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GREAT DAYS IN NEW ZEALAND EXPLORATION: THE BUSH AND THE RAIN. By John Pascoe.
A SURVEY OF NEW ZEALAND POPULATION: An Analysis of Past Trends and an Estimate of Future Growth. Compiled by the Town and Country Planning Branch, Ministry of Works.
ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE SOUTH SEAS. Essays presented to H. D. Skinner. Edited by J. D. Freeman and W. R. Geddes.
OXFORD ATLAS FOR NEW ZEALAND—STUDENTS' EDITION. Advisory Editor, R. G. Lister. London and Wellington
GEOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS IN MEMORY OF ALAN G. OGILVIE. Edited by R. Miller and J. Wreford Watson.
THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY. By T. L. Hills.
AFRICA: ITS PEOPLE AND THEIR CULTURE HISTORY. By G. P. Murdock.
BRITISH WEATHER IN MAPS. By J. A. Taylor and R. A. Yates.     

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SOUTHERN LANDSCAPES: ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF BILL BROCKIE AND RAY HARGREAVES. Edited by Geoff Kearsley and Blair Fitzharris, Dunedin: Department of Geography, University of Otago, 1990, pp.360.
POPIULESIN BLONG HONIARA: OLKETA POPIULESIN BLONG 1986 SENSIS. By A. C. Walsh, Honiara: Department of Statistics, and Palmerston North: Board of Development Studies, Massey University
PRIESTS AND PROGRAMMERS: TECHNOLOGIES OF POWER IN THE ENGINEERED LANDSCAPE OF BALI. By Stephen Lansing
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN GEOGRAPHY. By Paul Mather
INTRODUCTION TO TOURISM IN AUSTRALIA: IMPACTS, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. By C. M. Hall
TAMING THE GREAT SOUTH LAND: A HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF NATURE IN AUSTRALIA. By W. J. Lines
PEOPLE, PLACES, PATTERNS, PROCESSES: GEOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE CANADIAN PAST. Edited by Graeme Wynn
STUDYING NEW ZEALAND HISTORY. By G. A. Wood, Dunedin
LOCAL HISTORY: A SHORT GUIDE TO RESEARCHING, WRITING AND PUBLISHING A LOCAL HISTORY. By Gavin McLean
THE NATIVE FORESTS OF NEW ZEALAND. By John Halkett     

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HE KORERO PURAKAU MO NGA TAUNAHANA-HATANGA A NGA TUPUNA. PLACE NAMES OF THE ANCESTORS. A MAORI ORAL HISTORY ATLAS.
NGA TOHU PUMAHARA. THE SURVEY PEGS OF THE PAST. UNDERSTANDING MAORI PLACE NAMES.
BANKS PENINSULA: CRADLE OF CANTERBURY. By Gordon Ogilvie
THE ECONOMICS OF PART-TIME FARMING. By Ruth Gasson
FROM BUSH-BURN TO BUTTER. By Eric Warr
THE WAKE OF ERASMUS: SAINTS, SCHOLARS, AND STUDIA IN MEDIAEVAL NORDEN. By Anne Buttimer
THE SORROW AND THE PRIDE. NEW ZEALAND WAR MEMORIALS. By C. Maclean and J. Phillips
CITIES IN SPACE: CITIES AS PLACE. By D. T. Herbert and C. J. Thomas
TE IWI MAORI. A NEW ZEALAND POPULATION, PAST, PRESENT, AND PROJECTED. By I. Pool
Department of History Massey University
ANTARCTICA AND GLOBAL CLIMATIC CHANGE. Edited by Colin Harris and Bernard Stonehouse
FARM WOMEN IN PIAKO COUNTY. By M. Begg.
GEOGRAPHERS ON FIJI: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. By R. Chandra, Suva     

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NEW ZEALAND IN COLOUR. Photographs by Kenneth and Jean Bigwood; Text by James K. Baxter.
THE EARLY JOURNALS OF HENRY WILLIAMS 1826–40. Edited by Lawrence M. Rogers.z
SHEEP: PART II—SHEEPFARMING DEVELOPMENT AND SHEEP-BREEDS IN NEW ZEALAND. By P. G. Stevens.
HOW PEOPLE LIVE IN ISLANDS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC. By R. Gerard Ward.
LATE-PLEISTOCENE ENVIRONMENTS OF NORTH PACIFIC NORTH AMERICA. By C.J. Heusser.
MAN'S ENVIRONMENTS. By W. G. East and G. M. Barrett.
ASIA. By R. R. Rawson and W. G. East.
THE BRITISH ISLES. By J. A. Morris.     

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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.     

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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.     

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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE GREAT PLAINS. Edited by DAVID J. WISHART. BELIEVING IN PLACE: A Spiritual Geography of the Great Basin. By RICHARD V. FRANCAVIGLIA. TRANSFORMATION OF THE MORMON CULTURE REGION. By ETHAN R. YORGASON. HOMELANDS: A Geography of Culture and Place across America. Edited by RICHARD L. NOSTRAND and LAWRENCE E. ESTAVILLE. TEJANO SOUTH TEXAS: A Mexican American Cultural Province. By DANIEL D. ARREOLA. COLONIALISM AND LANDSCAPE: Postcolonial Theory and Applications. By ANDREW SLUYTER THE ROOTS OF AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION. By DAVID R. MEYER     

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THE LIE OF THE LAND: Migrant Workers and the California Landscape. By Don Mitchell . LOST LANDSCAPES AND FAILED ECONOMIES: The Search for a Value of Place. By Thomas Michael Power . THE ORGANIC MACHINE: The Remaking of the Columbia River. By Richard White . ENTITLEMENTS TO NATURAL RESOURCES: Contours of Political Environmental Geography. By Ton Dietz . ECOLOGY AND EQUITY: The Use and Abuse of Nature in Contemporary India. BY Madhav Gadgil and Ramchandra Guha . NEPAL: A Himalayan Kingdom in Transition. By Pradyumna P. Karan and Hiroshi Ishii . ENVIRONMENTAL AESTHETICS: Ideas, Politics and Planning. By J. Douglas Porteous . PICTURING KNOWLEDGE: Historical and Philosophical Problems Concerning the Use of Art in Science. Edited by Brian S. Baigrie . TAKING MEASURES ACROSS THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE. By James Corner and Alex S. Mac Lean . SPACES OF IDENTITY: Global Media, Electronic Landscapes and Cultural Boundaries. By David Morley and Kevin Robins TREE MANAGEMENT IN FARMER STRATEGIES: Responses to Agricultural Intensification. Edited by J. E. Michael Arnold and Peter A. Dewees . THE GREAT FLOOD OF 1993: Causes, Impacts, and Responses. Edited by Stanley A. Chagnon . DECIDING TO BE LEGAL: A Maya Community in Houston. By Jacqueline Maria Hagan . THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA. Edited by W. M. Adams , A. S. Goudie , and A. R. Orme . THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM, GOMORRAH, AND JERICHO: Geological, Climatological, and Archaeological Background. By David Neev and K. O. Emery . THE FROZEN ECHO: Greenland and the Exploration of North America ca. a.d. 1000–1500. By Kirsten A. Seaver . OLIVES: The Life and Lore of the Noble Fruit. By Mort Rosenblum .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
INTRODUCING THE MANAWATU. Edited by A. G. Anderson and B. G. R. Saunders
LANDSCAPE DRAWING. By Geoffrey E. Hutchings.
THE CHANGING MAP OF ASIA: A POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY. Edited by W. G. East and O. H. K. Spate.
ATLAS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. By Norton Ginsburg     

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CALVINISTS INCORPORATED: Welsh Immigrants on Ohio's Industrial Frontier. By Anne Kelly Knowles . THE RAIN FORESTS OF HOME: Profile of a North American Bioregion. Edited by Peter K. Schoonmaker , Bettina von Hagen , and Edward C. Wolf . CONSERVATION THROUGH CULTURAL SURVIVAL: Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas. Edited by Stan Stevens . THE END OF THE PEASANTRY: The Rural Labor Movement in Northeast Brazil, 1961–1988. By Anthony W. Pereira . THIRDSPACE: Journeys to Los Angeles and Other Real-and-Imagined Places. By Edward W. Soja . ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: People, Politics and Sustainable Development. Edited by Michael J. G. Parnwell and Raymond L. Bryant . TRADITION AND REFORM: Land Tenure and Rural Development in South-East Asia. By Mark Cleary and Peter Eaton . WILD CHINA. Text by John Mac Kinnon ; photographs by Nigel Hicks . JAPANESE AMERICANS: The Formation and Transformations of an Ethnic Group. By Paul R. Spickard . THE JAPANESE CITY. Edited by Pradyumna P. Karan and Kristin Stapleton . THE EMPTINESS OF JAPANESE AFFLUENCE. By Gavan Mc Cormack . GÉOGRAPHIE DE LA NUIT. By Luc Bureau . RUSSIA AND THE POST-SOVIET SCENE: A Geographical Perspective. By James H. Bater . HOMO GEOGRAPHICUS: A Framework for Action, Awareness, and Moral Concern. By Robert David Sack . STRATEGIC GEOGRAPHY AND THE CHANGING MIDDLE EAST. By Geoffrey Kemp and Robert E. Harkavy .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
HERITAGE DESTROYED. THE CRISIS IN SCENERY PRESERVATION IN NEW ZEALAND. By J. T. Salmon.
SAMUEL BUTLER AT MESOPOTAMIA. By P. B. Maling.
AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND THE SOUTH WEST PACIFIC. By K. W. Robinson.
SOCIAL STUDIES IN GEOGRAPHY, 1: THE PACIFIC WORLD. By G. Jobberns and J. A. Ross.
NORTH ENGLAND. By A. E. Smailes.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE JUNE 1960: BACKGROUND PAPERS.
ATLAS OF THE ARAB WORLD AND THE MIDDLE EAST. Introduction by C. F. Buckingham.
THE EARTH'S PROBLEM CLIMATES. By Glenn T. Trewartha.     

CHRISTALLER CENTRAL PLACE STRUCTURES: AN INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. By Nurudeen Alao, Michael F. Dacey, Omar Davies, Kenneth G. Denike, James Huff, John B. Barr, M. J. Webber.

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THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TOURISM ON PACIFIC COMMUNITIES. Edited by Bryan H. Far-rell.
A NEW KIND OF SUGAR: TOURISM IN THE PACIFIC. Edited by Ben R. Finney and Karen Ann Watson.     

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BIG SURF, DEEP DIVES, AND THE ISLANDS: My Life in the Ocean. By Ricky Grigg . MONTANA GHOST DANCE: Essays on Land and Life. By John B. Wright . BASEBALL, BARNS, AND BLUEGRASS: A Geography of American Folklife. Edited by George O. Carney . ATLAS OF THE IRISH RURAL LANDSCAPE. Edited by F. H. A. Aalen , Kevin Whelan , and Matthew Stout . THE TASTE OF AMERICAN PLACE: A Reader on Regional and Ethnic Foods. Edited by Barbara G. Shortridge and James R. Shortridge . NO FOREIGN FOOD: The American Diet in Time and Place. By Richard Pillsbury . ANIMAL GEOGRAPHIES: Place, Politics, and Identity in the Nature-Culture Borderlands. Edited by Jennifer Wolch and Jody Emel . THE COTTON PLANTATION SOUTH SINCE THE CIVIL WAR. By Charles S. Aiken .     

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POLITICAL ECOLOGY: A Critical Introduction. By Paul Robbins . CITIES, WAR, AND TERRORISM: Towards an Urban Geopolitics. Edited by Stephen Graham . THE CITY AS SUBURB: A History of Northeast Baltimore since 1660. By Eric L. Holcomb . HISPANIC SPACES, LATINO PLACES: Community and Cultural Diversity in Contemporary America. Edited by Daniel D. Arreola . RHUMB LINES AND MAP WARS: A Social History of the Mercator Projection. By Mark Monmonier . THE POLITICAL MAPPING OF CYBERSPACE. By Jeremy W. Crampton . THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE INTERNET INDUSTRY Venture Capital, Dot‐Coms, and Local Knowledge. By Matthew A. Zook .     

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Book reviewed in this article: GEOGRAPHY AND RETAILING. By Peter Scott. LANDFORMS OF COLD CLIMATES. By J. L. Davies. ATLAS OF BUNDALEER PLAINS AND TATALA. By F. M. Rothery. (Introduction by N. G. Butlin and J. N. Jennings.) THE EUROPEAN PEASANTRY: THE FINAL PHASE. By S. H. Franklin. AUSTRALIA WET OR DRY? THE PHYSICAL AND ECONOMIC LIMITS TO THE EXPANSION OF IRRIGATION. By B. R. Davidson. THE SEARCH FOR THE ISLANDS OF SOLOMON 1567–1838. By Colin Jack-Hinton. CAPITALISM PRIMITIVE AND MODERN. By T. Scarlett Epstein. PACIFIC MARKET PLACES. Edited by H. C. Brookfield. WEST AFRICA. By W. B. Morgan andj. C. Pugh. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS IN GEOGRAPHY. By Leslie J. King. PATTERNS OF INDUSTRIES. By R. S. Mathieson. PATTERNS OF CITIES. By A. J. Rose. ADMINISTRATION IN NEW ZEALAND'S MULTI-RACIAL SOCIETY. Edited by R. H. Brookes and I. H. Kawharu. ANTARCTIC MAP FOLIO SERIES. Folio 7, Glaciers of the Antarctic. By J. Mercer; and Folio 8, The Antarctic Atmosphere: Climatology of the Surface Environment. By W. S. Weyant. THE ARID ZONES. By K. Walton. LAND USE CAPABILITY SURVEY HANDBOOK. Water and Soil Division, Ministry of Works, Wellington QUANTITATIVE GEOGRAPHY. By John P. Cole and Cuchlaine A. M. King. AN INTRODUCTION TO QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS IN ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY. By Maurice H. Ycatcs. URBAN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY TO 1966. By G. Breese. ARID LANDS OP AUSTRALIA. Edited by R. O. Slatyer and R. A. Perry. GROWTH OF THE WORLD'S URBAN AND RURAL POPULATION, 1920–2000. READINGS IN CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY. Edited by Robert M. Irving. CANADA: A GEOGRAPHICAL INTERPRETATION. Edited by John Warkentin. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED: Notice of a book on these pages does not preclude its subsequent review in New Zealand Geographer or New Zealand Journal of Geography Australia New Zealand and the South-West Pacific. By J. H. Holmes. North West England. By W. E. Marsden. Geographical Digest. Edited by Harold Fullard. Landscape Studies. By J. H. Shaw and F. G. Kirkwood. Antarctica. By John Bechervaise. Hong Kong and the Philippines. By John Whiteley. The European Peasantry. By S. H. Franklin. Physical and Information Models in Geography. Edited by Richard J. Chorley and Peter Haggett. Integrated Models in Geography. Edited by Richard J. Chorley and Peter Haggett. Mt. Wilhelm Studies I: The Alpine and Subalpine Vegetation. By L. K. Wade and D. N. McVean. World Problems: A Topic Geography. By M. Long and B. S. Roberson. Matupit: Land, Politics and Change among the Tolai of New Britain. By A. L. Epstein. Brother Wohlers. By Sheila Natusch. The Camel in Australia. By Tom. L. McKnight. South Australia From the Air. Edited by Michael Williams. Fiji in the Pacific. By G. T. A. Kerr and T. A. Donnelly. North West Europe. By F. R. Dobson and H. E. Virgo. Senior Geography. By V. G. Honour, D. Hopley and A. R. Dyer. Macquarie Island. By J. S. Compston. Atlas Four. Edited by J. David Thompson. Europe in Maps. By R. Knowles and P. D. E. Stowc. The Arid Lands. R. L. Heathcote and C. R. Twidale. Fishing. By R. S. Mathieson. Wheat. By Hylda A. Rolfe.     

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BRAZIL THROUGH THE EYES OF WILLIAM JAMES: Letters, Diaries, and Drawings THE COLONIAL SPANISH‐AMERICAN CITY: Urban Life in the Age of Atlantic Capitalism. By Jay Kinsbruner GREAT POWERS AND GEOPOLITICAL CHANGE. By Jakub J. Grygiel CITY TREES: A Historical Geography from the Renaissance through the Nineteenth Century. By Henry W. Lawrence AN ALLIANCE OF WOMEN: Immigration and the Politics of Race. By Heather Merrill FIELD METHODS IN REMOTE SENSING. By Roger M. McCoy     

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Book reviewed in this article: TRANSNATIONALISM AND NEW AFRICAN IMMIGRATION TO SOUTH AFRICA. Edited by Jonathan Crush and David A. McDonald . WALKING THE TIGHT ROPE: Informal Livelihoods and Social Networks in a West African City. By Ilda Lourenço ‐Lindell . EGYPT: An Economic Geography. By Fouad N. Ibrahim and Barbara Ibrahim . SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS IN KALAHARI ENVIRONMENTS: Contributions to Global Debates. Edited by Deborah Sporton and David S. G. Thomas . CLIMATE CHANGE & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Prospects for Developing Countries. Edited by Anil Markandya and Kirsten Halsnaes . THE STRAITS OF MALACCA: Gateway or Gauntlet? By Donald B. Freeman .     

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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.     

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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 .     

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WHERE THERE ARE MOUNTAINS: An Environmental History of the Southern Appalachians. By Donald Edward Davis. THE MONTEREY BAY SHORELINE GUIDE. By Jerry Emory PHILOSOPHY AND GEOGRAPHY III: Philosophies of Place. Edited by Andrew Light and Jonathan M. Smith. DELTA SUGAR: Louisiana's Vanishing Plantation Landscape. By John B. Rehder. SHADOWS IN THE FOREST: Japan and the Politics of Timber in Southeast Asia. THE RADIANCE OF FRANCE: Nuclear Power and National Identity after World War II. By Gabrielle Hecht. SECURE FROM RASH ASSAULT: Sustaining the Victorian Environment. By James Winter . THE WILD AND THE DOMESTIC: Animal Representation, Ecocriticism, and Western American Literature. By Barney Nelson