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Seismology and Plate Tectonics David Gubbins, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge , 1990, 339pp, hard cover ISBN 0521 371414, £35, US $59.5, soft cover ISBN 0521 379954 £13.95, US $27.95.
Developments in four-dimensional geodesy. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, vol. 29 F. K. Brunner and C. Rizos (eds), Springer-Verlag, Berlin , 1990, x + 264, ISBN 3-540-52332-4, 0-387-52332-4, soft cover DM 62.
Theory of satellite geodesy and gravity field determination. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, vol. 25 F. Sansó and R. Rummel (eds), Springer-Verlag, Berlin , 1989, xii + 491 pp, ISBN 3-540-51528-3, 0-387-51528-3, soft cover DM 98.
Planetary Volcanism–A Study of Volcanic Activity in the Solar System Peter Cattermole, Ellis Horwood Publishers Ltd, Chichester , 1990, 443pp, ISBN 0745 805078, £35.
Sediment acoustics Robert. D. Stoll, Springer-Verlag, Berlin , 1989, 155 pp, ISBN 3-540-97191-2, soft cover DM 34.     

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Acoustics of layered media I. Plane and quasi-plane waves L. M. Brekhovskikh and O. A. Godin, Springer Series on Wave Phenomena, vol. 5, Springer-Verlag, Berlin , 1990, x + 240 pp, hardcover ISBN 3-540-51038-9, DM 128.     

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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)     

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Methods in Rock Magnetism and Palaeomagnetism, Techniques and Instrumentation David W. Collinson, Chapman & Hall, London, 1983 503 pp., £35.00     

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Ocean Tides. Mathematical Models and Numerical Experiments G. I. Marchuk and B. A. Kagan. Translated by E. V. Blinova and L. Ya. Yusina Translation editor D. E. Cartwright Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1984 292 pp., £36
Reversals of the Earth's Magnetic Field J. A. Jacobs Higer, Bristol, 1984 £19.95, $35.00, x + 240 pp.     

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Exploring the Earth: progress in geophysics since the 17th century, Wilfried Schröder, Michele Colacino & Giovanni Gregori (eds), Interdivisional Commission on History of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA) , 1992, 284 pp, ISBN 0179-5658, DM23.
Weather Cycles. Real or Imaginary? W. J. Burroughs, CUP, Cambridge , 1992, ISBN 0-521-38178-9, £24.95 H/b, $39.95.
The Solar-terrestrial Environment, J. K. Hargreaves, Cambridge University Press, UK , 1992, Atmospheric and Space Science Series, xiv + 42Opp, Hard cover ISBN 0-521-32748-2, £50, Paperback ISBN 0-521- 42737-1, £29.95.     

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AUSTRALIA AND ITS URBAN “CENTRES (Urbanization of the Earth No. 6) by B. Hofmeister. 19 × 28 cm, xii and 254 pages. Gebruder Borntraeger: Berlin 1988 (ISBN 3 443 37008 X) DM130 (hard).

CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIA: Explorations in Economy, Society and Geography by D. J. Walmsley and A. D. Sorenson. 19 × 25 cm, xxiv and 328 pages. Longman Cheshire: Melbourne 1988 (ISBN 0 58271150 9) $A29.95 (soft).

WATERING THE GARDEN STATE: Water, Land and Community in Victoria 1834–1988 by J. M. Powell. 16 × 24 cm, xv and 319 pages. Allen & Unwin: Sydney 1989 (ISBN 0 04 3600 74 3) SA39.95 (hard); (ISBN 0 04 364024 9) SA24.95 (soft).

THE BUREAUCRATS DOMAIN. Space and the Public Interest in Victoria 1836–1884 by R. Wright. 15 × 23 cm, xv and 350 pages. Oxford University Press: Melbourne 1989 (ISBN 0 19 554866 3) $A39.95 (hard).

SOUTHERN APPROACHES: Geography in New Zealand edited by P. G. Holland and W. B. Johnston. 17 × 25 cm, 361 pages. New Zealand Geographical Society: Christchurch 1987 (ISBN 0 9597 863 0 9) $A56.50 (soft).     

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Geodesy and the Earth's Gravity Field, Vol. 1. Principles and Conventional Methods . Erwin Groten, F. Dümmlersverlag, Bonn , 1979 vi + 409 pages, DM 48     

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Climatology: An Atmospheric Science . John J. Hidore and John E. Oliver.
Geomorphology in the Tropics: A Study of Weathering and Denudation in Low Latitudes . Michael F. Thomas.
Hydrology and Water Management in the Humid Tropics . Michael Bonell, Maynard M. Hufschmidt and John S. Gladwell.
The Environment and International Relations . John Vogler and Mark F. Imber (eds.).
Summary and Selected Papers of the SEAPOL Tri-Regional Conference . Kathleen I. Matics and Ted L. McDorman (eds.)
Trade, Aid and Global Interdependence . George Cho.
Communication and the "Third World" . Geoffrey Reeves.
East Asian Economies: Transformation and Challenges . Toshihiko Kawagoe and Sueo Sekiguchi (eds.).
Counting the Cost: Economic Growth and Environmental Change in Thailand . Jonathan Rigg (ed.).     

Excursions in and Around Boston

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Erick Berry. The Land and People of Iceland. J. B. Lippincott Company, East Washington Square, Philadelphia 5, Pennsylvania, 1959. 126 pages with photographs, index and table of contents. $2.95.

Patricia H. Suttles and John Guy Fowlkes. Elementary Teachers' Guide to Free Curriculum Materials. Educators' Progress Service, Randolph, Wisconsin, 1960. xiv and 313 pages including three indexes and 31 pages of units. $6.50.

Arnold Toynbee and Edward D. Myers. Historical Atlas and Gazetteer. Oxford, London, 1959. 257 pages. $12.50.

Earl B. Shaw. Anglo-America: A Regional Geography. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1959. vii and 452 pages with maps, graphs, tables, photography and index. $7.75.

Peter Goullart. Land of the Lamas: Adventures in Secret Tibet. E. P. Dutton &; Co., New York, 1959. 221 pages with photographs and a map. $4.00. (The British edition of this book is entitled: Princes of the Black Bone.)

Bertha S. Dodge. Plants That Changed the World. Little, Brown, &; Co., Boston and Toronto, 1959. 190 pages. $8.50.

F. J. Monkhouse. A Regional Geography of Western Europe. Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., London, 1959. xx and 726 pp. $9.75 (50s.).

Joseph Wharton Lippincott. Old Bill, the Whooping Crane. J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia and New York, 1958. 176 pp. Illustrated. $3.00.

Herbert Kaufman. The Forest Ranger. Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, Md., 1960. xv and 259 pages and index. $5.00.

Arthur H. Robinson. Elements of Cartography. John Wiley &; Sons, Inc., New York, 2nd Ed., 1960. 282 pages plus appendix (mainly of useful mathematical tables), bibliography, and index. Original illustrations drawn by James T. Flannery. $8.75.

John C. Caldwell. Let's Visit India. The John Day Company, Inc., 210 Madison Avenue, New York, 1960. 96 pages with index and table of contents. Illustrated. $2.95. Ages 8-12.

Horace R. Byers. General Meteorology. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. New York, 1959. 540 pages with 223 figures. $9.50.

C. B. Colby. Mapping the World. Coward-McCann, Inc., 210 Madison Ave., New York City, 1959. 48 pages with 60 black and white photographs. $2.00.

John C. Caldwell. Let's Visit Pakistan. The John Day Company, Inc., New York, 1960. 96 pages with table of contents, index, map, and black and white photographs. $2.95.

Perry L. Norton, editor. Urban Problems and Techniques. Chandler-Davis Publishing House, West Trenton, New Jersey, 1959. 249 pages. $4.50.

John C. Caldwell. Let's Visit Japan. The John Day Company, Inc., 210 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, 1959. 96 pages with illustrations, index, and table of contents. $2.95.     

Books in Brief

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John H. Wise. GEOGRAPHY AND THE TEACHER. Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1966. 245 pages. Price not given.

John P. Cole. Latin America, An Economic And Social Geography. Washington, D.C. (since 1967, Toronto, Ont., Can.): Butterworth and Company, 1965. xviii + 468 pages, maps, tables, sketches, index. $10.95.

J. E. Spencer. Shifting Cultivation In Southeastern Asia. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1966. University of California Publications in Geography, Vol. 19. 247 pages, preface, table of contents, appendixes, plates, bibliography and index. $6.00.

John H. Thompson, ed. Geography Of New York State. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1966. 543 pages. $11.95.     

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VANCOUVER'S CHINATOWN: racial discourse in Canada 1875–1980 by K. J. Anderson. 16 × 24 cm, 323 pages. McGill‐Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1991. (ISBN 07735 0844 9) $C34.95 (hard).

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS: developments and applications edited by L. Worrall. 15 × 23 cm, 251 pages. Belhaven, London, 1990. (ISBN 1 85293 140 X) £45.00 (hard).

SAVANNA ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT: Australian perspectives and intercontinental comparisons edited by P. A. Werner. 22 × 27 cm, xii and 221 pages. Blackwell Scientific, Oxford, 1991. (ISBN 0 632 03199 9) $A89.00 (soft).

GLOBAL CHANGE AND CHALLENGE: geography for the 1990s edited by R. J. Bennett and R. Estall. 14 × 22 cm, xii and 264 pages. Routledge, London, 1991. (ISBN 0 415 00143 9) $A29.95 (soft).

PLAINS OF PROMISE RIVERS OF DESTINY: water management and the development of Queensland 1824–1990 by J. M. Powell. 17 × 24 cm, xvii and 395 pages. Boolarong Publications, Brisbane, 1991. (ISBN 0 7242 4470 0) $A40.00 (hard).

A SHARED HARVEST: The Australian Wheat Industry, 1939–1989 by G. Whitwell and D. Sydenham. 17 × 25 cm, xi and 324 pages. Macmillan, Melbourne, 1991. (ISBN 0 7329 0584 2) $A29.95 (hard).

TAMING THE GREAT SOUTH LAND: a history of the conquest of nature in Australia by W. J. Lines. 16 × 23cm, xx and 337 pages. Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1991. (ISBN 1 86373 017 6) $A34.95 (hard).

PLAINS OF PROMISE RIVERS OF DESTINY: water management and the development of Queensland 1824–1990 by J. M. Powell. 17 × 24 cm, xvii and 395 pages. Boolarong Publications, Brisbane, 1991. (ISBN 0 7242 4470 0) $A40.00 (hard).

THE HUMANITIES AND THE AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONMENT: Papers from the Australian Academy of the Humanities Symposium edited by D. J. Mulvaney. 24 × 17 cm, xiii and 123 pages. Australian Academy of the Humanities, Canberra, 1991. (ISBN 0 909897 22 0) $A18.50 posted (soft).

GROWTH (Vol. 167, Sage Library of Social Research) by H. Teune. 141 pages. Sage Publications, Newbury Park, CA, 1988. (ISBN 0 8039 3183 2) US$46.00 (hard); (ISBN 0 8039 3190 5) US$22.95 (soft).

BEYOND GROWTH: elements of sustainable development by U.E. Simonis. 151 pages. Edition Sigma Bohn, Berlin, 1990. (ISBN 3 924859 56 6) DM24.80 (soft).

BEYOND BEEF: the rise and fall of the cattle culture by J. Rifkin. 16 × 24 cm, xi and 353 pages. Viking O'Neil, Melbourne, 1992. (ISBN 0 670 84844 1) $35.00 (hard).

A QUESTION OF PLACE: exploring the practice of human geography by R.J. Johnston. 15 × 23 cm, ix and 280 pages. Blackwell, Oxford, 1991. (ISBN 0 631 18207 1) $39.95 (soft).

GEOGRAPHY IN SOCIETY edited by R. Gerber. 21 × 29 cm, 92 pages. Royal Geographical Society of Queensland, Brisbane, [1992]. (ISBN 0 949286 02 8) $8.00 (soft).     

Books in Brief

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Edgar T. Thompson and Everett C. Hughes, Editors. RACE—INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR. Glencoe, Illinois: The Free Press, 1958. Also London: Collier-Macmillan, Ltd., 619 pages, bibliography, index of contributors. $7.50

THE WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA. Fiftieth Anniversary Edition. Chicago, III.: Field Enterprises Educational Corporation, 1966. 20 volumes.

John C. Bollens and Henry J. Schmandt. THE METROPOLIS: ITS PEOPLE, POLITICS, AND ECONOMIC LIFE. New York: Harper and Row, Inc., 1965. xvi + 643 pages, with table of contents, maps, bibliography and indexes. $7.50.

Kirtley F. Mather. THE EARTH BENEATH US. New York: Random House, 1964. 320 large pages (8 1/2 × 11 inches), 240 photographic illustrations (116 in color), index. ($12.95) $15.00.

J. R. V. Prescott. THE GEOGRAPHY OF FRONTIERS AND BOUNDARIES. New York: Hillary House Publishers, Ltd., 1965. 190 pages. $3.00.

Virginia M. Rowley. J. RUSSELL SMITH, GEOGRAPHER, EDUCATOR, CONSERVATIONIST. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1964. 247 pages. $6.00.     

Resources,Economy and Conservation

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Robert D. Campbell. Pakistan: Emerging Democracy. D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 120 Alexander Street, Princeton, N.J., 1963. 144 pages. $1.45.

John W. Alcuantler. Economic Geography. Prentice-Hall, Inc. Englcwood Cliffs, N.J., 1963, ix and 661 pages with table of contents, maps, photographs, diagrams, suggested reading and index $8.95.

Benjamin Higgins with Jean Higgins. Indonesia: The Crisis of the Millstones. D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc. Princeton, N.J., 1963. With 144 pages, preface, table of contents, bibliography, appendix and maps. $1.45.

Wyatt Blassingaine arid Richard Glendinning. The Frontier Doctors. Franklin Watts, Inc., New York 22, N.Y., 1963. 32.95.

F. S. Hudson. North America. London House and Maxwell, 122 E. 55th Street, New York 22, K.Y., 1962. 460 pages with table of contents, maps, illustrations, bibliography and index. $6.25.

Harold J. Barnett and Chandler Morse. Scarcity and Growth: The Economics of Natural Resource Availability. Published for Resources for the Future by The Johns Hopkiris Press, Baltimore 18, Md., 1963. 288 pages, index, graphs a i d charts. $5.50.     

Book Review

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The Earth's Mantle (Edited by T. F. Gaskell) (Academic Press, New York & London. 1967. 509 pp., £7)     

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Birddog—philosophy and practice of seismic data quality , John Scott Roy
Faulting, Friction and Earthquake Mechanics , Edited by C.J. Marone and M.L. Blanpied, Published by Birkhauser Verlag AG
Introduction to the Physics of Rocks , Yves Gueguen and Victor Palciauskas
Tsunamis: 1992–1994. Their Generation, Dynamics and Hazard , Kenji Satake, Fumihiko Imamura (eds)     

Notes

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J. N. L. Baker. The History of Geography. Barnes &; Noble, Inc., 105 Fifth Ave., New York 3, N.Y., 1963. xxviii and 266 pages with table of contents and index. $7.50.

R. J. Harrison Church. Environment and Policies in West Africa. D. Van Nostrand Co. Inc., 120 Alexander St., Princeton, N.J., 1963. 135 pages with table of contents, maps, diagrams and general index. $1.45.

Richard M. Highsmith, and J. Granville Jensen. Geography of Commodity Production, Second Edition. J. B. Lippincott Co., East Washington Sq., Philadelphia 5, Pa., 1963. 515 pages with table of contents, maps, photographs, graphs and index. $7.95.

Oliver H. Heintzelman and Richaid M. High-smith, Jr., World Regional Geography. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1963, 2nd edition. 391 pages with table of contents, pictures, maps, diagrams, and index. $7.95.

Gerd Fraenkel with Lindley J. Stiles. Today's World in Focus: Israel. Ginn and Co., Statler Building, Boston 17, Mass., 1963. 122 pages with table of contents with black and white photographs with colored illustrations, appendices and bibliography. $1.40.

Thomas Sterling. Exploration of Africa. Horizon Caravel Books, 551 Fifth Ave., New York 17, N.Y., 1963. 153 pages with table of contents, maps, color and black and white illustrations and index. $3.95.

C. W. Harrison. Conservationists and What They Do. Franklin Watts, Inc., 575 Lexington Ave., New York 22, N.Y., 1963. 170 pages with table of contents and index. $3.95.

William Trout Chambers and Lorrin Kennamer, Jr. Texans And Their Land. The Steck Co., P.O. Box 16, Austin, Tex., 1963. 232 pages with table of contents, black and white pictures, colored maps, appendix, bibliography and index. $4.88.

Olive Burt. The First Book of Utah. Franklin Watts, Inc., 575 Lexington Ave., New York 22, N.Y., 1963. 66 pages with table of contents, general map of Utah, photographs and an index. $2.50.

Bernt Lloyd Wills. North Dakota: The Northern Prairie State. B. L. Wills, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N.D., 1963. 318 pages with table of contents, black and white pictures and black and white illustrations and index. $4.80.

Mary Foley Horkheimer and John W. Differ, (compilors and editors). Educators Guide to Free Filmstrips. Educators Progress Service, Randolph, Wis., 1963. 15th Annual Edition with 159 pages, table of contents and indices. $6.00.

Patricia Horkheimer Suttles, (editor). Educators Guide to Free Social Studies Materials. Educators Progress Service, Randolph, Wis., 1963. 402 pages with XV pages editorial comment and table of contents. $6.75.

C. B. Hitchcock and O. M. Miller. Nine Glacier Maps, Northwestern North America with Text. Special Publication No. 34. American Geographical Society, 156th St. and Broadway, New York 32, N.Y., 1960. 22 pages with table of contents, three appendices, one table, one locational text map, 15 photographs and nine separate topographic maps. $3.00.

Harry M. Caudill. Night Comes To The Cumberlands. Little, Brown &; Co., 128 Oliver St., Paterson 1, N.J., 1963. 394 pages with table of contents and black and white photographs. $6.75.     

Books in Brief

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Clyde Wahrhaftig. PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS OF ALASKA. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 482. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1965. iv + 52 pages, maps, plates, photographs. $5.50.

Joseph A. Wraight, OUR DYNAMIC WORLD: A Survey in Modern Geography. Philadelphia: Chilton, 1966. Maps, photos, index, figs., ref. 286 pages. $7.95.

Leslie Symonds. AGRICULTURAL GEOGRAPHY. Praeger Surveys in Economic Geography, R. O. Buchanan, General Editor. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1967. 283 pages, maps, diagrams, tables, bibliography, index. $7.00.

John Kirtland Wright. HUMAN NATURE IN GEOGRAPHY. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1966. xx + 371 pages. $10.00.

A. Bekki, ed. JAPANESE GEOGRAPHY 1966: ITS RECENT TRENDS. (Special Publication No. 1). Tokyo, Japan: The Association of Japanese Geographers, 1966. 190 pages. $7.00.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article:
The Margin Fades: Geographical Itineraries in a World of Islands . E. Waddell and P.D. Nunn (eds.).
Environment and Housing in Third World Cities . Hamish Main and Stephen Wyn Williams (eds.).
Strategies for Sustainable Development: Local Agendas for the Southern Hemisphere . Michael Redclift and Colin Sage (eds.)
Sustainable Harvest and Marketing of Rain Forest Products . Mark J. Poltkin and Lisa M. Famolare (eds.)