European and Mediterranean Studies, an Overview

Social Change in a Peripheral Society: The Creation of a Balkan Colony . Daniel Chirot. Studies in Social Discontinuity
People of the Mediterranean: An Essay in Comparative Social Anthropology . J. Davis.
Catholics and Protestants: Agricultural Modernization in Two German Villages . Gunter Golde.
Family and Inheritance: Rural Society in Western Europe, 1200–1800 . Jack Goody, Joan Thirsk , and E. P. Thompson.
The One Blood: Kinship and Class in an Irish Village . Elliott Leyton.
Mediterranean Family Structures . J. G. Peristiany. Studies in Social Anthropology, 13
Kinship and Modernization in Mediterranean Society . J. G. Peristiany.
The Fate of Shechem: Or the Politics of Sex . Julian Pitt-Rivers.
East European Peasantries: Social Relations: An Annotated Bibliography of Periodical Articles . Irwin T. Sanders and Walter C. Bisselle
Culture and Political Economy in Western Sicily . Jane Schneider and Peter Schneider. Studies in Social Discontinuity
Three Bells of Civilization: The Life of an Italian Hill Town . Sydel Silverman.
Peasant Wisdom: Cultural Adaptation in a Swiss Village . Daniela Weinberg.     

SHORT REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Kalmia: The Laurel Book II . R. A. Janes.
Hemerocallis, The Daylily . R. W. Munson, Jr.
Tropicals . G. Courtright. 155 pp., 563 colour photos.
Herbaceous Perennial Plants . A. M. Armitage. 646 pp., 96 colour photos, 160 line drawings.
Once upon a Windowsill . T. Martin. 303 pp., 100 historical engravings.
Orchid Biology: Reviews and Perspectives V. ed. J. Arditti. 451 pp., 51 black-and-white illustrations.
Born in the Spring: a collection of spring wildflowers . June Carver Roberts. 159 pp., 90 water-colour paintings and line drawings.
The Flower Colour Directory . John Dale & Kevin Gunnell. 192 pp., many colour photographs.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviews in this Article:
Accountability of Bioethics Committees and Consultants by Sigrid Fry Revere.
Research Ethics in Practice : The Animal Ethics Committees in Sweden,
The Beginning of Human Life edited by Fritz K. Beller and Robert F. Weir. Dordecht
Dementia und Aging: Ethics, Values, ad Policy Choices , edited by Robert H. Binstock, Stephen G. Post and Peter J. White-house.
Least Worst Death — Essays in Bioethics on the End of Life by Margaret Pabst Battin.
All God's Mistakes — Genetic Counseling in a Pediatric Hospital by Charles L. Bosk.
Informed Consent: Patient Autonomy and Physician Beneficence within Clinical Medicine by Stephen Wear.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Gays/Justice by Richard Mohr.
Death:Beyond Whole-Brain Criteria , edited by Richard M. Zaner.
The Contraceptive Ethos:Reproductive Rights and Responsibilities Edited by S.F. Spicker, W.B. Bondeson, H.T. Englehardt, Jr., Dordrecht, Holland:D. Reidel.
Made to Order:The Myth of Reproductive and Genetic Progress Edited by Patricial Spallone and Deborah Lynn Steinberg.
Reproductive Technologies:Gender, Motherhood and Medicine Edited by Michele Stanworth.
For the Patient's Good:The Restoration of Beneficence in Health Care by Edmund D. Pellegrino and David C. Thomasma.
'The Physician as Captain of the Ship:A Critical Reappraisal', Philosophy and Medicine , vol. 29. Edited by Nancy M.P. King, Larry R. Churchill, and Alan W. Cross.     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article:
Wetzel, Th. Integrierter Pflanzenschutz und Agroökosysteme.
The Indian Experience
Nagarajan, S. and K. Muralidharan Dynamics of Plant Diseases.
70. Geburtstages von Herrn Prof. Dr. J. Kranz Biochemie des Bodens.
McIntosh R. A., C. R. Welling, and R. F. Park . Wheat rusts—an Alias of Resistance Genes.
Haider, K. Biochemie des Bodens.
Kimber, D., McGregor, D. I., (eds) Brassica Oilseeds: Production and Utilization.
Oropeza, C, F. W. Howard, and G. R. Ashlninier (Eds); Lethal Yellowing: Research and Practical Aspects.
Kreuzer, J Kreuzers Gartenpflanzenlexikon 'Kurz und bũndig'.
Spatz, G. , Freiflächenpflege.
W. Eschiich , Rezension: Funktionelle Pflanzenanatomie .
Iecraemer, W. The family Trichodoridae: Stubby Root and Virus Vector Nematodes.     

BOOK REVIEW SECTION

Book reviewed in this article:
Martinez-Palomo, Adolfo 1982. The Biology of Entamoeba histolytica.
Ristic, M. & Kreier, J. P., eds. 1981. Babesiosis .
Krylov, M. V., ed. 1981. The Evolution and Phylogeny of the Unicellular Animals .
Petrushevskaya, M. G. 1981. [ Radiolaria of the Order Nasselaria of the World's Oceans .]
Amos, W. B. & Duckett, J. G., eds. 1982. Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Flagella .
Matthes, Dieter 1982. Sesshafte Wimpertiere: Peritricha, Suctoria, Chonotricha .
Kaestner, Alfred, ed. 1980. Lehrbuch der Speziellen Zoologie . Band I: Wirbellose Tiere.
Rosowski, James R. & Parker, Bruce C., eds. 1982. Selected Papers in Phycology II.
Raikov, Igor B. 1982. The Protozoan Nucleus: Morphology and Evolution .     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
The Ethics of Reproductive Technology edited by Kenneth D. Alpern. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992
Medical Confidentiality and Legal Privilege by Jean V. McHale. London and New York: Routledge, 1993
The Codes of Codes , edited by Daniel J. Kevles and Leroy Hood. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992
The Troubled Dream of Life: Living with Mortality by Daniel Callahan. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1993
International Directory of Bioethics Organizations. Anita L. Nolen and Mary Carrington Coutts, editors. Bioethics Resource Series, Volume 1. Washington, DC: Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, 1993
The Codification of Medical Morality, Volume One: Medical Ethics and Etiquette in the Eighteenth Century , edited by Robert Baker, Dorothy Porter and Roy Porter. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1993
Pursuing Parenthood: Ethical Issues in Assisted Reproduction by Paul Lauritzen. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1993     

Book Reviews

Narayanasamy, P :Plant Pathogen Detection and Disease Diagnosis ("Series: Books in Soils, Plants and the Environment).
Scheffer, R. P. : The Nature of Disease in Plants.
Michaelis, W. : Air Pollution: Dimensions, Trends and Inter actions with a Forest Ecosystem.
Kearney, P. C. and Kaufman, D. D. (eds) : Herbicides: Chemistry, Degradation and Mode of Actio, Vol. 3.
Sandermann, H., Wellburn, A. R., Heath, R. L. (eds) : Forest Decline and Ozone[A Comparison of Controlled Chamber and Field Experiments] Ecological Studies, Vol. 127.
Vogel, G. : Handbuch des speziellen Gemüsebaues. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, 1996.
Hall, R. (ed.): Principles and Practice of Managing Soilborne Plant Pathogens.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this articles:
The Origin, Variation, Immunity and Breeding of Cultivated Plants. Selected writings of N. I. V avilov , translated from the Russian by K. S tarr C hester .
General Biology. By P erry D. S trausbaugh and B ernal R. W eimer .
Man and the Animal World. By B ernal R. W eimar .
Biology: its Human Implications. By G arrett hardin.
General Genetics. By A. M. S rb and R. D. O wen .
Untaken Harvest. By G eorge O rdish .
Manual of Bacterial Plant Pathogens. By C harlotte E lliott .
Probit Analysis: A Statistical Treatment of the Sigmoid Dosage Response Curve. By D. J. F inney . With a foreword by F. T attersfield .     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Physiology and Biochemistry of Bacteria. Vol. I. Growth Phases; Composition and Biophysical Chemistry of Bacteria and their Environment, and Energetics. By R. E. BUCHANAN and E. I. FULMER.
Life in Inland Waters: with especial reference to animals. By KATHLEEN E. CARPENTER.
The Scientific Principles of Plant Protection. By HUBERT MARTIN, with a Foreword by Sir DANIEL HALL.
Spraying, Dusting and Fumigating of Plants. By A. FREEMAN MASON.
Praktische Einfiihrung in die Morphologie der Insekten. By E. HANDSCHIN.
The Problems of Applied Entomology. By ROBERT A. WAEDLB.     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Crop Evolution, Adaptation and Yield. By L. T. EVANS.
The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants. By P rzemyslaw PRUSINKIEWICZ and A ristid LINDENMAYER.
Plant–Soil Interactions at Low pH: Principles and Management. Ed. by R. A. DATE, N. J. GRUNDON, G. E. RAYMENT and M. E. PROBERT.
Soils, Sustainability and the Natural Heritage. Ed. by A. G. TAYLOR, J. E. GORDON and M. B. USHER.
Crassulacean Acid Metabolism: Biochemistry, Eco-physiology and Evolution (Ecological Studies: vol. 114). Ed. by K. WINTER and J. A. C. SMITH.
Centres of Plant Diversity. A Guide and Strategy for their Conservation. WWF and IUCN.
Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants, Vol. 3: Gymnosperms. Ed. by S. M. JAIN, P. K. GUPTA AND R.J. NEWTON.
In Vitro Embryogenesis in Plants. Ed. by T. THORPE.
The Cambial Derivatives. Ed. by M. IQBAL.
Leaf Structure: Montane Regions of Venezuela with an Excursion into Argentina. By I ngrid ROTH.
The Plant Viruses (vol. 5: Polyhedral Virions and Bipartite RNA Genomes). Ed. by B. D. HARRISON and A. F. MURANT.     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
The Ancestry of the Vertebrates. —R. P. S. Jefleries.
The Blind Watchmaker .—R. Dawkins.
Darwinism: The Refutation of a Myth. —Søren Lavtrup.     

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.     

Reviews of publications

Book reviewed in this article:
The North American Grasshoppers:Volume II Acrididae, Oedipodinae , by D. Otte.
Animal Behavior and ils Applicaiions, by Derek V. Ellis.
Bracken:Ecology, Land Use and Control Technology, edited by R. T. Smith and J. A. Taylor.
Functional Vertebrate Morphology, edited by M. Hildebrand, D. M. Bramble, K. F. Liem and D. B. Wake.
Air Pollution by Pholochemical Oxidants, edited by R. Guderian.
Physiological Ecology of Lichens (Cambridge Studies in Ecology), by Kenneth A. Kershaw.
The Evolutionary Ecology of Ant-Plant mutualisms , by A. J. Beattie.
Fundamentals of Insect Physiology, edited by Murray S. Blum.
The Leajhppers and Planthoppers, edited by L. R. Nault and J. G. Rodriguez.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Forest Pathology . By J. S. Boyce.
Yearbook of Agriculture , 1937.
Physiological Genetics . By R. Goldschmidt.
The Study of Heredity . By E. B. Ford.
Tropical Fruits and Vegetables: an account of their Storage and Transport . By C. W. Wardlaw.
Erosion and Soil Conservation . By G . V. Jacks and R. O. Whyte.
Sixty Years of Botany in Britain (1875–1935). Impressions of an Eyewitness . By F. O. Bower.
Herbals: Their Origin and Evolution. A Chapter in the History of Botany , 1470–1670. By Agnes Arber.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Recent Advances in Cytology. By C. D. D arlington .
Order and Life. By J oseph N eedham .
The Plant Diseases of Great Britain: A Bibliography. Compiled and annotated by G. C. A insworth .
Handbuch der Pflanzenkrankheiten. Herausgegeben von Prof. Dr O. A ppel .
Three Thousand Mycological Terms. By W. H. S nell .
The Pests of Fruits and Hops. By A. M. M assee .
Yearbook of Agriculture , 1936.     

REVIEWS

Diseases of Fruits and Hops. By H. W ormald .
Nytteplanter. By K. G ram , H. J. J ensen and A. M entz .
Poisonous Plants of the United States. By W. C. M uenscher .
Introduction to the Botany of Field Crops. By Prof. J. M. H ector .
Commercial Fruit and Vegetable Products: a Textbook for Student, Investigator and Manager. By W. V. C ruess .
The Rape of the Earth: A World Survey of Soil Erosion. By G. V. J acks and R. O. W hyte .
Science in Africa: A Review of Scientific Research relating to Tropical and Southern Africa. By E. B. W orthington .
Health and Nutrition in India. By N. G angulee .
An Introduction to Modern Genetics. By C. H. W addington .
Earth's Green Mantle. By S. M angham .     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Neutral Models in Biology. —Matthew H. Nitecki and Antoni Hoffman (eds).
The Expanding Earth, a Symposium .—S. Warren Carey (Convener and Editor).
Theories of the Earth and Universe: a History of Dogma in the Earth Sciences. —S. Warren Carey.
Classification, Evolution and Phylogeny of the Families of Dicotyledons. —Aaron Goldberg.     

REVIEWS

Review in this article:
Protoplasmatologia—Handbuch der Protoplasmaforschung . Band II, CI. The Viscosity of Protoplasm. By L. V. H eilbrunn .
Trace Element Problems in Nature . A Symposium in the Botany Department, University of Cape Town. Edited by D r . K. H. S chütte .
Cell, Organism and Milieu. (Seventeenth Growth Symposium). Edited by D orothea R udnick .
Subcellular Particles . Edited by T. H ayashi .
Plant Growth Substances . By L. J. A udus .
Uredineana. Receuil d': études systematiques et biologiques sur les Urédinées du Globe . Tome 5. By A. L. G uyot .
A Textbook of General Physiology . By H. D avson .
Protoplasmatologia . Vol. Ill AI. Le Chondriome de la Cellule Végétale: Morphologie du Chondriome; by P. D angeard .
Analytical Cytology . Edited by R obert C. M ellors .
Blakeslee: The Genus Datura . By A. G. A very , S. S atina and J. R ietsema .
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Past and Present . By W. B. T urrill .
Drawings of British Plants . Part XIII. Umbelliferae (2), Araliaceae, Cornaceae. By S tella R oss -C raig .
Physiology of Fungi. By V incent W. C ochrane .
Illustrated Moss Flora of Fennoscandia . Vol. II. Musci. Fasc. III. By E lsa N yholm .
An Outline of General Plant Geography . By W. S zafer .
Protoplasmatologia. Handbuch der Protoplasmaforschung . Ed. L. V. Heilbrunn and F. Weber. Vol. VIII; 9a. Polaritút und Inäquale Teilung des pflanzlichen Protoplasten . By Erwin Bünning, Tübingen.