Book Reviews

Books reviewed:

Pyne, Stephen J., How The Canyon Became Grand: A Short History

Gibson, Clark C., Politicians and Poachers: The Political Economy of Wildlife Policy in Africa

Voeks, Robert A., Sacred Leaves of Candomblé: African Magic, Medicine, and Religion in Brazil

Grossman, Lawrence S., The Political Ecology of Bananas: Contract Farming, Peasants and Agrarian Change in the Eastern Caribbean

Fennell, David A., Ecotourism: An Introduction

Soffer, Arnon, Rivers of Fire: The Conflict Over Water in the Middle East

Light, Andrew and Smith, Jonathan M., Philosophy and Geography II: The Production of Public Space

Davies, Richard O., Main Street Blues: The Decline of Small-Town America

Driver, Felix and Gilbert, David, Imperial Cities: Landscape, Display and Identity

Baldassare, Mark, California in the New Millennium: The Changing Social and Political Landscape

Herzog, Lawrence A., From Aztec to High Tech: Architecture and Landscape Across the Mexico-United States Border

Cowie, Jefferson, Capital Moves: RCA’s Seventy-Year Quest for Cheap Labor

Aiken, Charles, The Cotton Plantation South Since the Civil War

Smith, Steven D., Crass, David, and Zierden, Martha A., The Southern Colonial Backcountry: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Frontier Communities

Hoelscher, Steven D., Heritage of Stage: The Invention of Ethnic Place in America’s Little Switzerland

Bradley, Betsy Hunter, The Works: The Industrial Architecture of the United States     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: D. Graham Burnett, Masters of All They Surveyed: Exploration, Geography, and a British El Dorado Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr., The Drama of Landscape: Land Property and Social Relations on the Early Modern Stage Sergio Díaz‐Briquets and Jorge Pérez‐López, Conquering Nature: The Environmental Legacy of Socialism in Cuba Karl F. Nordstrom, Beaches and Dunes of Developed Coasts Robin W. Doughty, The Eucalyptus: A Natural and Commercial History of the Gum Tree James K. Mitchell, ed., Crucibles of Hazard Gerald T. Koeppel, Water for Gotham: A History Arnold R. Alanen and Robert Z. Melnick, eds., Preserving Cultural Landscapes in America Kavita Pandit and Suzanne Davies Withers, eds., Migration and Restructuring in the United States Steven R. Nivin, Regional Innovation Potential: The Case of the U.S. Machine Tool Industry Douglas Meyer, Making the Heartland Quilt: A Geographical History of Settlement and Migration in Early Nineteenth‐Century Illinois David R. Meyer, Hong Kong as a Global Metropolis Mark Cleary and Goh Kim Chuan, Environment and Development in the Straits of Malacca David Zurick and P. P. Karan, Himalaya: Life on the Edge of the World Christer Jönsson, Sven Tägil, and Gunnar Törnqvist , Organizing European Space Tor Bernhardsen, Geographic Information Systems: An Introduction, 2nd ed.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Astle, W.L., A History of Wildlife Conservation and Management in the Mid‐Luangwa Valley, Zambia Demko, George J., Ioffe, Grigory and Zayonchkovskaya, Zhanna (eds.), Population Under Duress: The Geodemography of Post‐Soviet Russia Evans, Sterling, The Green Republic: A Conservation History of Costa Rica Jonas, Andrew e.g. and Wilson, David, The Urban Growth Machine: Critical Perspectives Two Decades Later Pickles, John and Smith, Adrian, Theorising Transition: The Political Economy of Post‐Communist Transformations. Peet, Richard with Hartwick, Elaine, Theories of Development Shaw, Denis J.B. Russia in the Modern World: A New Geography Winters, Harold A., Galloway Jr., Gerald E., Reynolds, William J. and Rhyne, David W., Battling the Elements: Weather and Terrain in the Conduct of War Wright, John B., Montana Ghost Dance: Essays on Land and Life Yeung, Yue‐Man, Urban Development in Asia: Retrospect and Prospect     

Book Reviews

Golledge, Reginald G. and Stimson, Robert J., Spatial Behavior: A Geographic Perspective Gradus, Yehuda and Lipshitz, Gabriel, The Mosaic of Israeli Geography Hardwick, Susan Wiley and Holtgrieve, Donald G., Geography for Educators: Standards, Themes, and Concepts Imrie, Rob, Disability and the City: International Perspectives Howe, Jim; McMahon, Ed and Propst, Luther, Balancing Nature and Commerce in Gateway Communities Johnson, Troy R., The Occupation of Alcatraz Island: Indian Self-Determination and the Rise of Indian Activism Gordon, Terry G.; Kilpenen, Jon T. and Gritzner, Charles F., The Mountain West: Interpreting the Folk Landscape Keeling, David J., Contemporary Argentina: A Geographical Perspective Lamb, H. H., Climate, History and the Modern World Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary Papadopoulos, Alex G., Urban Regimes and Strategies: Building Europe's Central Executive District in Brussels Parnwell, Michael J. G. and Bryant, Raymond L., Environmental Change in South-East Asia: People, Politics and Sustainable Development Peet, Richard and Watts, Michael, Liberation Ecologies: Environment, Development, Social Movements Raberg, Per, The Life Region: The Social and Cultural Ecology of Sustainable Development Simon, David, Transport and Development in the Third World Rees, Philip; Stillwell, John; Convey, Andrew and Kupiszewski, Marek (eds), Population Migration in the European Union Sousan, John; Shrestha, Bharat K. and Uprety, Laya P., The Social Dynamics of Deforestation: A Case Study from Nepal Smith, David A., Third World Cities in Global Perspective: The Political Economy of Uneven Urbanization     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Rayner, John N. Dynamic Climatology: Basis in Mathematics and Physics Blair, Alasdair and Hitchcock, David. Environment and Business Black, Brian. Petrolia: The Landscape of America's First Oil Boom Sharma, Martha B. and Elbow, Gary S. Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Geography Klemen?i?, Mladen (ed.) Atlas Europe Kliot, Nurit and Newman, David Geopolitics at the End of the Twentieth Century: The Changing World Political Map O’Sullivan, Patrick M. The Geography of War in the Post – Cold War World Duany, Andres, Plater‐Zyberk, Elizabeth, and Speck, Jeff. Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream Kayden, Jerold S. Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience Borjas, George J. Heaven's Door: Immigration Policy and the American Economy Andreas, Peter. Border Games: Policing the U.S.‐Mexico Divide England, John. Retail Impact Assessment: A Guide to Best Practice Outtes, Joel. O Recife: Gënese do Urbanismo, 1927 – 1943 (Recife: The Birth of Urbanism, 1927 –1943) Njoh, Ambe J. Urban Planning, Housing, and Spatial Structures in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Nature, Impact, and Development Implications of Exogenous Forces Hanson, Philip and Bradshaw, Michael (eds.) Regional Economic Change in Russia Pyne, Stephen J. Book Review Commentary: A response to Terence Young's review of Stephen J. Pyne's How the Canyon Became Grand     

The Geography of Transport Systems

Books reviewed:

D. Graham Burnett, Masters of All They Surveyed: Exploration, Geography, and a British El Dorado

Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr., The Drama of Landscape: Land Property and Social Relations on the Early Modern Stage

Sergio Díaz-Briquets and Jorge Pérez-López, Conquering Nature: The Environmental Legacy of Socialism in Cuba

Karl F. Nordstrom, Beaches and Dunes of Developed Coasts

Robin W. Doughty, The Eucalyptus: A Natural and Commercial History of the Gum Tree

James K. Mitchell, ed., Crucibles of Hazard

Gerald T. Koeppel, Water for Gotham: A History

Arnold R. Alanen and Robert Z. Melnick, eds., Preserving Cultural Landscapes in America

Kavita Pandit and Suzanne Davies Withers, eds., Migration and Restructuring in the United States

Steven R. Nivin, Regional Innovation Potential: The Case of the U.S. Machine Tool Industry

Douglas Meyer, Making the Heartland Quilt: A Geographical History of Settlement and Migration in Early Nineteenth-Century Illinois

David R. Meyer, Hong Kong as a Global Metropolis

Mark Cleary and Goh Kim Chuan, Environment and Development in the Straits of Malacca

David Zurick and P. P. Karan, Himalaya: Life on the Edge of the World

Christer Jönsson, Sven Tägil, and Gunnar Törnqvist , Organizing European Space

Tor Bernhardsen, Geographic Information Systems: An Introduction, 2nd ed.     

Recent Publications

Book Reviewed in this article: GENERAL GEOGRAPHY . All Possible Worlds, a History of Geographical Ideas. Preston E. James . The Conceptual Revolution in Geography. Waynek . D. davies (ed.). Razuitie Geograficheskikb Idey. Anatoli Grigorevich Isachenko . British Pioneers ia Geography. E. W. Gilbert , with a preface by D. J. M. Hooson. REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY . Colonialism, Development and lndependence; The Case of the Melatzesian Islands in the South Pacific. H. C. Brookfield . Lath America: Geographical Prospectives. Harold Blakemore and Clifford T. Smith (eds.). Economies and Societies in Latin America: A Geographical Interpretation. P. R. Odell and D. A. Preston . PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY . Karst Landforms. Marjorie Sweeting . River Morphology. Stanley A. Schumm (ed.). Polar Geomorphology. R. J. Price and D. E. Sugden (ed.), Climate in Review. Geoffrey Mc BOYLE. Climate: Present, Past and Future. Volume 1, Fundamentals and Climate Now. H. H. Lamb . Oceanography: Contemporary Readings in Ocean Sciences. R. Gordon Pirie . Oceanography, A View of the Earth. M. Grant Gross . MAN AND ENVIRONMENT . The Doomsday Syndrome. John Maddox . ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY . Russian Agriculture: A Geographical Survey. Leslie Symons . Freight Flows and Spatial Aspects of the British Economy. Michael Chisholm and Patrick O'Sullivan . Transport in Transition: The Evolution of Traditional Shipping in China. Koizumi Teizo Regional Development Strategy in Southeast Europe: A Comparative Analysis of Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Yugoslavia. George W. Hoffman The Geography of Recreation and Leisure. Isobel Cosgrove and Richard Jackson . POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY . India: A Political Geography. B. L. Sukhwal . CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY . The Cultural Geography of the United States. Wilbur Zelinsky . We, The Navigators. David Lewis . SETTLEMENT AND URBAN GEOGRAPHY . The Central Business District. Raymond E. Murphy . Fitzgerald: Geography of a Revolution. William Bunge . Urbanization and Environment: The Physical Geography of the City. Thomas R. Detwyler and Melvin G. Marcus Geographical Perspectives and Urban Problems. The Residential Location and Spatial Behavior of the Elderly. Stephen M. Golant . The Geography of Social Well-Being in the United States. David M. Smith . Urban Systems Development in Central Canada-Selected Papers. L. S. Bourne and R. D. Mackinnon ,(eds.). Safe Places. David and Holly Franke . They Sought a Country: Mennonite Colonization in Mexico. Harryleonard Sawatzky . Rural Geography: An Introductory Survey. Hugh D. Clout . ATLASES . South America. Vol. IV: FAO-UNESCO Soil Map of the World: 1:5,000,000     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article: The Mexican Colonial Copper Industry. Elinore M. Barrett . The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society . James R. Beniger . Land Degradation and Society . Piers M. Blaikie And Harold C. Brookfield , Eds . La carte, mode d'emploi. Roger Brunet . France: les dynamiques du territoire . Roger Brunet AND Jacques Sallois , EDS. At the Crossroads—The Mineral Problems of the United States . Eugene N. Cameron . A Census of One Billion People , Papers for International Seminar on China's 1982 Population Census. Li Chengrui , ED. Les Milieux “Naturels” du Globe . Jean Demangeot . The Geophysiology of Amazonia: Vegetation and Climate Interactions : Robert E. Dickinson , ED. Tenn-Tom Country . James F. Doster And David C. Weaver . Family Farming in Europe and America . Boguslaw Galeski And Eugene Wilkening , EDS. The Geography of Urban Transportation . Susan Hanson , Ed. Combating Desertification in Developing Countries . J. K. Jain , ED. Cartography in France—1660–1848. Science, Engineering and Statecraft . Josef W. Konvitz . Distribution of Distances in Pregeographical Space . Hans Kuiper . Physical Geography Lab Manual: A New Experimental Approach . Neal G. Lineback And John M. Harlin . Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation , 2nd ed. Tom L. Mc Knight . The Desert Is No Lady: Southwestern Landscapes in Women's Writing and Art . Vera Norwood And Janice Monk , EDS. France: A Geographical, Social, and Economic Survey . Philippe Pinchemel , translated, by D. Elkins and T. H. Elkins. Gene Banks and the World's Food . Donald L. Plucknett , Nigel J. H. Smith , J. T. Williams , And N. Murthi Anishetty . Latin American Development: Geographical Perspectives . David Preston , Ed. Making Sense of Development: An Introduction to Classical and Contemporary Theories of Development and Their Application to Southeast Asia . P. W. Preston . The History of the Countryside. Oliver Rackham . The Third World in Perspective . H. A. Reitsma AND J. M. G. Kleinpenning . The Industrial Geography of Australia . David C. Rich . The Recruiting Game , 2nd Ed., revised. John F. Rooney , JR. A Cultural Geography of North American Indians . Thomas E. Ross AND Tyrel G. Moore , EDS. Eastern Europe . Dean S. Rugg . Human Territoriality: Its Theory and History . Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography: 7. Robert David Sack . Experimental Fluvial Geomorphology . Stanley A. Schumm , M. Paul Mosley , AND William E. Weaver . The New Urban Landscape . David Schuyler . Atlas of American Women . Barbara Gimla Shortridge . Impacts of Hazardous Technology: The Psycho-Social Effects of Restarting TMI-1 . John Sorensen , Jon Soderstrom , Emily Copenhaver , Sam Carnes AND Robert Bolin . Modern Physical Geography , 3rd Ed., (Third Edition). Arthur N. Strahler AND Alan H. Strahler . India: Economic Resource Base and Contemporary Political Patterns . B. L. Sukhwal .     

GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEWS

FINDING THE WALLS OF TROY: Frank Calvert and Heinrich Schliemann at Hisarlik. By Susan Heuck Allen . THE WORLD OF ANDRÉ LE NÔTRE. By Thierry Mariage . Translated by Graham Larkin . “WHAT NATURE SUFFERS TO GROE”: Life, Labor, and Landscape on the Georgia Coast, 1680–1920. By Mart A. Stewart . SURVEYING THE RECORD: North American Scientific Exploration to 1930. Edited by Edward C. Carter II. BEYOND THE NEON LIGHTS: Everyday Shanghai in the Early Twentieth Century. By Hanchao Lu . LIVING HERITAGE: Vernacular Environment in China. Edited by Kai ‐Yin FROM AZTEC TO HIGH TECH: Architecture and Landscape across the Mexico‐United States Border. By Lawrence A. Herzog . SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN: An Environmental History of the Twentieth‐Century World. By J. R. McNeill .     

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Books reviewed in this aritcle: Africa South of the Sahara. A. T. Grove . Africa's Lamds and Nations. Lucile Carlson . Africa—A New Geographical Survey. A. B. Mountjoy and C. B. Embleton . China: Ageless Land and Countless People. Chiao -Min Hsieh . China: Emerging World Power. Victor P. Petrov . Canada's Changing Geography. R. Louis Gentilcore (ed.) The Southeastern Ulzited States. John Eraser Hart . The Northeastern United States. Lewis M. Alexander . North America: A Geography of Canada and the United States. J. H. Paterson . The lndus Rivers: A Study of the Effects of Partition. Aloys A. Michel . The Drama of Fiji: A Contempordry History. John Wesley Coulter . Cripple Creek. Robert Guilford Taylor . Future Environments of North America. F. Fraser Darling and John P. Milton (eds.). General Geography Introduction to Geography. Henry M. Kendall , Robert M. Glendinning , and Clifford H. Macfadden . A Question of Place: The Development of Geographic Thought. Eric Fischer , Robert Campbell and Elden Miller . Compass of Geography. Jan O. M. Broek . Travel and Exploration Lieutenant Zagoskin's Travels in Russian America, 1842–1844. Henry N. Michael (ed.). One Chilly Siberian Morning. Douglas Botting . Physical Geography General Physical Geography. Pierre Birot . Plants, Animals, and Man in the Outer Leeward Islands, West Indies. David R. Harris . Man's Influence on the Vegetatiola of Barbados, 1627 to 1800. David Watts . Water Research. Allen V. Kneese and Stephen C. Smith (eds.). Geology and Geornorphology of the Coastal Plain of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and Northern Uruguay. Patrick J. V. Delaney . Problems of Weather Forecasting Ferdinand Steinhauser (ed.). Introductiom a la Geomorphologie Climatique. J. Tricart and A. Cailleux . Physical Geograflhy: Selected Readings. Fred E. Dohrs and Lawrence M. Sommers (eds.). Statistics Quantitative Geography, Part I: Economic and Cultural Topics. W. L. Garrison and D. F. Marble (eds.). Mathematics in the Social Sciences and Other Essays. Richard Stone . Economic Geography Geography and Economics. Michael Chisholm . Geography of Manufacturing. Gunnar Alexandersson . New Viewpoints in Economic Geography: Case Studies from Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, North America. J. Rutherford , M. I. Logan , G. J. Missen . Essays on Commodity Flows and Spatial Structure of the Indian Economy. Brian J. L. Berry . Shifting Cultivation in Southeastern Asia. J. E. Spencer . Economics of Outdoor Recreation. Marion Clawson and Jack L. Knetsch . Settlement and Urban Geography Die Auszuirkungen eines Eisenbahnknotenpunktes auf die geographische Strukture einer Siedlung-am speziellen Beispiel con Lehrte und ein Vergleich mit Bebra und Olten/Schweiz. Werner Mikus . City and Village in Iran: Settlement and Economy in the Kirman Basin. Paul Ward English . Japanese Colonization in Eastern Paraguay. Norman R. Stewart . Les Transports Parisiens. Pierre Merlin . Geography of Market Centers and Retail Distribution. Brian J. L. Berry . Urban Land-Use in Hong Kong and Kowloon. Part I: Tsim-Sha Tsui District. Chi -Sen Liang . Greater London: An Industrial Geography. J. E. Martin . The American City. Raymond E. Murphy . The Internal Structure of Retail Nucleations. Barry J. Garner . Planning for a Nation of Cities. Sam Bass Warner , Jr ., (ed.). Metropolis on the Moue. Jean Gottmann and Robert A. Harper (eds.) Geography of Population Geography of Population. J. Beaujeu -Garnier . Political Geography Systematic Political Geography. Harm J. de Blij . The Northern Tier: Afghatzistan, Iran, and Turkey. Rouhollah K. Ramazini . A Dictionary of Geography: Definitions and Exfilunutiotzs of Ternzs used in Physical Geografihy. W. G. Moore . Physical Naster Plan of the Jerusalem-Ashdod Region. E. Efrat A Catalogue of Latin American Flat Maps, 1926–1964. Palmyra V. M. Monteiro . Atlas of North Carolina. Richard E. Lonsdale . J. Russell Smith: Geographer, Educator, and Conservationist. Virginia M. Rowley . The Geographer's Craft. T. W. Freeman . Geography and History Traces on the Rhodian Shore: Nature and Culture In Western Thoaght From Ancient Times to The End of The Eighteenth Century. Clarence J. Glacken Social and Cultural Geography Languages, Territories and Names of California Indian Tribes. Robert E. Hexer .     

National Council at Work

Abstract

Remote Sensing for Resource Management by C.J. Johannsen and J.L. Sanders, eds. Ankeny, Iowa: Soil Conservation Society of America, 1982. xx and 665 pp., figs., graphs, tables, photos, apps., refs., glossary, and index. $45.00 cloth.

Where the Grass Is Greener: Living in an Unequal World 2d ed. by David M. Smith Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982.386 pp., figs., graphs, tables, maps, app., biblio., and index. $7.50 paper.

Common Landscape of America, 1580 to 1845 by John R. Stilgoe New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1982. xi and 429 pp., illus., photos, refs., biblio., and index. $29.95 cloth.

The Design of Suburbia: A Critical Study in Environmental History by Arthur M. Edwards London: Pembridge Press, 1981. viii and 281 pp., figs., il-lus., photos, refs., biblio., and index. $32.50 cloth.

The Soviet Union: A Systematic Geography by Leslie Symons, ed. Totowa, New Jersey: Barnes &; Noble, 1983.266 pp., figs., graphs, tables, photos, maps, and index. $28.75 cloth; $18.75 paper.

Living Under Apartheid: Aspects of Urbanization and Social Change in South Africa by David M. Smith, ed. Winchester, Massachusetts: Allen &; Unwin, 1982. The London Research Series in Geography 2. xiii and 256 pp., figs., graphs, tables, maps, biblio., and index. $35.00 cloth.     

Wind Power in View: Energy Landscapes in a Crowded World

Books reviewed:

Rayner, John N. Dynamic Climatology: Basis in Mathematics and Physics

Blair, Alasdair and Hitchcock, David. Environment and Business

Black, Brian. Petrolia: The Landscape of America's First Oil Boom

Sharma, Martha B. and Elbow, Gary S. Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Geography

Klemen?i?, Mladen (ed.) Atlas Europe

Kliot, Nurit and Newman, David Geopolitics at the End of the Twentieth Century: The Changing World Political Map

O’Sullivan, Patrick M. The Geography of War in the Post – Cold War World

Duany, Andres, Plater-Zyberk, Elizabeth, and Speck, Jeff. Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream

Kayden, Jerold S. Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience

Borjas, George J. Heaven's Door: Immigration Policy and the American Economy

Andreas, Peter. Border Games: Policing the U.S.-Mexico Divide

England, John. Retail Impact Assessment: A Guide to Best Practice

Outtes, Joel. O Recife: Gënese do Urbanismo, 1927 – 1943 (Recife: The Birth of Urbanism, 1927 –1943)

Njoh, Ambe J. Urban Planning, Housing, and Spatial Structures in Sub-Saharan Africa: Nature, Impact, and Development Implications of Exogenous Forces

Hanson, Philip and Bradshaw, Michael (eds.) Regional Economic Change in Russia

Pyne, Stephen J. Book Review Commentary: A response to Terence Young's review of Stephen J. Pyne's How the Canyon Became Grand     

Book Reviews

Adams, William M., Goudie, Andrew S., and Orme, Antony R. (eds.), The Physical Geography of Africa Agnew, John A. (ed.), Political Geography: A Reader Birkin, Mark, Clarke, Graham, Clarke, Martin, and Wilson, Alan, Intelligent GIS: Location Decisions and Strategic Planning Cole, George M., Water Boundaries Ramesh Dutta Dickshit (ed.), Developments in Political Geography: ACentury of Progress Hanink, Dean M., Principles and Applications of Economic Geography: Economy, Policy, Environment Hutcheon, P.D., Leaving the Cave: Evolutionary Naturalism in Social-Scientific Thought Johns, Michael, The City of Mexico in the Age of Diaz Lewis, Arnold, An Early Encounter with Tomorrow: Europeans, Chicago's Loop and the World's Columbian Exposition Lin, George C.S., Red Capitalism in South China: Growth and Dvelopmentof the Pearl River Delta Mitchell, Bruce, Resource and Environmental Management Munton, Don (ed.), Hazardous Waste Siting and Democratic Choice Stoddard, Robert H. and Morinis, Alan (eds.), Sacred Spaces, Sacred Places: the Geography of Pilgrimages Van Gardingen, P.R., Foody, G.M. and Curran, P.J., Scaling-up: From Cell to Landscape     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviewed in this article: The Rice Economy of Asia . Randolph Barker and Robert W. Herdt with Beth Rose. Using Microcomputers: A Guidebook for Writers, Teachers, and Researchers in the Social Sciences . Blaine A. Erie—the Lake that Survived . Noel M. Burns. Geology and Society . Donald R. Coates. Caves and Karst of Kentucky . Percy H. Dougherty, ed. Altered Harvest: Agriculture, Genetics, and the Fate of the World's Food Supply . Jack Doyle. The Middle East and North Africa, A Political Geography . Alasdair Drysdale and Gerald H. Blake. Clamor at the Gates. The New American Immigration . Nathan Glazer, ed. Development and the Landowner: An analysis of the British experience . Robin Goodchild and Richard Munton. Discovering Landscape in England and Wales . Andrew Goudie and Rita Gardner. The Modern Plantation in the Third World . Edgar Graham and Ingrid Floering. Social Relations and Spatial Structures . Derek Gregory and John Urry, eds. The World Food Problem 1950–1980 . David Grigg. Costa Rica: A Geographical Interpretation in Historical Perspective . Carolyn Hall. The Urbanization of Capital: Studies in the History and Theory of Capitalist Urbanization . David Harvey Consciousness and the Urban Experience: Studies in the History and Theory of Capitalist Urbanization . David Harvey. Reviving Main Street . Deryck Holdsworth, ed. Rural Roads and Poverty Alleviation . John Howe and Peter Richards, eds. Uneven Development in Southern Europe: Studies of Accumulation, Class, Migration and the State . Ray Hudson and Jim Lewis, eds. Karst Geomorphology . J. N. Jennings. The Geomorphology of North-west England . R. H. Johnson, ed. Climate Impact Assessment: Studies of the Interaction of Climate and Society . Robert Kates, Jesse Ausubel, Mimi Berberian, eds. Public Service Provision and Urban Development . Andrew Kirby, Paul Knox, and Steven Pinch, ed. State and Market: The Politics of the Public and the Private . Jan-Erik Lane, ed. Living Cities . Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on Urban Preservation Policies. World Climatic Systems . John G. Lockwood. Urban Ethnicity in the United States. New Immigrants and Old Minorities . Lionel Maldonaldo and Joan Moore, eds. Culture and Conservation: The Human Dimension in Environmental Planning . Jeffrey A. McNeely and David Pitt, eds. The Andean Past. Land, Societies, and Conflicts . Magnus Mörner. Gaia: An Atlas of Planet Management . Norman Myers, ed. Progress in Industrial Geography . Michael Pacione, ed. Progress in Political Geography . Michael Pacione, ed. Rivers and Landscape . Geoff Petts and Ian Foster. Urbanization and Planning in the 3rd World: Spatial Perceptions and Public Participation . Robert B. Potter. One Island, Two Nations? A Political Geographical Analysis of the National Conflict in Ireland . D. G. Pringle. Circulation in Third World Countries . R. Mansell Prothero and Murray Chapman. The Ozarks Outdoors: A Guide for Fishermen, Hunters, and Tourists . Milton D. Rafferty. Suburban Burglary: A Time and a Place for Everything . George Rengert and John Wasilchick. Geomorphology and Soils . K.S. Richards, R.R. Arnett, and S. Ellis, eds. The Homes and Homeless of Post-War Britain . Frederick Shaw. Indochinese Refugees in America . Paul J. Strand and Woodrow Jones, Jr. Wild Horses and Sacred Cows . Richard Symanski. Forever Wild: Environmental Aesthetics and the Adirondack Forest Preserve . Philip G. Terrie. The Regional Economic Impact of Technological Change . A.T. Thwaites and R.P. Oakey, eds. The Good Life . Yi-Fu Tuan.     

Economic Change in Africa

Abstract

The Geographer at Work by Peter Gould Boston: Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1985. x and 351 pp., figs., photos, maps, and index. $39.95 cloth; $16.95 paper.

Recollections of a Revolution: Geography as Spatial Science by Mark Billinge, Derek Gregory and Ron Martin, eds. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. viii and 235 pp., figs., tables, refs., and index. $25.00 cloth.

The Role of Place in Literature by Leonard Lutwack Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1984. viii and 274 pp., refs., and index. $24.95 cloth.

The Essential Landscape: The New Mexico Photographic Survey with Essays by J.B. Jackson. by Steven A. Yates, ed. New Mexico: The University of New Mexico Press, 1985. vii and 147 pp., and photos. $45.00 cloth.

Latin America: Case Studies by Richard G. Boehm and Sent Visser, eds. NCGE Pacesetter Series. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt, 1984. x and 300 pp., figs., tables, photos, maps, apps., refs., and index. $24.95 paper.     

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

The Locational Dynamics o f Manufacturing Activity. Lyndhurst Collins and David Walker (eds.). REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY. Selected Problems and Concepts in the Geograflhy of the United States. D. Gordon Bennett and Charles R. Hayes . The Changing Face of Northeast Brazil. Kempton E. Webb . Eastern Europe: A Geography of the Comecon Countries. Roy E. H. Mellor . An Advanced Geography of Africa. John I. Clarke (ed.). PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. Geomorphology: Geomorphic Processes and Surficial Geology. Robert V. Ruhe . An Appraisal of Physiographic Units for Predicting Site Conditions in Arid Areas. 2 Vols. R. M. S. Perrin and C. W. Mitchell . Plant Geography. Martin C. Kellman . Environment And Man . Resources and Decisions. The Leonard Scholars . World Resource Management: Key to Civilizations and Social Achievement. J. Edwin Becht and L. D. Belzung . Tropical Agriculture: A Geographical Introduction and Appraisal. Walther Manshard (Stanley H. Beaver, English Editor). Law of the Sea: Caracas and Beyond: Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Conference of the Law of the Sea Institute. Francis T. Christy , Jr ., Thomas A. Clingan , Jr ., John King Gamble , Jr ., H. Gary Knight and Edward Miles (eds.). Fields of the Tzotzil: The Ecological Bases of Tradition in Highland Chiapas. George A. Collier . Cultural Geography . Blacks in the United States: A Geographic Persfiective. George A. Davis and O. Fred Donaldson . The Political Geography of the Oceans. J. V. R. Prescott . Urbanization at Teotihuacun, Mexico. Volume One: The Teotihuacan Map. Part One: REné Millom , Part Two: René Millon , R. Bruce Drewitt and George L. Cowgill . Twenty-Four Architectural Plans of Chan Chan, Peru. Michael Edward Moseley and Carol J. Mackey . Feather Fashions and Bird Preseruation: A Study in Nature Protection. Robin W. Doughty . Urban Geography And Settlement . Dispersing Population: What America Can Learn from Europe. James L. Sundquist . Urban Analysis: A Study of City Structure with Special Reference to Sunderland. B. T. Robson . Cities of Canada, Vol. I: Theoretical, Historical and Planning Perspectives; Vol. 11: Profiles of Fifteen Metropolitan Areas. George A. Nader . The Urban Mosaic: Towasds a Theory of Residential Differentiation. Duncan Timms . Urban Development: The Process and the Problems. Wallace F. Smith . The City Centre: Patterns amd Problems. Ian C. Alexander . Panama's Economic Development: The Role of Agriculture. William C. Merrill , Lehman B. Fletcher , Randall A. Hoffman and Michael J. Applegate . Organization, Location and Behauiour: Decision-Making in Economic Geography. Peter Toyne . Aids To Geographical Research . Behavioral Research Methods in Environmental Design. William Michelson (ed.). Testing Research Hypotheses Using Multiple Linear Regression. Keith A. Mcneil , Francis J. Kelly and Judy T. Mcneil . South Asia: A Systematic Geographic Bibliography. B. L. Sukhwal . ATLASES. The BLathwayt Atlas, Volume 11: Commentary. Jeannette D. Black . Atlas of Mississippi. Ralph D. Cross and Robert W. Wales (ed.) and Charles T. Traylor , Chief Cartographer.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Robert W. Christopherson (ed.) Elemental Geosystems Gertjan Dijkink National Identity and Geopolitical Visions: Maps of Price and Pain David Farrell Krell Architecture: Ecstasies of Space, Time and the Human Body Victor L. Mote Siberia: Worlds Apart Richard Pillsbury No Foreign Food: The American Diet in Time and Place Grant R. Staff Changing Cape Town: Urban Dynamics, Policy, and Planning During the Political Transition in South Africa David Briggs, Peter Smithson, Kenneth Addison, and Ken Atkinson Fundamentals of the Physical Environment H.J. DeBlij and Peter O. Miller Physical Geography of the Global Environment Chris Park The Environment: Principles and Applications Alan Strahler and Arthur Strahler Introducing Physical Geography     

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: THE SHAPING OF AMERICA: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History. Vol. 3: TRANSCONTINENTAL AMERICA, 1850–1915. By D. W. Meinig . SIERRA CROSSING: First Roads to California. By Thomas Frederick Howard . BATTLING THE ELEMENTS: Weather and Terrain in the Conduct of War. By Harold A. Winters , with Gerald E. Galloway Jr ., William J. Reynolds , and David W. Rhyne . ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN: Barbados and the Windwards in the Late 1800s. By Bonham C. Richardson THIRD WORLD POLITICAL ECOLOGY. By Raymond L. Bryant and Sinéad Bailey HERITAGE ON STAGE: The Invention of Ethnic Place in America's Little Switzerland. By Steven D. Hoelscher .     

Geographical Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: ABYSMAL: A Critique of Cartographic Reason. By Gunnar Olsson . IN SEARCH OF MAYA SEA TRADERS. By Heather McKillop . ISLANDS IN A FAR SEA: The Fate of Nature in Hawai'i. By John L. Culliney . THE GHOST MAP: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic–And How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World. By Steven Johnson . THE MIDWESTERN PASTORAL: Place and Landscape in Literature of the American Heartland. By William Barillas . THE RIBBON OF GREEN: Change in Riparian Vegetation in the Southwestern United States. By Robert H. Webb , Stanley A. Leake , and Raymond M. Turner .