Book reviews

CONTRIBUTIONS TO PALEOZOIC PALEONTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY IN HONOR OF ROUSSEAU H. FLOWER. Memoir 44. New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, xiv + 415 pp.

THE DINOSAUR HERESIES: A REVOLUTIONARY VIEW OF DINOSAURS By R.T. Bakker Published by Longman Scientific and Technical, 1987.482 pages. ISBN 0–582–00420–9

DINOSAURS PAST AND PRESENT. Edited by S.J. Czerkas and E.C. Olson. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in association with University of Washington Press, Seattle and London, 1987. Vol. 1, 163 pp., ISBN 0–938644–24–6 (softcover) or 0–295–96541‐X (hardcover); vol. 2, 150 pp., ISBN 0–938644–23–8 (softcover) or 0–295–96570–3 (hardcover).

MESSEL — EIN SCHAUFENSTER IN DIE GESCHICHTE DER ERDE UND DES LEBENS, edited by Stephan Schaal and Willi Ziegler. Verlag Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main, 1988 (Senckenberg‐Buch, 64), 315 pp. ISBN 3–7829–1111–3. 68.‐DM.

EXTINCTION AND SURVIVAL IN THE FOSSIL RECORD, edited by G.P. Larwood. The Systematics Association, Special Volume No. 34. Clarendon Press (Oxford University Press), Oxford, 1988, 365pp. 45.     

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THE PALEOGENE OF ASIA: MAMMALS AND STRATIGRAPHY, by Donald E. Russell and Zhai Ren‐jie. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Sciences de la Terre. Tome 52. 1987. 469 pp. and 232 figs. Price: 300 F. (about 50 US$).

FOURTH SYMPOSIUM ON MESOZOIC TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, DRUMHELLER, ALBERTA, CANADA. AUGUST 10–14, 1987. SHORT PAPERS, edited by P. J. Currie and E. H. Koster (1987). Occasional Paper of the Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, No. 3: 239pp. (ISBN 0–7732–0047–9).

GENETICS, PALEONTOLOGY AND MACROEVOLUTION by Jeffrey Levinton. Cambridge University Press, 637pp. ISBN‐0–521 24933 3 Price £27.50. Published Spring 1988.     

BUCHBESPRECHUNGEN

Grzimek , B. (Ed.): Grzimeks Enzyklopädie der Säugetiere – Bund 2 : München: Kindler-Verlag 1988. 648 S., zahlreiche Abb. Lexikon-Großformat. Leinenausgabe: Subskriptionspreis DM 128,–, später DM 148,–, ISBN 3–463-42002-3; Luxusausgabe (Halbleder): Subskriptionspreis DM 168,–, später DM 198,–, ISBN 3–463-42102-X. Patterson , C. (Ed.): Molecules und morphology in evolution – conflict or compromise? Cambridge, London, New York, New Rochelle, Melbourne, Sidney: Cambridge University Press 1987. £25.00, $49.50, ISBN H/b 0–521-32271-5. £9.95, $15.95, ISBN P/b 0–521-33860-3. Kuhn , H.-J.; Zeller , U. (Hrsg.): Morphogenesis of the mammalian skull . Mammalia depicta (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde) Heft 13. Hamburg und Berlin: Paul Parey 1987. 144 S., 68 Abb., 5 Tab. DM 88,-; für Mitglieder der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Säugetierkunde DM 70,40. ISBN 3–490-17718-5. O'Neill , R. V.; De Angelis , D. L.; Waide , J. B.; Allen , T. F. H.: A Hierarchical Concept of Ecosystems . Monographs in Population Biology 23. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press 1986. 254 pp., 20 figs. cloth $ 45,–, paper $ 14.50. Schram , F. R.: Crustacea . New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press 1986. XIV, 606 pp., num. figs. £50.00. ISBN 0–19-503742-1. Doolittle , D. P.: Population Genetics: Basis Principles . Advanced Series in Agricultural Science Vol. 16. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo: Springer Verlag 1987. X, 264 pp., 20 figs. Soft cover DM 70,–. ISBN 3–540-17326-9. Benirschke , K. (Ed.): Primates . The road to self-sustaining populations. With a foreword by Diamond , J. Proceedings of a conference held in San Diego, California, June 24–28. 1985, sponsored by the Morns animal foundation, Englewood, Colorado, and the Zoological Society of San Diego, California. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo: Springer Verlag 1986. 164 figs. XXIII, 1044 pp. Hard cover DM 198,–. ISBN 3–540-96270-0. Langer , P.: The Mammalian Herbivore Stomach . Comparative Anatomy, Function and Evolution. 557 pp, 246 figs and 72 tables. Stuttgart – New York: Gustav Fischer Verlag 1988. DM 248,–. ISBN 3–437-30568-9; US ISBN 0–89574-254-3. Müller , H. M.: Evolution, Kognition und Sprache. Die Evolution des Menschen und die biologischen Grundlagen der Sprachfähigkeit. Berlin und Hamburg: Paul Parey 1987. 162 S., 90 Abb. Kt. DM 39,80. ISBN 3–489-63034-3.     

Visual Aid Reviews

Books Practice in Human Biology — Questions for AS and A-level Jane Vellacott and Sarah Side, 2001. Hodder &; Stoughton, 202pp. £9.99. ISBN 0 340 78958 1 Reviewed by Pauline Lowrie

Books Microbiology and Biotechnology Pauline Lowrie and Susan Wells, 2000. Cambridge University Press, 108pp. £7.95. ISBN 0 52178723 8 Reviewed by Julia Milligan

Books Microbiology: an introduction Gerard J Tortora, Berdell R Funke, and Christine L Case, 2000. Pearson Education, 902pp. £33.00. ISBN 0 8053 7554 6 Reviewed by Steve Hall

Books Encyclopedia of Genetics Eric C R Reeve (Ed.), 2001. Fitzroy Dearborn, 952pp. £105.00. ISBN 1 884964 34 6 Reviewed by Michael Reiss

Books Coral Fish Linda Pitkin, 2001. The Natural History Museum, 112pp. £9.95. ISBN 0 565 09152 2 Reviewed by Julia Glanville

Books Liasons of Life Tom Wakeford, 2001. John Wiley &; Sons Ltd, 212pp. £17.95. ISBN 0 471 39972 8 Reviewed by Roger Delpech     

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.     

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.     

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).     

Book reviews

THE ORIGINS OF ANGIOSPERMS AND THEIR BIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES by E. M. Friis, W. G. Chaloner and P. R. Crane (Eds). Cambridge University Press. Paperback Version 1989. ISBN 0 521 31173X. Price £15.

ARGUMENTS ON EVOLUTION. A PALEONTOLOGIST'S PERSPECTIVE by Antoni Hoffman. Oxford University Press. 1989. 274 pages.

HETEROCHRONY IN EVOLUTION: A MULTDDISCIPLINARY APPROACH. Editon M.L. McKinney. Plenum Press, New York. 1988. 348 pp. ISBN 0–306–42947–0. $95.40 £79.50     

Book reviews

THE BIOLOGY OF THE INDIAN OCEAN, Edited by Bernt Zeitzschel Chapman and Hall, London; Springer‐Verlag, Berlin, 1973.549 pp. £16.35.

MARINE PHYSICS, R. E. Craig. Academic Press, London and New York, 1973. 83 pp. £1.90.     

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Organic Materials in Aquatic Ecosystems, Humitake Seki, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, Florida, 1982. With 92 figures and 28 tables, vi + 201 p., $64.00 domestic, $75.00 foreign.

Silicon and Siliceous Structures in Biological Systems, T. L. Simpson and B. E. Volcani (eds.). Springer Verlag, Berlin, New York, 1981. With 515 figures, xvi + 587 pp. Hardcover $98.90.

Mineral Deposits and the Evolution of the Biosphere, H. D. Holland and M. Schidlowski (eds.). Report of the Dahlem Workshop on Biospheric Evolution and Precambrian Metallogeny, Berlin, September 1–5, 1980. Springer‐Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1982, 333 pp.     

Short reviews

Hasia R. Diner. IN THE ALMOST PROMISED LAND, AMERICAN JEWS AND BLACKS, 1915–1935, Westport, Connecticut and London, England. Greenwood Press, Contributions in American History, Number 59, 1977. 271 pp. n.p.

Astri Suhrke and Lela Gamer Noble (eds) ETHNIC CONFLICT IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. (Praeger Special Studies in Politics and Government), Praeger Publishers, New York and London, 1977, 248 pp., n.p.

Laurence D. Loeb, OUTCASTE: JEWISH LIFE IN SOUTHERN IRAN, Gordon and Breach, New York, 1977, 328 pp., $20.

Elizabeth McTaggart Almquist, MINORITIES, GENDER AND WORK, Lexington Books (Lexington, Mass., 1979), £11.50.

Phyllis A. Wallace and Annette M. LaMond (eds), WOMEN, MINORITIES, AND EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION, Lexington Books (Lexington, Mass., 1979), 222 pp., £12.75.

Jeremy R. Azrael (ed.), SOVIET NATIONALITY POLICIES AND PRACTICES, New York and London, Praeger, 1978, 393 pp., £17.50.

Edward Dew, THE DIFFICULT FLOWERING OF SURINAM: ETHNICITY AND POLITICS IN A PLURAL SOCIETY, Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, 1978, X + 234 pp., n.p.

John Edwards &; Richard Batley, THE POLITICS OF POSITIVE DISCRIMINATION: AN EVALUATION OF THE URBAN PROGRAMME 1967–77, London, Tavistock, 1978, 287pp., £9.95.     

Some Aspects of the Ecology and Biology of Some Small Mammal Fleas from Yorkshire

The Invertebrates R. MCNEILL ALEXANDER 561 pp. London: Cambridge University Press, 1979. £28.00/£7.95. ISBNs 0 521 22120 X/29361 8 Reviewed by Andrew C. Campbell

Lecture Notes on Invertebrate Zoology Second edition M. S. LAVERACK and J. DANDO 194 pp. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific, 1979. £5.50. ISBN 0 632 00325 1 Reviewed by Andrew C. Campbell

An Illustrated Guide to River Phytoplankton H. BELCHER and E. SWALE 64 pp. London: Institute of Terrestrial Ecology/HMSO, 1979. £1.50. ISBN 0 11 886602 8 Reviewed by J. W. G. Lund

The Cell as a Habitat 286 pp. London: The Royal Society, 1979. £8.50. ISBN 0 85403 113 8 H. V. Wyatt

Cell Motility Integrated Themes in Biology H. STEBBINGS and J. S. HYAMS 192 pp. Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1979. £4.95. ISBN 0 582 44380 6 Reviewed by K. R. Tyler

Concepts in Cell Biochemistry W. K. STEPHENSON 221 pp. Chichester, Sussex: John Wiley, 1978. £5.00. ISBN 0 471 03390 1 Reviewed by D. A. Kennedy

The Kindly Fruits of the Earth G. E. HUTCHINSON 264 pp. London: Yale University Press, 1979. £13.35. ISBN 0 300 02272 7 Reviewed by W. H. Dowdeswell

Brain, Behaviour and Evolution D. A. OAKLEY and H. C. PLOTKIN (Ed.) 237 pp. Andover, Hants: Methuen, 1979. £9.00/£4.95. ISBNs 0 416 71260 6/71270 3 Reviewed by W. H. Dowdeswell

Introduction to Evolution F. A. RACLE 162 pp. Hemel Hempstead, Herts: Prentice/Hall, 1979. £5.80. ISBN 0 13 382869 0 Reviewed by J. A. Dawes

Tissues and Organs: a text-atlas of scanning electron microscopy R. G. KESSEL and R. H. KARDON 317 pp. San Francisco and Reading: W. H. Freeman, 1979. £18.90/£7.00. ISBNs 0 7167 0091 3/0090 5 Reviewed by A. W. Robards

The Cycling Female A. LEIN 135 pp. Reading: W. H. Freeman, 1979. £6.30/£2.90. ISBNs 0 7167 1039 0/1038 2 D. J. Reid

Ecology and Evolution of Animal Behaviour Second edition R. A. WALLACE 284 pp. Hemel Hempstead, Herts: Prentice/Hall, 1979. £7.10. ISBN 0 87620 272 5 Reviewed by Ursula Bowen

Man Against Disease MUIR GRAY 192 pp. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979. £2.50. ISBN 0 19 289127 8 Reviewed by H. V. Wyatt

Pollen and Allergy Studies in Biology, No. 107 R. BRUCE KNOX 60 pp. London: Edward Arnold, 1979. £1.75. ISBN 0 7131 2736 8 Reviewed by D. Brookes

Principles of Animal Physiology Second edition J. A. WILSON 890pp. London: Collier Macmillan, 1979. £16.45. ISBN 0 02 428360 6 Reviewed by K. R. Tyler

Morphogenesis of the Vertebrates Fourth edition T. W. TORREY and A. FEDUCCIA 570 pp. Chichester, Sussex: John Wiley, 1979. £11.60. ISBN 0 471 03232 8 Reviewed by F. E. G. Cox

Lizards—A Study in Thermoregulation Studies in Biology, No. 109 R. A. AVERY 56 pp. London: Edward Arnold, 1979. £1.80. ISBN 0 7131 2745 7 Reviewed by Gillian E. Standring

Life at High Altitude Studies in Biology, No. 112 D. HEATH and D. REID WILLIAMS 60 pp. London: Edward Arnold, 1979. £1.80. ISBN 0 7131 2754 6 Reviewed by C. G. Gayford

Seal Cull J. LISTER-KAYE 174 pp. Harmondsworth, Middx: Penguin Books, 1979. 95p. ISBN 0 14052 336 7 Seal Song B. DAVIES and E. PORTER 94 pp. Harmondsworth, Middx: Penguin Books, 1979. £2.50. ISBN 0 1400 4740 9 Reviewed by Ursula Bowen

Fieldwork Projects in Biology M. HINGLEY 170 pp. Poole, Dorset: Blandford Press, 1979. £4.95. ISBN 0 7137 0964 2 Reviewed by Malcolm Watson

Investigative Mycology R. F. SHARP 136 pp. London: Heinemann Educational, 1978. £5.00/£2.20. ISBNs 0 435 60750 2/60751 0 Reviewed by Avice M. Hall

Sexual Incompatibility in Plants Studies in Biology, No. 110 D. LEWIS 60 pp. London: Edward Arnold, 1979. £1.90. ISBN 0 7131 2747 3 Reviewed by David Skibinski

Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Soil Science R. E. WHITE 198 pp. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific, 1979. £8.50. ISBN 0 632 00052 X Reviewed by D. Payne

Bioscience Education in Developing Countries T. RAMASARMA et al. (Ed.) 230pp. Singapore: University of Singapore, 1979 $7.00 Reviewed by Colin Wood-Robinson

Ecology of African Mammals M. J. DELANY and D. C. D. HAPPOLD 434 pp. Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1979. £25.00. ISBN 0 582 44176 5 Reviewed by Colin Wood-Robinson

Modern Biology Made Simple R. BARRASS 304 pp. London: W. H. Allen, 1979. £3.50/£2.25. ISBNs 0491 02452 5/02462 2 Reviewed by John May

Life Science Physics J. W. KANE and M. M. STERNHELM 664 pp. Chichester, Sussex: John Wiley, 1978. £11.00. ISBN 0 471 03137 2 Reviewed by P. Burdett

Warwick Real Time Science Simulations Teacher's Handbook R. A. BEARE £3.00 Eleven biology booklets J. HEWITSON £1.00-1.75. Hatfield, Herts: Association for Science Education, 1978 Reviewed by M. E. Leveridge     

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.     

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.     

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.     

Reviews

Book Reviewed in this article: MacPhail , E. M. 1993: The neuroscience of animal intelligence: From the seahare to the seahorse. Columbia University Press, New York. 506 pp, numerous Figs, £50.00. ISBN 0–231–06144–7 reviewed by Holk Cruse Gazzaniga , M. S., (Editor-in-Chief) 1994: The cognitive neuroscience. A Bradford Book. MIT Press, Cambridge. 1447 S, 490 Abb, 27 farbige Tafeln, 29 Tabellen, US $195.00. ISBN 0–262–07157–6. reviewed by Christoph von Campenhausen Webster , J. 1994: Animal welfare. A cool eye towards Eden. Blackwell Science, Oxford. 273 pp, numerous Figs and Tabs, £14.99. ISBN 0–632–03928–0. reviewed by Thelma Rowell de Waal , F. B. M. 1993: Wilde Diplomaten. Versöhnung und Entspannungspolitik bei Affen und Menschen. (Peacemaking among Primates). Übersetzt von Ellen Vogel. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, München, dtv Sachbuch 30373, 295 S, 100 Abb, DM 16,90, ISBN 3–423–30373–5. Gebundene Ausgabe 1991: Carl Hanser Verlag, München, 296 S, 100 Abb, DM 45—, ISBN 3–446–16003–5. reviewed by Marietta K. Fritz Otterstedt , C. 1993: Abschied im Alltag. Grußformen und Abschiedsgestaltungim interkulturellen Vergleich. Iudicium Verlag GmbH, München. 382 S, kart, DM 68,—.ISBN 3–89129–222–8. reviewed by Friderun Ankel -Simons Thomson , K. S. 1993: Der Quastenflosser. Ein lebendes Fossil und seine Entdeckung. W. W. Norton, New York 1991 (übersetzt von M. Niehaus -Osterloh ). Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel. Boston, Berlin. 250 S, 46 Abb, geb., sFr 52—, DM 58,—. ISBN 3–7643–2793–6. reviewed by Amelie Koehler Lockley , M. 1993: Auf den Spuren der Dinosaurier. Dinosaurierfährten — Eine Expedition in die Vergangenheit (Tracking dinosaurs—a new look at an ancient world. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1991, übersetzt von G. Bosch mit wissenschaftlicher Beratung von C. Meyer ). Birkhäuser Verlag Basel. Boston, Berlin. 318 S, 38 s/w und 21 farbige Abb, 76 Strichzeichnungen, geb. sFr 58,—, DM 68,—. ISBN 3–7643–2774-X. reviewed by Amelie Koehler     

Internal colonialism in Austria‐Hungary

Affirmative discrimination re‐visited

Glazer, N. AFFIRMATIVE DISCRIMINATION: ETHNIC INEQUALITY AND PUBLIC POLICY, Harvard University Press, 1975 (2nd ed. 1987), 248 pp. £7.25. Combs, M. W. and Gruhl. J. (eds) AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: THEORY, ANALYSIS AND PROSPECTS, McFarland, USA, 1986, 185 pp. n.p.

Günther Glebe and John O'Loughlin (eds), FOREIGN MINORITIES IN CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN CITIES, Stuttgart, Steiner‐Verlag‐Wiesbaden‐GmbH, 1987, 296 pp., n.p.     

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.     

Short reviews

Milton M. Gordon, HUMAN NATURE, CLASS AND ETHNICITY. London and New York, Oxford University Press, 1978, 302 pp., £6.50, $11.95 ($3.50 paper).

June Teufel Dreyer, CHINA'S FORTY MILLIONS: MINORITY NATIONALITIES AND NATIONAL INTEGRATION IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. Cambridge (Mass.) and London, Harvard University Press, 1976, 333 pp., £9.55.

W. Stanford Reid (ed), THE SCOTTISH TRADITION IN CANADA. Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1976, xi + 324 pp., $12.55.

I. H. Kawharu, MAORI LAND TENURE: STUDIES OF A CHANGING INSTITUTION. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1977, 362 pp., £13.50.

David T. Wellman, PORTRAITS OF WHITE RACISM. London, Cambridge University Press, 1977, 254 pp., £9.50 (£4.00 paper).

Lucy Mair, AFRICAN KINGDOMS. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1977, 151 pp., £3.95, (£1.95 paper).

Roger Scott, NORTHERN IRELAND: THE POLITICS OF VIOLENCE. Canberra Series in Administrative Studies 2., Canberra College of Advanced Education, 1977, 84 pp., n.p.

James A. Geschwender, CLASS, RACE AND WORKER INSURGENCY: THE LEAGUE OF BLACK REVOLUTIONARY WORKERS. London, Cambridge University Press, 1977, 249 pp., £8.50 (£3.50 paper).

Crawford Young, THE POLITICS OF CULTURAL PLURALISM. Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 1976. 560 pp., £13.60.

D. C. R. A. Goonetilleke, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN BRITISH FICTION. London, Macmillan, 1977, 282 pp., £8.95.

M. M. Mahood, THE COLONIAL ENCOUNTER. London, Rex Collings, 1977, 210 pp., £4.75.

Brian V. Street, THE SAVAGE IN LITERATURE. London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975, 207 pp., £5.75.     

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.