New and Old in Economic Anthropology

The New Anthropology . John Clammer
Research in Economic Anthropology: An Annual compilation of Research, Vol. 1 . George Dalton
Research in Economic Anthropology: An Annual compilation of Research, Vol. 2 . George Dalton
Research in Economic Anthropology: An Annual compilation of Research, Vol. 1 . George Dalton     

BUCHBESPRECHUNGEN

Book reviewed in this article:
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M ason , J. L. (ed.): Evolution of domesticated animals . London, New York: Longman 1984.
G riffiths , G. C. D. (ed.): Flies of the Nearctic Region . Vol. VIII: Cyclorrhapha II (Schizophora: Calyptratae), Part 2 Anthomyiidae, Number 1 by G. C. D. G riffiths . Stuttgart: E. Schweitzerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung 1982.
S impson , G. G.: Penguins . Past and Present, Here and There. New Haven and London: Yale University Press 1983.
G ans , E.; P ouch , F. H. (eds.): Biology of the Reptilia . Vol. 12. New York – London: Academic Press 1982. 564 S. DM 353,–. G ans , E. (ed.):
M atsuno , K.; D ose , K.; H arada , K.; R ohlfing , D. L. (eds.): Molecular Evolution and Protobiology . New York, London
F elsenstein , J. (ed.): Numerical Taxonomy . Nato AS1 Series. Series G Ecological Sciencesxs
S meets , W. J. A. J.; N ieuwenhuys , R.; R oberts , B. L.: The Central Nervous System of Cartilaginous Fishes . Structure and Functional Correlations. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer 1983
H echt , M. K.; W allace , B.; P range , G. T. (eds.): Evolutionary Biology . Vol. 18. New York and London     

The Essential Edmund Leach. Vol. 1: Anthropology and Society; Vol. 2: Culture and Human Nature.

The Essential Edmund Leach. Vol. 1: Anthropology and Society; Vol. 2: Culture and Human Nature. Stephen Hugh-Jones and James Laidlaw. eds. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. 2000. 395 pp. and 420 pp.     

Primate Ecology and Social Structure Vol. 1: Lorises, Lemurs and Tarsiers: Primate Ecology and Social Structure Vol. 2: New World Monkeys: Primate Ecology and Social Structure Vol. 3: Old World Monkeys and Apes

Primate Ecology and Social Structure Vol. 1: Lorises, Lemurs and Tarsiers. Robert W. Sussman. Needham Heights. MA: Pearson Custom Publishing, 1999. 284 pp.
Primate Ecology and Social Structure Vol. 2: New World Monkeys. Robert W. Sussman. Needham Heights. MA: Pearson Custom Publishing, 2000. 207 pp.
Primate Ecology and Social Structure Vol. 3: Old World Monkeys and Apes. Robert W. Sussman. Needham Heights. MA: Pearson Custom Publishing, in press.     

Four kilograms of information: ramdom thoughts on Histocompatibility Testing 1987

B. Dupont (ed.): Immunobiology of HLA, Vol. I, Histocompatibility Testing 1987; Vol. II, Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility, Springer, New York, 1989.     

BUCHBESPRECHUNGEN

Book reviewed in this article:
NOLF, D.: Otolithi piscium. Handbook of Paleoichthyology. Vol. 10. Edited by H.-P. SCHULTZE. Stuttgart
DELSON, ERICH (Ed.): Ancestors: The Hard Evidence. New York: Alan R. Liss, Inc.
REMANE, A.; STORCH, V.; WELSCH, U.: Systematische Zoologie. Fortgefiihrt von V. STORCH und U. WELSCH.
WILSON, R. R.: The Camel. London and New York: Longman
WHIITINGTON, H. B.: The Burgess Shale. London: Yale University Press     

Book Reviews

Brain Edema. Pathogenesis, Imaging and Therapy. 1990. Advances in Neurology Vol 52. D.M. Long (Ed) Raven Press: New York pp 558

The Discipline of Curiosity: Science in the World Janny Groen, Eefke Smit and Juurd Eijsvoogel, Eds. Elsevier Science Publishers, New York. 156 pp. 1990.     

The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas Vol. 3: South America, part 2

The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas: Vol. 3: South America, part 2. Frank Salomon and Stuart B. Schwartz. eds. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999. 976 pp.     

Review

Schuiteman, A. & de Vogel, E. F. 2001–2002. Orchids of New Guinea Vol. I: Illustrated checklist and genera; Vol. II: Dendrobium and allied genera.—ETI/National Herbarium of the Netherlands, Leiden. ISBN 90–75000–20–0 (vol. I), 90–75000–43-X (vol. II). Price: 59.00 EUR per volume.     

Book Review

Neurology and Neurobiology; Vol. 5: The Physiology of Excitable Cells edited by Alan D. Grinnell and William J. Moody, Jr. Alan R. Liss, New York, 1983, 620 pp., ISBN 0-8451-2704-7, $72.     

Book Reviews

The Making of the Nervous System edited by J. G. Parnavelas, C. D. Stern, and R. V. Stirling.
Topobiology: An Introduction to Molecular Embryology by G. M. Edelman. Basic Books, New York
Cerebral Cortex, Vol 7: Development and Maturation of Cerebral Cortex
Intrinsic Determinants of Neuronal Form and Function edited by R. J. Lasek and M. M. Black.     

Buchbesprechung

Abstract

Turrill, W. B. (Ed.): Vistas in botany. Vol. 4: Recent researches in plant taxonomy. 1964, 314 S., 76 Abb., Leinen, £ 5, 5 s, Oxford, London, New York, Paris, Pergamon Press. Reviewed by Chr. Lehmann.     

Book review

Clinical and Biochemical Luminescence (1982). Edited by L.J. Kricka & T.J.N. Carter. 289 pp. New York & Basel: Marcel Dekker, Inc. S.Fr. 135.
Microbial and Viral Pesticides (1982). Edited by E. Kurstak. 720 pp. New York & Basel: Marcel Dekker, Inc. S.Fr. 284.
The Control of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (1982). Edited by Sir Charles H. Stuart-Harris & D.M. Harris. 284 pp. London & New York: Academic Press. £20.00, US$37.00.
Economic Microbiology Vol. 7. Fermented Foods (1983). Edited by A.H. Rose. 337 pp. London & New York: Academic Press. £29.20, $60.00.
Current Developments in Malting, Brewing and Distilling (1983). Edited by F.G. Priest & I. Campbell. 311 pp. London: The Institute of Brewing, 33 Clarges St, London W1Y 8EE. Price not stated.     

Book reviews

Book review in this article Land use on the South Coast of New South Wales - A Study in Methods of Acquiring and Using Information to Analyse Regional Land Use Options. M. P. Austin and K. D. Cocks (General editors), J. J. Basinski (ed., Vol. 1), R. H. Gunn (ed., Vol. 2), P. A. Walker and J. F. Angus (eds., Vol. 3), P. M. Fleming and J. Stokes Botany in China: Report of the Botanical Society of America Delegation to the People's Republic, May 20-June 18, 1978. Anitra Thorhaug BEVERLEY M. KITCHING     

Review

Book Reviewed in this article: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Sargatal, J. (eds) 1994: Handbook of the birds of the world, Vol. II. New World vultures to guineafowl Caro, T. M. 1994: Cheetahs of the Serengeti plains — group living in an asocial species Spinage, C. A. 1994: Elephants. Poyser Natural History Dawkins, M. S. 1994: Die Entdeckung des tierischen Bewußtseins     

Cover

ON THE COVER: Photorespirometry chamber in situ enclosing a natural portion of an attached algal assemblage (here, the common intertidal fucoid of New Zealand, Hormosira banksii). For monitoring oxygen production, chambers are operated during periods when they are submerged. Photo credit: Leigh Tait [Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 467–475 ]     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Lower Upper Cretaceous Plant Microfossils from Minnesota . By R ichard L. P ierce .
Rubber: Botany, Production and Utilization . By L oren G. P olhamus .
Manipulations de Botanique . By L. G enèves .
Chromosome Numbers of Central and Northwest European Plant Species . Opera Botanica (Botaniska Notiser supplement) Vol. 5. By A. and D. L öve .
Synthesis of Molecular and Cellular Structure . Edited by D orothea R udnick .
Contemporary Botanical Thought . Edited by A. M. M acleod and L. S. C obley .
Flora of New Zealand . Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons. By H. H. A llan .
A Review of Nitrogen in the Tropics with Particular Reference to Pastures— A Symposium . Bulletin No. 46 of the Commonwealth Bureau of Pastures and Field Crops. Edited by a Committee of the Division of Tropical Pastures, C.S.I.R.O., Australia.
Control Mechanisms in Cellular Processes . The Seventh Annual Symposium publication of the Society of General Physiologists. Edited by D avid M. B onner .
Recent Advances in Botany . From lectures and symposia presented to the IX International Botanical Congress, Montreal 1959. Vols. I and II.
Encyclopaedia of Plant Physiology . Edited by W. R uhland . Vol. XVI. External factors Affecting Growth and Development. Sub-editor: G. Melchers.
Advances in Genetics . Vol. X. Edited by E. W. C aspari and J. M. T hoday .
Soil Micro-organisms and Higher Plants . By N. A. K rasilnikov . Translated by Y. Halperin.
An Introduction to the Cytogenetics of Polvploids . By G. W. P. D awson .
Plant Pathology: An Advanced Treatise . Vol. III: The Diseased Population, Epidemics and Control. Edited by J. G. H orsfall and A. E. D imond .     

Review Section

The New Genetics: Rights and Responsibilities Available from: Science and Mankind Inc., PO Box 729, Boulder, Colorado 80302, USA. Price $120.00 (this was introduced at a special price of $97.50). Reviewed by Heather Dziedzic, Lin-foon Fung, Andrew Palfreman, Bushra Sharif

An Introduction to Genetics Filmstrips with notes edited by J. ELLIOTT Available from Educational Productions Ltd, London Wi. Reviewed by M. Thain

Tropical Crops-Dicotyledons J. W. PURSEGLOVE Pp. xv+719+102 figs. 3rd impression. Longman Group 1968. 1974. £4,95 net. Reviewed by June R. Lawton

Plants. A Scanning Electron Microscope Survey J. H. TROUGHTON and F. B. SAMPSON Pp. ix+158+163 plates. Sydney: John Wiley & Sons, Australasia Pty Ltd. 1973. £5.60 (cloth); £3.50 (paper) Reviewed by D. J. B. White

Cell Biology. A Molecular Approach R.D.DYSON pp. xv+701+24 figs. Allyn and Bacon Inc. 1974. $15.95 (£6.75) Reviewed by Nutan P. Bishun

Companion to Biochemistry. Selected Topics for Further Study Edited by A. T. BULL, J. R. LAGNADO, J. O. THOMAS and K. F. TIPTON Pp. ix+700, profusely illustrated. London: Longman Group Ltd. 1974. £7.00. Reviewed by P. N. Campbell

Insect Diseases GEORGEE. CANTWELL Vol. 1 pp. xi+300+glossary (21 pp.)+82 figs. New York: Marcell Dekker, $24.50. Reviewed by K. G. V. Smith

Practical Genetics Edited by P. M. SHEPPARD Pp. xii+337. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications. 1974. £8.50 Reviewed by J. A. Beardmore

Gene Expression BENJAMIN LEWIN Vol. I-Bacterial Genomes. Pp. xvii+642+193 figs. Vol. 2-Eucaryotic Chromosomes. Pp. xiv +467 + 115 figs. London, New York, Sydney, Toronto: Wiley Interscience. Vol. 1: £12.50 (cloth) £4.75 (paper); Vol. 2: £10.00 (cloth), £3.95 (paper) Reviewed by Michael Balls and Dennis Brown

Ecology, Evolution and Population Biology Readings from Scientific American, with an introduction by EDWARD O. WILSON Pp. viii+320+numerous figures. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman and Co. 1974. Ooth £6.30 ($12.00); Paper £2.80 ($5.95). Reviewed by Paul Rogers

Identification of British Fishes T. B. BAGENAL Pp. iv+194+89 figs. Amersham: Hulton Educational Publications Ltd. 1974. £1.20. Reviewed by Donald Casson

Human Sexuality: Sense and Nonsense H.A.KATCHADOUIDAN Pp. xvi+87 + 11 figs. San Francisco and Reading, England: W. H. Freeman & Co. £3.10 cloth; £1.40 paper. Reviewed by L. G. North

The Strategy of Life CLIFFORD GROBSTEIN 2nd edition. Pp. 174 W. H. Freeman. 1974. $4.95 cloth; $2.95 paper. Reviewed by M. J. Ricketts     

REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article:
Phytochemical Methods. By J. B. H arborne .
Annual Review of Phytopathology , Vol. 11. Ed. by K. F. B aker .
Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants in the Tropics. By G. F. W eber .
Yeast Mould and Plant Protoplasts. Ed. by J. R. V illanueva , I. G arcía -A cha , S. G ascon and F. U ruburu .
Identification of the Larger Fungi. By R oy W atling .
An Atlas of Plant Structure. Vol. 2. By B. B racegirdle and P. H. M iles .
Taxonomy and Ecology. The Systematics Association: Special Volume No. 5. Ed. by V. H. H eywood .
Quantitative and Dynamic Plant Ecology. By K. A. K ershaw .
Models in Ecology. By J. M aynard S mith .
Vegetation of the Earth in Relation to Climate and the Eco-Physiological Conditions. By H. W alter .
A New Ecophysiological Approach to Forest Water Relationships in Arid Climates. By I. G indel .
Flore de France. Vol. 1. By M arcel G uinochet and R oger de V ilmorin .     

Buchbesprechungen

Morris, C. J. O. R.; Morris, P.: Separation methods in biochemistry. London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd., 1964, 887 S., 155 Abb., Leinen, £ 5, 15 s. Reviewed by H. Wolffgang.

Neuman, M.: Vade-mecum des antibiotiques et agents chimiothérapiques anti-infectieun. Paris, Librairie Maloine G. Doin et Cie Editeurs, 1962, 410 S., 8 Abb.; 15 Tab., Karton. 40,00 NF. Reviewed by Thren.

Umbreit, W. W.: Modern microbiology. San Francisco und London, W. H. Freeman and Company, 1962, 507 S., 307 Abb., Leinen, 48 s. Reviewed by H. J. Müller.

Gold, V.: pH-Measurements. Their theory and practice. London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1963, 125 S., 11 Abb., Leinen, 10 s 6 d. Reviewed by H. Wolffgang.

Horsfall, J. G. (Ed.): Annual review of phytopathology. Vol. 1, Palo Alto, Annual Reviews, Inc., 1963, 469 S., 6 Abb., Leinen, 9,00 $. Reviewed by M. Schmiedeknecht.

Rubin, B. A.; Artsikhovskaya, Ye. V.: Biochemistry and physiology of plant immunity. Oxford, Pergamon Press, 1963, IX und 358 S., 68 Abb., Leinen, £ 5. Reviewed by H. Wolffgang.

Nord, F. F. (Ed.): Advances in Enzymology. Vol. 24, New York und London, Interscience Publishers a division of John Wiley & Sons, 1962, 572 S., 23 Abb., Leinen, 120 s. Reviewed by H. Wolffgang.

Nord, F. F. (Ed.): Advances in Enzymology. Vol. 25, New York und London, Interscience Publishers a division of John Wiley & Sons, 1963, 565 S., 56 Abb., Leinen, 115 s. Reviewed by H. Wolffgang.

Forbes, J.: A laboratory manual for histology. 2. Aufl., New York, Fordham University Press, 1961, 132 S., 3 Abb., brosch., 3,00 $. Reviewed by J. H. Scharf.

Guaoliumi, P.: Las Plagas de la Caña de Azucar en Venezuela. Bd. 1 und 2, Maracay/Yenezuela, Ministerio de Agricultura y Cria Centro de Investigaciones Agronoinicas, 1962, 850 S., 212 Abb., 14 ganzs. Farbtafeln, brosch., 8,00 $. Reviewed by G. Fröhlich.

Clifton, C. E. (Ed.): Annual review of microbiology. Vol. 17, Palo Alto, Annual Reviews, Inc., 1963, 628 S., 19 Abb., Leinen, 9,00 $. Reviewed by K. Naumann.

Ramschandran, G. N. (Ed.): Aspects of protein structure. Proceedings of a symposium held in Madras 14–18 January 1963 and organized by the University of Madras. London und New York, Academic Press, 1963, 380 S., 130 Abb., Leinen, 84 s. Reviewed by P. Hermann.