Taphonomies of Topography: From the Death of "Place" to Its Hyphenated Apotheosis

Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity. Marc Augé. London: Verso, 1995. 122 pp.
Landscape and Power in Vienna. Robert Rotenberg. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995. 385 pp.
Imagineering Atlanta: The Politics of Place in the City of Dreams. Charles Rutheiser. London: Verso, 1996. 322 pp.     

Anthropology and Globalization

Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization. Arjun Appadurai. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1996. 229 pp.
Transnational Connections: Culture, People, Places. Ulf Hannerz. New York: Routledge, 1996. 216 pp.
Thai Women in the Global Labor Force: Consuming Desires, Contested Selves. Mary Beth Mills. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1999. 218 pp.     

Women in Cairo

Development, Change, and Gender in Cairo:. View from the Household. Diane Singerman and Homa Hoodfar. eds. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996. 189 pp.
Tomorrow, God Willing: Self-Made Destinies in Cairo. Unni Wikan. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. 333 pp.     

Doing Our Home Work: Anthropologists on Homelessness and Housing in the United States

There's No Place like Home: Anthropological Perspectives on Housing and Homelessness in the United States. Anna Lou Dehavenon. Westport, CT: Bergin and Garvey, 1996.206 pp.
Ttie Unequal Homeless: Men on tlie Street, Women in Their Place. Joanne Passaro. New York: Routledge, 1996. 128 pp.
Homesteading in New York City, 1978-1993: The Divided Heart of Loisaida. Malve von Hassell. Westport, CT: Bergin and Garvey, 1996. 205 pp.     

Political Violence, Narrative, and Memory

Lords of the Lebanese Marclies: Violence and Narrative in an Arab Society. Michael Gilsenan. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. 377 pp.
Memories of Revolt: The 1936-1939 Rebellion and the Palestinian National Past. Ted Swedenburg. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1995. 259 pp.     

Un-Separate and Still Unequal? Three Books about American Education and Race at the End of the Liberal Century

Multicultural Education, Transformative Knowledge, and Action: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. James Banks, ed. New York: Teachers College Press, 1996. 352 pp.
Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom. Lisa Delpit. New York: The New Press, 1995. 206 pp.
Beyond Desegregation: The Politics of Quality in African American Schooling. Mwalimu J. Shujaa, ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 1996. 268 pp.     

Indian Blood: New Lessons in Hindu Statecraft

Hierarchy and Its Discontents: Culture and the Politics of Consciousness in Caste Society. Steven M. Parish. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996. 270 pp.
Contesting the Nation: Religion, Community, and the Politics of Democracy in India. David Ludden. ed. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996. 346 pp.
Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura 1922-1992. Shahid Amin. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995.256 pp.
Critical Events: An Anthropological Perspective on Contemporary India. Veena Das. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1995. 230 pp.     

Positively Diverse: Jewish Difference in Western Culture and the Academy

Thinking in Jewish. Jonathan Boyarin. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. 218 pp.
People of the Book: Thirty Scholars Reflect on Their Jewish Identity. Jeffrey Rubin-Dorsky and Shelley Fisher Fishkin. eds. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996. 507 pp.     

The Common Ground of Contested Space: Historical Archaeology and American Landscapes

Landscape Archaeology: Reading and Interpreting the American Historical Landscape. Rebecca Yamin and Karen Bescherer Metheny, eds. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1996. 292 pp.
Culture Change and the New Technology: An Archaeology of the Early American Industrial Era. Paul A. Shackel. New York: Plenum Press, 1996. 217 pp.     

Medical Ethnobiology of the Highland Maya of Chiapas, Mexico: The Gastrointestinal Diseases. and Healing with Plants in the American and Mexican West

Medical Ethnobiology of the Highland Maya of Chiapas, Mexico: The Gastrointestinal Diseases. Elois Ann Berlin and Brent Berlin. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996 (cloth). xxxii. 557 pp.
Healing with Plants in the American and Mexican West. Margarita Artschwager Kay. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1996 (paper). xvii. 315 pp.     

Braving a New World: Cambodian (Khmer) Refugees in an American City

Braving. New World: Cambodian (Khmer) Refugees in an American City. MaryCarol Hopkins. Westport, CT: Bergin and Garvey, 1996. 169 pp.     

Challenges of Developing an Ethnography of Children and Childhood

Becoming Tongan: An Ethnography of Childhood. Helen Morton. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1996. 343 pp.
Children's Lifeworlds: Gender, Welfare and Labour in the Developing World. Olga Niewenhuys. London: Routledge, 1994. 228 pp.     

The Third Eye: Race, Cinema, and Ethnographic Spectacle; Experimental Ethnography: The Work of Film in the Age of Video

The Third Eye: Race, Cinema, and Ethnographic Spectacle. Fatimah Tobing Rony. Durham: Duke University Press, 1996. 300 pp.
Experimental Ethnography: The Work of Film in the Age of Video. Catherine Russell. Durham: Duke University Press, 1999.391 pp.     

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     

Planet of the Normates

Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature. Rosemarie Garland Thomson. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997. 200 pp.
Freakery: Cultural Spectacles of the Extraordinary Body. Rosemarie Garland Thomson. ed. New York: New York University Press, 1996. 400 pp.
Monster Theory: Reading Culture. Jeffrey Jerome Cohen. ed. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1996.315pp.     

The Dictionary of Anthropology.; Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology: Humanity, Culture, and Social Life.; A Dictionary of Cultural and Critical Theory.

The Dictionary of Anthropology. Thomas Barfield. ed. Maiden, MA: Blackwell, 1997. 626 pp.
Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology: Humanity, Culture, and Social Life. Tim Ingold. ed. New York: Routledge, 1997. 1128 pp.
. Dictionary of Cultural and Critical Theory. Michael Payne. ed. Maiden, MA: Blackwell, 1996. 644 pp.     

No Nation Is an Island: Language, Culture, and National Identity in the Faroe Islands

No Nation Is an Island: Language, Culture, and National Identity in the Faroe Islands. Tom Nauerby. North Atlantic Monographs, 3. Århus, Denmark: SNAI-North Atlantic Publications; distributed by Arhus University Press, 1996. 237 pp.     

Reconceptualizing "Wolfian" Anthropology and the Peasantry

Articulating Hidden Histories: Exploring the Influence of Eric R. Wolf. Jane Schneider and Rayna Rapp. eds. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995.400 pp.
Reconceptualizing the Peasantry: Anthropology in Global Perspective. Michael Kearney. Boulder, CO. Westview Press, 1996. 210 pp.     

No Exit: Aboriginal Australians and the Historicizing of Interpretation and Theory

Arguments about Aborigines: Australia and the Evolution of Social Anthropology, L. R. Hiatt Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. 225 pp.
What the Bones Say: Tasmanian Aborigines, Science, and Domination. John J. Cove. Ottawa, Canada: Carleton University Press, 1995. 221 pp.     

Recognizing Gay and Lesbian Speech

Beyond the Lavender Lexicon: Authenticity, Imagination, and Appropriation in Lesbian and Gay Languages. William L. Leap. ed. Luxembourg: Gordon and Breach, 1995. 360 pp.
Word's Out: Gay Men's English. William L. Leap. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1996. 181 pp.