GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEWS

LIVING WITH NATURE'S EXTREMES: The Life of Gilbert Fowler White. By Robert E. Hinshaw . MANAGING WATER RESOURCES: Past and Present. Edited by Julie Trottier and Paul Slack . ENVIRONMENTALITY: Technologies of Government and the Making of Subjects. By Arun Agrawal . ILLUSTRATED ATLAS OF THE HIMALAYA. By David Zurick and Julsun Pacheco , with Basanta Shrestha and Birendra Bajracharya . WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. Edited by Pnina Motzafi ‐Haller . NATURE AND THE CITY: Making Environmental Policy in Toronto and Los Angeles. By Gene Desfor and Roger Keil . THE STEAMER PARISH: The Rise and Fall of Missionary Medicine on an African Frontier. By Charles M. Good Jr. WAR EPIDEMICS: An Historical Geography of Infectious Diseases in Military Conflict and Civil Strife, 1850–2000. By M. A. Smallman ‐Raynor and A. D. Cliff     

Book Reviews

Books Reviewed in this Article:
Introduction to Palaeolimnology Developments in Sedimentology No. 11 C. C. Reeves Jr. (Elsevier Publishing Company, New York, 1968 228 pp., £6 10s.)
The Radiation Belt and Magnetosphere Wilmot N. Hess. (Blaisdell Publishing Co., 1968, xii + 548 pp., £7.17s.)
Winds and Turbulence in the Stratosphere, Mesosphere and Ionosphere K. Rawer (editor). (North-Holland Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1968, 421 pp., £7)
Bleaching Earths M. K. Hasnuddin Seddiqui. (Pergammon Press, Oxford, 86 pp. 42s.)
Gravimetria Carlo Morelli. (Udine-del Bianco, 575 pp. in Italian)
Coal and Coal-Bearing Strata D. G. Murchison and T. S. Westoll. (Oliver and Boyd Ltd., Edinburgh and London, £8 8s.)
High Energy Reactions in Astrophysics Edited by B. S. P. Shen. (Benjamin, New York, 1967, $8.50)     

Books,Atlases & Maps Received

Abstract

Edited by Francis A. Slater and T. J. Hearn. FIELD TECHNIQUES IN GEOGRAPHY. Dept. of University Extension, University of Otago, 1972. 61 pages, no price.

Ashley Kent, John Rolfe, Rosemary Dearden, Clive Rowe, Neville Greyner. 1 THE LOCAL FRAME-work. Oxford Geography Project. Oxford University Press, Great Britain, 1974. 126 pages, paper cover. No price.

Ian R. Manners and Marvin W. Mikesell, (eds.), PERSPECTIVES ON ENVIRONMENT. Commission on College Geography, Association of American Geographers, Washington, D. C., Publication No. 13, 1974. 395 pages. Paper, $3.95.

D. S. Halacy, Jr. WHAT MAKES A COMPUTER WORK? An Atlantic Monthly Press Book, Little Brown &; Co., Boston, Mass., 1973. 64 pages, hard cover, no price.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Geophysics. The Earth's Environment, Edited by C. DeWitt, J. Hieblot, A. Lebeau
Continental Drift, Edited by S. K. Runcorn     

Geographical Reviews

A CENTURY OF BRITISH GEOGRAPHY. Edited by RON JOHNSTON and MICHAEL WILLIAMS. THE EUROPEANS: A Geography of People, Culture, and Environment. By ROBERT C. OSTERGREN and JOHN G. RICE. A COMPANION TO FEMINIST GEOGRAPHY. Edited by LISE NELSON and JONI SEAGER. MILITARY GEOGRAPHIES. By RACHEL WOODWARD. MEMORY AND THE IMPACT OF POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION IN PUBLIC SPACE. Edited by DANIEL J. WALKOWITZ and LISA MAYA KNAUER. THAILAND AT THE MARGINS: Internationalization of the State and the Transformation of Labour. By JIM GLASSMAN.     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: THE EVOLUTION OF POLYNESIAN CHIEFDOMS. Patrick Vinton Kirch. AN INDUSTRIAL GEOGRAPHY OF JAPAN. Edited by K. Murata. THE NATURE OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. By K. J. Gregory, Edward Arnold. SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY IN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE. Edited by J. Eyles. SILCON LANDSCAPES. Edited by P. Hall and A. Markusen. Allen and Unwin. GEOGRAPHY MATTERS! A READER. Edited by D. Massey and J. Allen. REGIONS IN QUESTION: SPACE, DEVELOPMENT THEORY AND REGIONAL POLICY, by C. Gore, Methuen. A GEOGRAPHICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR AMERICAN LIBRARIES. Edited by Chauncy D. Harris. DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS, RED OR GREEN ALTERNATIVES? By Michael Redclift, Methuen THE MAKING OF NEW ZEALAND: AN ECONOMIC HISTORY. By G. R. Hawke. GEOMORPHOLOGY. By R. J. Chorley, S. A. Schumm and D. E. Sugden.     

REVIEWS

Valuing Ecosystem Services: Nature's Services: Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems: Edited by Gretchen C. Daily.
Valuing Ecosystem Services: Human Ecology, Human Economy: Edited by Mark Diesendorf and Clive Hamilton.
Valuing Ecosystem Services: The State of New Zealand's Environment 1997: Principal authors Rowan Taylor and Ian Smith.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
SIR JOSEPH BANKS IN NEW ZEALAND, FROM HIS JOURNAL. Edited by W. P. Morrell.
A HISTORY OF CANTERBURY, Volume I: To 1854. Edited by James Hight and C. R. Straubel.
A S urveyor on the W estland G oldeields
MY DEAR BANNIE: Gerhard Mueller's Letters from The West Coast 1865–6. Edited by M. V. Mueller.
M id -T wentieth C entury N ew Z ealand : Historian'S V iewpoint THIS NEW ZEALAND. By F. L. W. Wood.
M id -T wentieth C entury N ew Z ealand : GEOGRAPHERS VIEWPOINT
NEW ZEALAND: A REGIONAL VIEW. By K. B. Cumberland and J. W. Fox.
O ne H undred Y ears in H awkes B ay
THE STORY OF HAWKES BAY. By A. H. Reed.
M an and L and in the W estern P acific
L and and P eople in H ong K ong
LAND USE IN HONG KONG AND THE NEW TERRITORIES. By T. R. Tregear.
THE PATTERN OF ASIA. Edited by Norton Ginsburg.
AN ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY OF EAST PAKISTAN. By Nafis Ahmad.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
NEW ZEALAND'S INDUSTRIAL POTENTIAL. Edited by R. Gerard Ward and Marion W. Ward.
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY. By R. C. Estall and R. Ogilivie Buchanan.
ALFRED HETTNER, 6–8–1859: GEDENKSCHRIFT ZUM 100 GEBURTSTAG. Edited by G. Pfeifer.     

GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: GLOBAL DESERTIFICATION: Do Humans Cause Deserts? Edited by J. F. Reynolds and D. M. Stafford Smith . THE NILE. By Robert O. Collins . THE CHINESE DIASPORA: Space, Place, Mobility, and Identity. Edited by Laurence J. C. Ma and Carolyn Cartier . NEW CHALLENGES FOR DEVELOPMENT AND MODERNIZATION: Hong Kong and the Asia‐Pacific Region in the New Millennium. Edited by Yue‐man Yeung . NEW ORLEANS: The Making of an Urban Landscape. By Peirce F. Lewis . CHARTING LOUISIANA: Five Hundred Years of Maps. Edited by Alfred E. Lemmon , John T. Magill , and Jason R. Wiese . HISTORICAL ATLAS OF CENTRAL AMERICA. By Carolyn Hall and Héctor Pérez Brignoli .     

Geography as it is Examined

Book reviewed in this article:
SCHOOL CERTIFICATE GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS. Edited by C. M. Herbert     

The 'New Look' of 'The University Atlas'

Book reviewed in this article:
THE UNIVERSITY ATLAS. Edited by Harold Fullard and H. C. Darby     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
GEOMORPHOLOGY: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO AUSTRALIA. By C. R. Twidale, Melbourne.
COASTS. By E. C. F. Bird.
INDIA AND PAKISTAN. By O. H. K. Spate and A. T. A. Learmonth, with the collaboration of A. M. Learmonth, and a chapter on Ceylon by B. H. Farmer. Third Edition, London.
ESSAYS IN POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY. Edited by Charles A. Fisher.
THE GEOGRAPHY OF STATE POLICIES. By J. R. V. Prcscott.
URBAN REDEVELOPMENT IN AUSTRALIA. Edited by P. N. Troy, Canberra.
THE FATEFUL VOYAGE OF THE ST JEAN BAPTISTE. By J. Dunmore.
EXPLORING THE FRONTIERS. An Inaugural Lecture given by Professor Craig Duncan, first Professor of Geography, on Tuesday, 19 July, 1966. Reprinted from Seven Inaugural Lectures by the Foundation Professors of the University 1965–1966.
POLLUTION: WHAT IT IS; WHAT IT DOES; WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT. Edited by W. J. Maunder.     

GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: AMERICAN EMPIRE: Roosevelt's Geographer and the Prelude to Globalization. By Neil Smith . THE NEW IMPERIALISM. By David Harvey . DECOLONIZING NATURE: Strategies for Conservation in a Post‐Colonial Era. Edited by William M. Adams and Martin Mulligan . CONTESTED NATURE: Promoting International Biodiversity with Social Justice in the Twenty‐First Century. Edited by Steven R. Brechin , Peter R. Wilshusen , Crystal L. Fortwangler , and Patrick C. West . IN THE TIME OF TREES AND SORROWS: Nature, Power, and Memory in Rajasthan. By Ann Grodzins Gold and Bhoju Ram Gujar . THE FARM AS NATURAL HABITAT: Reconnecting Food Systems with Ecosystems. Edited by Dana L. Jackson and Laura L. Jackson .     

GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: SEEING THROUGH MAPS: The Power of Images to Shape Our World View. By Ward L. Kaiser and Denis Wood . LANDSCAPE, NATURE, AND THE BODY POLITIC: From Britain's Renaissance to America's New World. By Kenneth Olwig . OPENING THE OZARKS: A Historical Geography of Missouri's Ste. Genevieve District, 1760–1830. By Walter A. Schroeder . WETLANDS DRAINAGE, RIVER MODIFICATION, AND SECTORAL CONFLICT IN THE LOWER ILLINOIS VALLEY, 1890–1930. By John Thompson . ON THE BORDER: An Environmental History of San Antonio. Edited by Char Miller . WESTERN PLACES, AMERICAN MYTHS: How We Think about the West. Edited by Gary J. Hausladen . RANCHING WEST OF THE 100^TM MERIDIAN: Culture, Ecology, and Economics. Edited by Richard L. Knight , Wendell C. Gilgert , and Ed Marston .     

Geographical Reviews

CONSERVANCY: The Land Trust Movement in America. By RICHARD BREWER. CONTEMPORARY MEANINGS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY: From What to Why? Edited by STEPHEN TRUDGILL and ANDRÉ ROY. GAINING GROUND: A History of Landmaking in Boston. By NANCY S. SEASHOLES. CHANGING MINES IN AMERICA. By PETER GOIN and C. ELIZABETH RAYMOND. PLANTING NATURE: Trees and the Manipulation of Environmental Stewardship in America. By SHAUL E. COHEN. SEEING THE FOREST AND THE TREES: Human‐Environment Interactions in Forest Ecosystems. Edited by EMILIO F. MORAN and ELINOR OSTROM. LANDSCAPE AND IMAGES. By JOHN STILGOE.     

Reviews

Environmental Management and Change in Plymouth and the South West. By M ark B lacksell , J udith M athews and P eter S ims .
People, Environment, Disease and Death. By M elvyn H owe .
Timing global cities. Edited by S.G.E. G ravesteiin , S. van G riensven and M.C. de S midt
Modern Geographical Thought By R ichard P eet .
The Political Ecology of Bananas: Contract Farming, Peasants, and Agrarian Change in the Eastern Caribbean. By L awrence S. G rossman
The Holocene: an Environmental History. By N eil R oberts
Histoire de la Géographie Franáise de 1870 à nos jours. By P aul C laval
Battling the Elements, Weather and Terrain in the Conduct of War. By H rold A. W inters with G erald E. G alloway , W illiam I. R eynolds and D avid W. R hyne
The Military Use of Land, A History of the Defence Estate. By J ohn C hilds
Flood Studies in India. Edited by V ishwas S. K ale
The Northridge Earthquake: Vulnerability and Disaster. By R obert B olin with L ois S tanford
The Assessment of the Status of Human Induced Soil Degradation in South and Southeast Asia. By G.W.A. van L ynden and L.R. O ldeman
Asia Pacific: New Geographies of the Pacific Rim. Edited By F.R. W atters and T.G. M cgee     

REVIEWS: A Hundred Years After

Book reviewed in this article:
GEOLOGY OF NEW ZEALAND. By Ferdinand von Hochstetter, translated by C. A. Fleming.
GUTHRIE-SMITH OF TUTIRA. By A. E. Woodhouse.
WEST COAST REGION. National Resources Survey, Part 1. Compiled by the Town and Country
TUWHARETOA: THE HISTORY OF THE MAORI PEOPLE OF THE TAUPO DISTRICT. By John Te H. Grace.
THE GREAT HARBOUR OF TARA: TRADITIONAL MAORI PLACE-NAMES AND SITES OF WELLINGTON HARBOUR AND ENVIRONS. By G. Leslie Adkin.
NORTHERN APPROACHES. By C. W. S. Moore.
EARLY DAYS IN CENTRAL OTAGO. By Robert Gilkison.
HANDBOOK TO THE ARTHUR'S PASS NATIONAL PARK. Christchurch: Arthur's Pass National Park Board, 1958
MOUNT COOK NATIONAL PARK HANDBOOK. Edited by W. P. Packard.
WORLD GEOGRAPHY. Edited by Otis W. Freeman and John W. Morris.
THE CONURBATIONS OF GREAT BRITAIN. By T. W. Freeman.     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Green Politics By S. Rainbow.
Keeping New Zealand Green: Recent Environmental Reforms By P.A. Memon.
Environmental Planning in New Zealand Edited by P.A. Memon and H. C. Perkins.     

GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEWS

SOCIETY IN TIME AND SPACE: A Geographical Perspective on Change. By Robert A. Dodgshon . CRITICAL GEOPOLITICS: The Politics of Writing Global Space. By Gearóid Ó Tuathail . THE POLITICAL ECOLOGY OF BANANAS: Contract Farming, Peasants, and Agrarian Change in the Eastern Caribbean. By Lawrence S. Grossman . A FAVORED PLACE: San Juan River Wetlands, Central Veracruz, A.D. 500 to the Present. By Alfred H. Siemens . WISCONSIN LAND AND LIFE. Edited by Robert C. Ostergren and Thomas R. Vale . MAPS AND POLITICS. By Jeremy Black . THE HEROIC EARTH: Geopolitical Thought in Weimar Germany, 1918–1933. By David Thomas Murphy . ETHNIC FRONTIERS AND PERIPHERIES: Landscapes of Development and Inequality in Israel. Edited by Oren Yiftachel and Avinoam Meir . CONTEMPORARY ARGENTINA: A Geographical Perspective. By David J. Keeling . A CITY FOR ALL: Valuing Difference and Working with Diversity. Edited by Jo Beall . OUR URBAN FUTURE. New Paradigms for Equity and Sustainability. By Akhtar A. Badshah .