Reviews and Materials Received

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Railroad Postcards in the Age of Steam, by H. Roger Grant Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1994. Index. 208 pp. ISBN 0-87745-465-5.

Corporate Networks, International Telecommunications and Interdependence: Perspectives from Geography and Information Systems, by Henry Bakis, Ronald Abler, and Edward M. Roche, eds. London: Belhaven Press. 1993.232 pp. ISBN 1-85293-142-6.

A Sense of Place, A Sense of Time, by John Brinckerhoff Jackson New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. 1994. Index. 212 pp. ISBN 0-300-06002-5.

Interpretations on Behalf of Place: Environmentals Displacements and Alternative Responses, by Robert Mugerauer. New York: State university of New York Press, 1994.237 pp. Illustrations. $18.95, cloth.     

Book Reviews

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Longmans' New School Atlas.-George C. Chisholm and C. H. Leete. New Edition. Longmans, Green & Co., 1901. PIS. 40. Index.

The World Almanac and Encyclopedia.-The New York World. 20 × 14 cm. New York, 1902. Pp. 540. Paper, 25 cents. Cloth, 50 cents.

The: Illinois Glacial Lobe.-Frank Leverett. Being the thirty-eighth Monograph of the U. S. Geological Survey: 20×23 cm. Washington, the Government Printing Office, 1899 (1901). Pp. xxi, 817. Price $1.60.     

The New Star in Perseus

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Students often ask whether the examples we give as instructors have any relevance to their worlds, to their lives. Too often the answer is no. This paper describes a case that is obviously pertinent to both secondary and university students and their instructors. The legal battle over equality and racial discrimination in the New York City School system presents not simply a rich field for geographical consideration but also a pertinent one. It brings to students and their instructors a complex of economic, legal, and social issues played across a discrete spatial surface. As importantly, it offers a case study exploring the difficulties of both defining and then achieving distributive justice in post-modern environments in a context students and their instructors will recognize as relevant and timely. The discussion that results may be useful in economic, legal, locational, and social geographic instruction.     

The Role of the Geography Teacher in Democracy Fulfillment

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Economic Restructuring and Political Response by Robert A. Beauregard, ed. Newbury Park, 1989. 245 pp. ISBN 0-8039-3184-0. $16.95, paper.

Exploring Your World: The Adventure of Geography The Special Publications Division, The National Geographic Society, 1989.

The Incredible Adventures of Daniel Boone's Kid Brother, Squire by Fred Conway New Albany, IN: FBH Publishers. 1992. 110 pp. ISBN 0-9925165-08-5. $9.95, paper.

Wine and the Vine: A Historical Geography of Viticulture and the Wine Trade by Tim Unwin New York,NY: Routledge. 1991.Index. 409 pp. ISBN 0-415-03 120-6.     

Preview of Films

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BULLDOZED AMERICA, Carousel Films, Inc., 1501 Broadway, New York, New York, 10036, 24 minutes, 16mm, sound black and white, 1965. For prices inquire of distributor.

THE COMMUNITY AIRPORT, Sigma Educational Films, P.O. Box 1235, Studio City, California 91604, 11 minutes, 16mm, sound, color and black and white, 1966. $125 and $75.

MODERN EGYPT, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Text-Film Department, 330 West 42nd Street, New York, New York 10036, 18 minutes, 16mm, sound, color and black and white, 1965. For price inquire of distributor. Produced by Audio Productions. Curriculum Consultant: Kate P. Miamo.

TERRA NOVA, Sterling Educational Films, Inc., 241 East 34th Street, New York, New York 10016, 19 minutes, 16mm, sound, black and white, 1963. $100. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada.

THE GREAT CENTRAL VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA, Cypress Films, P.O. Box 4872, Carmel, California 93921, 17 minutes, 16 mm, sound, color, no date. For price inquire of distributor. Collaborator: Howard McGregor.

A COUNTRY CALLED EUROPE, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Text-Film Department, 330 West 42nd Street, New York, New York 10036, 21 minutes, 16mm, sound, color and black and white, no date. $260 and $1 20.     

Reviews

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Battling the Elements: Weather and Terrain in the Conduct of War, Harold A. Winters with Gerald E. Galloway, Jr., William J. Reynolds, and David W. Rhyne Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. 1998. 271 pp. Tables, graphs, maps, and photographs. ISBN: 080185850X. $35.95 (cloth).

Teaching and Learning Geography, Daniella Tilbury and Michael Williams, editors New York, New York: Routledge, 1997. 309 pp. Figures and index. ISBN: 041514244X. $22.99 (paper).

The Place of Music, Andrew Leyshon, David Matless, and George Revill, editors, New York, New York: Guildford. 1998. 321 pp. ISBN: 157230314X. $24.00 (paper).

Teaching Political Geography, Fiona M. Davidson, Jonathan I. Leib, Fred M. Shelley, and Gerald R. Webster, editors Indiana, Pennsylvania: National Council for Geographic Education. 1998. 135 pp. Maps, figures. ISBN: 188413615X. $16.95 (paper).

Growing Up in America: An Atlas of Youth in the USA, Mark T. Mattson and Rickie Sanders, New York, New York: Simon and Schuster Macmillan. 1998. 238 pp. Maps, figures, references, appendix and index. ISBN: 0028972627. $160.00 (cloth).     

Shifting Agriculture in Ceylon

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LANDSCAPE STUDIES. New York: Longmans Green &; Co., Inc., 1969. 201 maps, colored illustrations, photos and graphs. 184 pages. $2.95.

George Kish. ITALY. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, Inc. 1969. 125 pages, maps, tables, study guide, suggested readings, index. $1.95.     

Editorial Notes and News

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Thubten Jigme Norbu. Tibet Is My Country. As told to Heinrich Harrer; translated from the German by Edward Fitzgerald. E. P. Dutton &; Co., 300 Park Avenue South, New York 10, N.Y., 1961. 264 pages with color illustrations. $5.00.

Miriam Schlein. The Sun, The Wind, The Sea and The Rain. Abelard-Schuman Limited, 6 West 57 Street, New York 19, N.Y., 1960. 38 pages with illustrations by Joe Lasker. $2.75.

Robert L. Pendleton with the assistance of Robert C. Kingsbury and others. Thailand: Aspects of Landscape and Life. An American Geographical Society Handbook. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 60 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N.Y., 1962. xv and 321 pages with table of contents, photographs, maps, charts and index. $10.00.

Stuart R. Tomkins. Life in America: Alaska. Revised edition. The Fideler Company, Grand Rapids 2, Michigan, 1961. 128 pages with table of contents, photographs, glossary and index. $2.48.

Harry C. Rubicam, Jr. Men at Work in the Great Plains States. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 200 Madison Avenue, New York 16, N.Y., 1961. 123 pages with table of contents, photographs, notes and index. $3.00.

Winifred Hammond. Rice: Food for a Hungry World. Coward-McCann, Inc., 210 Madison Ave., New York 16, N.Y., 1961. 160 pages with table of contents, references, maps, photographic illustrations and index. $3.50.

John C. and Elsie F. Caldwell. Our Neighbors in the Philippines. The John Day Company, Inc., 200 Madison Avenue, New York 16, N.Y., 1961. 45 pages with table of contents, photographs and illustrations by Heidi Ogawa. 12.00.

Sidney H. Gould, editor. Sciences in Communist China. (Pub. No. 68) American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C., 1961. 872 pages with table of contents, tables and author, geographical and subject indexes. $14.00.

Gilbert F. White, editor. Papers on Flood Problems. Research Paper No. 70. Department of Geography, Rosenwald Hall, University of Chicago, Chicago 37, Illinois, 1961. 228 pages with illustrations. $4.00.

D. D. Harris and D. A. M. Lea. A Regional Geography of South Australia. Whitcombe and Tombs Pty., Ltd., 20 Bond Street, Melbourne, C. 1, Australia, 1961. 168 pages with table of contents, maps, diagrams and index. About $2.75.

Richard M. Highsmith, Jr., editor, and Jon M. Leverenz, cartographer. Altas of the Pacific Northwest: Resources and Development, 3rd edition. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon, 1962. 168 pages with table of contents, photographs, tables, plates and index. $5.00.

Wiliam Lytle Schurz. Brazil, The Infinite Country. E. P. Dutton &; Co., 300 Park Avenue South, New York 10, N.Y., 1961. 316 pages with table of contents, maps, supplementary reading list and index. $6.00.

Umberto Nobile. My Polar Flights. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 200 Madison Avenue, New York 16, N.Y., 1961. 288 pages with table of contents, illustrations, appendix and index. $4.50.

Robert Engler. The Politics of Oil: A Study of Private Power and Democratic Directions. The Macmillan Company, 60 Fifth Avenue, New York 11, N.Y., 1961. viii and 565 pages with table of contents, notes and index. $7.50.

Edwin Thompson Denig. Five Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri: Sioux, Arickaras, Assiniboines, Crees, Crows. (Edited and with introduction by John C. Ewers.) University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 1961. 217 pages with 12 illustrations, 1 map, editor's bibliography and index. $4.00.

J. P. Cole and F. C. German. A Geography of the USSR: The Background to a Planned Economy. Butterworth Inc., 7235 Wisconsin Avenue, Washington 14, D.C., 1961. x and 290 pages with table of contents, appendixes, notes, glossary, bibliography and index. $8.50.

Jane and Paul Annixter. Horns of Plenty. Holiday House, 8 West 13th St., New York 11, N.Y., 1960. 203 pages. $2.95.

Richard J. Ward and Lawrence A. Hoffman, editors. Readings in Economic Geography from Fortune. Henry Holt and Company, 383 Madison Avenue, New York 17, N.Y., 1960. 130 pages with table of contents, maps and graphs. $1.50

Helen Wolff Vogel and Mary Leonard Caruso. Ocean Harvest: The Future of Oceanography. Alfred A. Knopf, 501 Madison Avenue, New York 22, N.Y., 1961. 14 pages with illustrations by John Kaufman. $3.00.

The New Rand McNally Pocket World Atlas. Cardinal Edition. Pocket Books, Inc., 630 Fifth Avenue, New York 20, N.Y., 1961. 295 pages with table of contents, maps covering 169 pages and index. 75 cents.

Lowdon Wingo, Jr., Transportation and Urban Land. Resources for the Future, Inc., 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington 6, D.C., 1961. 132 pages with table of contents, figures and appendices. $2.00.

Paul Fenimore Cooper. Island of the Lost. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 200 Madison Avenue, New York 16, N.Y., 1961. 256 pages with table of contents, map of King William Island and selected bibliography. $4.00.

Rhoads Murphey. An Introduction to Geography. Rand McNally and Company, P.O. Box 7600, Chicago 80, Illinois, 1961. 699 pages with table of contents, illustrations, chapter-end bibliographies, questions for further study, statistical appendix and index. $7.75.

Jordan A. Hodgkins. Soviet Power: Energy Resources, Production and Potentials. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1961. 190 pages with table of contents, maps, tables and 34 pages of appendix tables. $5.25.

Andrew A. Freeman. The Case for Doctor Cook. Coward-McCann, Inc., 210 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., 1961. 315 pages with table of contents, sources, notes and acknowledgments and index. $5.75.

Frances H. Kohan and Truda T. Weil. Juan's Adventures in Mexico. Noble and Noble, Publishers, Inc., 67 Irving Place, New York 3, N.Y., 1961. 183 pages with table of contents, chapter study helps, illustrations and suggested reading list. $3.00.     

How the Curriculum Influences Textbooks in Geography

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

Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Alligator Crossing. The John Day Company, Inc., 210 Madison Avenue, New York, 1959. 191 pages with a map, table of contents. Juvenile ages 12 and up. 53.50.

Harold M. Mayer and Clyde F. Kohn, editors. Readings in Urban Geography. The University of Chicago Press, 1959. vii and 625 pages with indices. $8.50.

Martin R. Huberty and Warren L. Flock, editors. Natural Resources. McGraw-Hill Cotnpany, Inc., 330 West 42nd Street, N e w York 36, New York, 1959. 5.56 pages, xviii with appendix, index, introduction, maps, charts, graphs, and illustrations. Second edition. $11.00

Military Aspects of World Political Geography. Commandant, Air Force ROTC, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, 1959. 550 pages with maps, photographs, charts, diagrams, index, and table of contents. $4.25.

Jean Smith. Find A Career in Conservation. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 210 Madison Avenue, New York, 1959. IG0 pages with index, 9 photographs, and table of contents. $2.75. Ages 11-15.     

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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.     

Geographic j Materials Received

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Paul F. Griffin, editor. GEOGRAPHY OF POPULATION. A TEACHER'S MANUAL. The 1970 Yearbook of The National Council for Geographic Education. Palo Alto, Calif.: Fearon Publishers, 1969. xiv + 370 pages, maps and charts. $9.50.

George W. Goddard (with DeWitt S. Copp). OVERVIEW, A LIFELONG ADVENTURE IN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY. Garden City, New York: Doubleday &; Company, 1969. Photographs, index. 402 pages. $8.95.

Ronald U. Cooke and James H. Johnson, editors. TRENDS IN GEOGRAPHY, AN INTRODUCTORY SURVEY. Oxford and New York. The Pergamon Press, Ltd., 1969. xi + 287 pages. $6.25; flexicover, $4.00.

Robert E. Dickinson. THE MAKERS OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers, 1969. Preface, indexes, photographs. 305 pages. $7.50.     

Book Reviews

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Malcolm Davies. Geographic Dictionary. Baltimore Public Schools, Baltimore 18, Maryland, 1958. 128 pages with index, diagrams and definitions. $1.00.

Patricia Lauber. Changing the Face of North America. Coward-McCann, Inc., 210 Madison Avenue, New York, 1959. 96 pages with index. 49 photographs, 9 full-page maps, 1 full-plate diagram. $2.50.

David Lowenthal. George Perkins Marsh: Versatile Vermonter. Columbia University Press, 2960 Broadway, New York 27, New York, 1958. xii and 442 pages with illustrations, bibliography, index, and table of contents. $6.50.

Marguerite Logan. Geographical Bibliography for all the Major Nations of the World: Selected Books and Magazine Articles. M. Logan, 630 Pinehurst, Kalamazoo, Mich., 1959. 396 pages. $7.50.

Morton Duryea. Who Lives in a Field. Coward-McCann, Inc., 210 Madison Avenue, New York, 1959. 118 pages including 34 pages of authentic nature drawings by Douglas Howland. $3.00.

A. Austin Miller and M. Parry. Everyday Meteorology. Philosophical Library, Inc., 15 East 40th Street, New York 16, New York, 1959. 270 pages with appendix, index, introduction, illustrations, and table of contents. $7.50.

Sanson d'Abbeville. America 1667. Edited by L. M. Bloch, Jr. Bloch and Company, 1010 Euclid Building, Room 402, Cleveland 15, Ohio, 1959. 64 pages with index, table of contents, and maps. $3.95.

Andrew Hill Clark. Three Centuries and the Island. University of Toronto Press, Toronto 5, Canada, 1959. xiv and 287 pages with notes, appendices, index, maps, tables, and table of contents. $10.00.     

Notes On Penguins

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Richard Dillon. MERIWETHER LEWIS: A BIOGRAPHY. Coward-McCann, Inc., New York, 1965 xvii + 364 pages, illustrations, index. $6.95.

James W. Simmons. THE CHANGING PATTERN OF RETAIL LOCATION. Department of Geography Research Paper No. 92. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, 1964. x + 193 pages with table of contents, 48 illustrations and selected bibliography. $4.00.

Sam and Beryle Epstein. THE FIRST BOOK OF SWITZERLAND. Franklin Watts, Inc., 575 Lexington Ave., New York 22, N.Y., 1964. 85 pages including index and 68 pictures. $2.50.

George F. Carter. MAN AND THE LAND: A CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY. Holt, Rine-hard and Winston, Inc., New York, 1964. xiv + 496 pages with table of contents, maps, photographs, bibliography, and index. $9.95.

Zoe A. Thralls, Edward L. Biller, and William H. Hartley. THE WORLD AROUND US, REVISED EDITION. Harcourt, Brace, and World, Inc., New York, 1965. 512 pages with table of contents, list of maps, pictures, reference section, glossary, and index. $5.80.     

Book Reviews

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Henry M. Kendall, Robert M. Clendinning, and Clifford H. MacFadden. Introduction to Geography. Harcourt, Brace & Co., New York, 1958. 684 pages with index and appendices. $7.50.

Sidney E. Ekblaw and Donald J. D. Mulkerne. Economic and Social Geography. McGraw-Hill Book Company, 330 West 42nd Street, New York 36, New York, 1958. 415 pages with maps, illustrations, appendix, and index. $4.56.

Robert M. Glendinning. Eurasia. Ginn and Company, Boston, 1958. 438 pages with index, maps, illustrations, and statistical tables. $4.96.

Harold Fullard and H. C. Darby, Eds. The University Atlas. George Philip and Son Ltd., London, 1958, 8th Ed. 176 pages plus 88 pages of index. $5.95. Distributed in the United States by Denoyer-Geppert Co.     

Reviews

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Interpreting the Landscape, Landscape Archaeology and Local History, Michael Aston, New York, New York: Routledge. 1997. 194 pp. Bibliography, index. ISBN: 0415151406. $26.95 (paper).     

Preview of Films

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Physical Geography. By Arthur N. Strahler. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1975. Pp. ix + 643, $15.95.

The American Landscape: Map And Air Photo Interpretation. By C. L. Blair and B. V, Gutsell. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1974. Pp. 62.

Geography: A Modern Synthesis. By Peter Haggett. Second edition. New York: Harper &; Row, 1975. Pp. xx + 620, $13.95.

Student Study Guide To Accompany Geography: A Modern Synthesis. John R. Healy and Larry K. Stephenson. Second edition. New York: Harper &; Row, 1975. Pp. 205, $4.50.     

New Development in Educational Cartography

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A series of computer-generated maps are presented, illustrating the state-level distribution of major crimes in the United States for the year 1968. The maps are divided into two broad groups—those relating to (a) crimes of violence, and (b) crimes against property. In the violent crime group, distributions are shown for murder, rape, robbery, and assault. The dominance of the South in terms of homicide is particularly striking. Burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, and auto theft are the property crimes represented. Western states, and various highly metropolitan states (such as New York) generally exhibit the highest property crime rates. Summary tables show the states with extreme (high or low) crime rates. States with the lowest rates generally lack large metropolitan nodes, while the converse is true, with California, New York, and Maryland heading the list of states with high rates in multiple crime categories.     

Quinoa,A Potentially Important Food Crop of the Andes

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Sidney Licht (ed.). Medical Climatology. Elizabeth Licht Publishers, New Haven, Conn., 1964. xix and 753 pages, with tables, maps, diagrams and index. $16.00.

Allen K. Philbrick. This Human World. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1963. xii and 500 pages, illustrated, maps, tables, appendix, index. $7.95.

Winston W. Crouch and Beatrice Dinerman. Southern California Metropolis: A Study in Development of Government for a Metropolitan Area. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1963. $7.50.

Samuel N. Dicken and Forrest R. Pitts. Introduction to Human Geography. Blaisdell Publishing Co., New York, 1963. 468 pages. $9.75.

Allan G. Bogue. From Prairie to Corn Belt. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1963. 310 pages with table of contents, maps, diagrams, bibliography, and index. $6.95.

Eric P. Kelly and Dragos D. Kostick. The Land and People of Poland. Portraits of the Nations Series. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, New York, 1964. 128 pp., map and many illustrations. $2.93.     

The Council At Work

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Cultural Geography On Topographic Maps. By Karl B. Raitz and John Fraser Hart. New York: John Wiley &; Sons, 1975. Pp. 139, $12.95.

Blacks In The United States: A Geographical Perspective. By George A. Davis and O. Fred Donaldson. Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1975. Pp. ix + 270, $5.95.

The Arctic. By Fred bruemmer. New York: Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Co., 1974. Pp. 224, $25.00.