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Wetlands of the American Midwest: A Historical Geography of Changing Attitudes, Hugh Prince, Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. 1997. 412 pp. ISBN 0226682838. $21.00 (paper).

Worlds of Welfare: Understanding the Changing Geographies of Social Welfare Provision, Steven Pinch, New York, New York: Routledge. 1997. 167 pp. plus xiv ISBN 0415111897. $20.99 (paper).

The Earth Transformed: An Introduction to Human Impacts on the Environment, Andrew Goudie, Heather Viles, Maiden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers. 1997. 276 pp. ISBN 0631194657 $29.95 (paper).     

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Books reviewed:
Claude Cabanne and Elena Tchistiakova, La Russie: Perspectives economiques et sociales.
Ellen E. Wohl, Virtual Rivers: Lessons from the Mountain Rivers of the Colorado Front Range.
Deborah Sporton and David S. G. Thomas (eds), Sustainable Livelihoods in Kalahari Environments: A Contribution to Global Debates.
Hugh Brammer, How to Help Small Farmers in Bangladesh.
Kerry Woodcock, Changing Roles in Natural Forest Management: Stakeholders' Roles in the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania.
Nichola Geeson, Jane Brandt and John B. Thornes (eds), Mediterranean Desertification: A Mosaic of Processes and Responses.
Andrew Warren (ed.), European Commission Community Research: Wind Erosion on Agricultural Land in Europe – Research Results for Land Managers.
Jap Steenvoorden, Frans Cllaessen and Jap Willems (eds), Agricultural Effects on Ground and Surface Waters: Research at the Edge of Science and Society.
Owain Jones and Paul Cloke, Tree Cultures: The Place of Trees and Trees in Their Place.
H. Bulkeley and M. M. Betsill, Cities and Climate Change: Urban Sustainability and Global Environmental Governance.
Gottfried Konecny, Geoinformation: Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry and Geographic Information Systems.
Matt Duckham, Michael F. Goodchild and Michael F. Worboys (eds), Foundations of Geographic Information Science.
Bent Flyvbjerg, Megaprojects and Risk.
Charles Warren, Managing Scotland's Environment.
Jonathan Murdoch and Simone Abrams, Rationalities of Planning: Development Versus Envir-onment in Planning for Housing.
Yvonne Rydin and Andy Thornley (eds), Planning in the UK: Agendas for the New Millennium.
Folke Snickars, Brita Olerup and Lars Olerup Persson (eds), Reshaping Regional Planning: A Northern Perspective.
Robert J. Allison (ed.), Applied Geomorphology.     

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The Knowledge Arena: Approaching agroforestry and competing knowledge systems - a challenge for agricultural extension. By P er H illbur .
Global Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture. By D. H eld .
Maps as Prints in the Italian Renaissance: Makers, Distributors and Consumers. By D avid W oodward .
Introduction to Geodesy: the History and Concepts of Modern Geodesy. By J ames R. S mith .
Framework for the World. By D avid R hind .
Maps and Mapping of Africa: a Resource Guide. By J ohn M cilwaine .
Maps and History: Constructing Images of the Past. By J eremy B lack .
Trading territories: mapping in the early modern world. By J erry B rotton .     

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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).     

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Book reviewed in this article:
THE MAKING OF RURAL AUSTRALIA. ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY AND ECONOMY: GEOGRAPHICAL READINGS. Edited by J. M. Powell
URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL AUSTRALIA: READINGS IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY. Edited by J. M. Powell     

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The Place of Industries in Elementary Education, by Katherine Elizabeth Dopp. Size, 7 1/2 × 5. Pp. 208, including index. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press; London: P. S. King & Son, 1903.

Rural School Agriculture, Bulletin No. 1, St. Anthony Park, Minnesota, University of Minnesota. Price 60c., or in lots of five or more, 50c., carriage prepaid.     

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Books reviewed:
J. Ludwick, D. Tongway, D. Freud-Enberger, J. Nobel and K. Hodgkinson, (eds.) Landscaping Ecology: Function and Management
John Keay, The Great Arc: the dramatic tale of how India was mapped and Everest was named
Massimo Craglia and Harlan Onsrud, (eds.) Geographic Information Research: Trans-Atlantic Perspectives
Martin Dodge and Rob Kitchin, Mapping Cyberspace
David M. Smith, Moral Geographics: Ethics in a World of Difference
Denis Cosgrove, (ed.) Mappings
J. C. Iliffe, Datums and Map Projections for Remote Sensing, GIS and Surveying     

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To California and Back. A Book of Practical Information for Travelers to the Pacific. By C. A. Higgins. Pp. x, 317. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1903.

Agriculture for Beginners. By Charles W. Burkett, Frank L. Stevens, and Daniel H. Hill. Pp. xii, 267. Size, 71/2 × 5 inches. Boston: Ginn & Company, 1903.

Longmans' School Geography. By George G. Chisholm and C. H. Leete. Seventh edition, revised. Pp. xii, 513. New York: Longmans, Green & Company, 1903.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
CONTENTION AND DISPUTE: ASPECTS OF LAW AND SOCIAL CONTROL IN MELANESIA. Edited by A. L. Epstein
PROBLEM OF CHOICE: LAND IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA'S FUTURE. Edited by Peter G. Sack     

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

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CUL DE SAC: The Question of New Zealand's Future by H. Franklin. 13 x 19 cm, 184 pages. Allen & Unwin: Sydney 1985 (ISBN 0 86861 514 5) $A12.95 (soft).

SHOPPING CENTRE DEVELOPMENT: Policies and Prospects edited by J. A. Dawson and J. D. Lord. 14 x 22 cm, 269 pages. Croom Helm: London 1985 (ISBN 0 7099 0845 8) $A49.95 (hard).

GENTRIFICATION OF THE CITY edited by N. Smith and P. Williams. 13 x 22 cm, xiii and 257 pages. Allen & Unwin: Boston 1986 (ISBN 0 04 301201 9) $A59.00 (hard); (ISBN 0 04 301202 7) $A26.95 (soft).

EUROPE TODAY: Countries and Issues by D. J. Davis and D. C. Flint. 19 x 27 cm, 256 pages. Bell & Hyman: London 1986 (ISBN 0 7135 2518 5) £5.95 (soft).

THE WORLD NOW (Australian edition) by A. Reed and R. Pask. 21 x 30 cm, 96 pages. Edward Arnold: Melbourne 1986 (ISBN 0 7131 8225 3) $A12.95 (soft).

THE INDO‐PACIFIC LIBRARY: Set Two — Ten Titles (11 Australia, 12 Burma, 13 French Polynesia, 14 India, 15 Laos and Kampuchea, 16 North and South Korea, 17 Pakistan and Bangladesh, 18 Sri Lanka, 19 Thailand, 20 Vietnam) by G. Houghton and J. Wakefield. 19 x 25 cm, 32 pages each. Macmillan: Melbourne 1987 $A9.95 (hard) each title.

THE INDO‐PACIFIC LIBRARY: Set Two — Macmillan Black Line Masters by G. Houghton and J. Wakefield. Macmillan: Melbourne 1987 (ISBN 0 333 43059 X) $A19.95 (soft).

QUEENSLAND: A Geographical Interpretation (Queensland Geographical Journal, 4th Series, Volume 1) edited by J. H. Holmes. 18 x 24 cm, 343 pages. Boolarong Publications: Brisbane 1986 (ISBN 0817 489X) $A25.00 (soft).

THE ROAD TO BOTANY BAY: An Essay in Spatial History by P. Carter. 14 x 22 cm, xv and 384 pages. Faber and Faber: London 1987 (ISBN 0 571 14551 5) $A29.95 (hard).

AN EVALUATION OF LOCAL AREA ECONOMIC STRATEGY STUDIES (Australian Regional Developments, No. 6) edited by J. D. Conroy. 30 x 21 cm, vii and 102 pages. Australian Government Publishing Service: Canberra 1987 (ISBN 0 644 06161 8).

PRODUCTION, WORK, TERRITORY: The Geographical Anatomy of Industrial Capitalism edited by A. J. Scott and M. Storper. 15 x 23 cm, xix and 344 pages. Allen & Unwin Inc: Boston 1986 (ISBN 0 04 338126 X) $A90.00 (hard); (ISBN 0 04 338127 8) $A38.95 (soft).

ANALYTICAL BEHAVIOURAL GEOGRAPHY by R. G. Golledge and R. J. Stimson. 16 x 24 cm, 345 pages. Croom Helm: London 1987 (ISBN 0 7099 3844 6) $A122.95 (hard).

AMBIGUOUS ALTERNATIVE: Tourism in Small Developing Countries edited by S. Britton and W. C. Clarke. 20 x 21 cm, 194 pages. University of the South Pacific: Suva 1987 (ISBN 982 01 0009); available from Geography Department, University of the South Pacific, Box 1168, Suva, Fiji.

AN ATLAS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND RUMINANT POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS OF JAVA: A Multivariate Analysis Approach by J. M. Perkins, Armiadi Semali, P. W. Orchard and Rach‐met Rachman. 46 x 31 cm, 71 pages. Forage Research Project, University of New England: Armidale 1986 (ISBN 0 85834 691 5) $A50.00 plus postage (developed countries); $A20.00 plus postage (developing countries).

ANTARCTICA: THE NEXT DECADE. Report of a Study Group (Studies in Polar Research) by A. Parsons et al. 15 x 23 cm, xii and 164 pages. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge 1987 (ISBN 0521 331811) $A65.00 (hard).

THE HUMAN IMPACT ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT by A. Goudie, 25 x 17 cm, x and 338 pages. Basil Blackwell: Oxford 1986 (ISBN 0 631 13758 0) $A29.50 (soft).

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION: Causes, Effects and Control Policies by D. Elsom. 15 x 23 cm, x and 319 pages. Basil Blackwell: Oxford 1987 (ISBN 0 631 13813 3) $A122.50 (hard); (ISBN 0 631 15674 7) $A43.95 (soft).

SEA SURFACE STUDIES: A Global View edited by R. J. N. Devoy. 16 x 24 cm, 649 pages. Croom Helm: London 1987 (ISBN 0 7099 0871 7) £55.00 (hard).     

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THE PERMAFROST ENVIRONMENT by S. A. Harris. 23 × 14 cm, viii and 275 pages. Croom Helm: London 1986 (ISBN 0 7099 3713 X) $A57.50 (hard).

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES: An International Review edited by C. C. Park. 14 × 22 cm, 315 pages. Croom Helm: London 1986 (ISBN 0 7099 2062 8) $A56.25 (hard).

A MODERN DICTIONARY OF GEOGRAPHY by J. Small and M. Witherick. 15 × 23 cm, vi and 233 pages. Edward Arnold: London 1986 (ISBN 0 7131 6434 4) $A28.95 (soft).

PROGRESS IN POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY edited by M. Pacione. 14 × 22 cm, 275 pages. Croom Helm: London 1985 (ISBN 0 7099 2087 3) $A56.25 (hard).

THE PRICE OF WAR: Urbanization in Vietnam 1954–1985, by N. Thrift and D. Forbes. 14 × 22 cm, xiv and 188 pages. Allen & Unwin: London 1986 (ISBN 0 04 3012108) $A59.95 (hard).

INDUSTRIALISATION AND LABOUR FORCE PROCESSES: A Case Study of Peninsular Malaysia (Research Papers on Development in East Java and West Malaysia No. 1) by T. G. McGee and seven others. 17 × 24 cm, xviii and 244 pages. Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University: Canberra 1986 (ISBN 0 86784 991 6) $A15.00 plus postage and packing (soft).

CITIES OF THE WORLD: A Compilation of Current Information on Cultural, Geographical, and Political Conditions in the Countries and Cities of Six Continents. Based on the Department of State's ‘Post Reports’ (second edition) edited by M. W. Young and S. L. Stetler. 16 × 23 cm, 3,056 pages in 4 volumes. Gale Research Company: Detroit 1985 (ISBN 0 8103 2059 2) $US235.00 (hard). Supplement 758 pages. 1986 (ISBN 0 8103 1110 0) $US84.00 (hard).     

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Handbook of Climatology. Part I. General Climatology. By Dr. Julius Hann. Translated with the Author's permission from the second revised and enlarged German edition, with additional references and notes, by Robert De Courcey Ward. Size, 9 × 51/2. Pp. xvi and 437. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1903. Price $3.00.

How We Are Fed. A Geographical Reader. By James Franklin Chamberlain Size, 41/2 × 6. Pp. xii and 214. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1903. Price 40c. Professor Chaniberlain's How We Are Fed covers a field which has hitherto     

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Imtnigrazione e Multicultura nell'Italia di Oggi: il Territorio, i Problemi, la Didattica, Carlo Brusa, editor, Milan, Italy: Franco Angelli. 1997. ISBN 88-464- 0246-4. (paper).     

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Book reviewed in this article:
NEW VIEWPOINTS IN URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL GEOGRAPHY. By M. I. Logan and G. J. Missen.
A PRIMER ON ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY. By R. B. McNee.     

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AUSTRALIA: ITS RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT. Edited by G. L. Wood
NEW ZEALAND. Edited by Horace Belshaw. Berkeley and Los Angeles