Introduction to Plant Cell Development. By J. BURGESS.
Hormone Binding Sites in Plants. By M ichael V enis .
Seed Ecology. By MICHAEL, FENNER.
Inorganic Carbon Uptake by Aquatic Photosynthetic Organisms. Ed. by William J. Lucas and Joseph A. Berry.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
The Cell Cycle in Development and Differentiation . Ed. by M. B alls and F. S. B illett .
Lehrbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie . By E ike L ibbert .
Flora Aegaea. By K. H. fil. RECHINGER.
Evolution in Plants. Ed. by G. VIDA.
Past and Present Vegetation in the Isle of Skye. A Palaeoecological Study. By H. J. B. BIRKS.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Annual Review of Plant Physiology , Vol. 21. 1970. Ed. by L. M achlis
Fungal Spores. Their liberation and dispersal. By C. T. I ngold .
Electron Microscopy and Plant Ultrastructure. By A. W. R obards .
Principles of Fungal Taxonomy. By P. H. B. T albot .
Pflanzensoziologische Exkursions Flora für Süddeutschland und die angrezenden Gebiete. By E. O berdorfer .
Cauline or Carpellary Placentation among Dicotyledons. (Axis-borne versus leaf-borne ovules). By B. M. M oeliono .
Control Mechanisms in Plant Development. By A rthur W. G alston and P eter J. D avies .
Handbook of Palynology. By G. E rdtman .     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this articles:
The Anatomy of the Migratory Locust. F. O. A lbrecht .
Insecticides and Colonial Agricultural Development. Edited by T. W allace and J. T. M artin .
Diseases of British Grasses and Herbage Legumes. By K athleen S ampson and J. H. W estern .
Principles of Biochemistry: A Biological Approach. M. V. T racey , M.A.
Information Theory in Biology. Edited by H. Q uestler .
Die Larvenformen der Dipteren. By W. H ennig .
Manual of the North American Smut Fungi. By George W illiam F ischer .
Sex-determination. By F. A. E. C rew . 3rd ed.     

Reviews

Book Reviewed in this article:
Phytochrome. Ed. by K. M itrakos and W. S hropshire J nr .
Progress in Phytochemistry. Vol. 3. Ed. by L. R einhold and Y. L iwscihtz .
Phytochemical Ecology. Ed. by J. B. H arborne .
Microbiology of the Atmosphere. By P. H. G regory .
Analysis of Leaf Development. By R. M aksymowych .
The Amphi-Atlantic Plants and their Phytogeographical Connections. By E ric H ultÉan .
Drawings of British Plants. Part XXIX. Iridaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Dioascoreaceae and Liliaceae. By Stella Ross Craig.
Les Cypéracées Forestières de Côte d'lvoire (Mémoire O.R.S.T.O.M. No. 58). By G. Lorougnon.     

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).     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Peoples of South Asia. By Clarence Maloney Biosocial Anthropology. Edited by Robin Fox Studies in African Social Anthropology. Edited by Meyer Fortes and Sheila Patterson Big-Men and Business: Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth in the New Guinea Highlands. By Ben R. Finney Polynesian Peasants and Proletarians. By Ben R. Finney Church and State in Tonga: The Wesleyan Methodist Missionaries and Political Development Te Ao Hurihuri: The World Moves On. Edited by Michael King Walbiri Iconography: Graphic Representation and Cultural Symbolism in a Central Australian Society. By Nancy D. Munn Vote Ferguson for Aboriginal Freedom. By Jack Hurner Look Forward, Not Back: Aborigines in Metropolitan Brisbane 1965–1966. By H. M. Smith and E. Biddle Aboriginal Prehistory in New England: An Archaeological Survey of Northeastern New South Wales. By Isabel McBryde Fort Jesus: a Portuguese Fortress on the East African Coast. By James Kirkman Archaeozoological Studies: Papers of the Archeozoological Conference 1974, held at the Biologisch-Archaeologisch Instituut of the State University of Groningen. Edited by A. T. Clason Men of the Earth: An Introduction to World Prehistory. By Brian M. Fagan