Reviews / Comptes rendus

Book reviewed in this article:
Homeplace: the Making of the Canadian Dwelling over Three Centuries by Peter Ennals and Deryck W. Holdsworth
Making Capitalism in China: the Taiwan Connection by You-tien Hsing
Immigration and Australian Cities by Ian Burnley, Peter Murphy and Robert Fagan
The California Cauldron: Immigration and the Fortunes of Local Communities by William A.V. Clark
Migration and Development: a Global Perspective by Ronald Skeldon
The Rural Landscape by John Fraser Hart
Cities of Difference edited by Ruth Fincher and Jane M. Jacobs     

The Export-Import Bank and U.S. Foreign Economic Relations

Book reviewed:
William H. Becker and William M. McClenahan, Jr. The Market, the State, and the Export-Import Bank of the United States , 1934 – 2000. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2003. xii + 340 pp. $80.00 (cloth).     

Book Reveiws

Book reviewed in this article.
F. M. Richardson, Fighting Spirit: Psychological Factors in War
Donald Rothchild and Robert L. Curry, Jr., Scarcity, Choice, and Public Policy in Middle Africa     

Book Review

Book reviewed in this article:
Leroy O. Stone and Claude Marceau, Canadian Population Trends and Public Policy through the 1980s
Bernard M. Fry and Herbert S. White, Publishers and Libraries: A Studyof Scholarly and Research Journals
Richards J. Heuer, Jr., ed. Quantitative Approaches to Political Intelligence: The CIA Experience     

Social inference in archaeology: Some progress

Charles L. Redman, Mary Jane Berman, Edward V. Curtin, William T. Langhorne, Jr., Nina M. Versaggi, and Jeffery C. Wanser, eds. Social Archeology: Beyond Subsistence and Dating. New York: Academic Press, 1978. xiv + 471 pp. $25.00.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: The Geography of Change in South Africa , edited by Anthony Lemon. Dynamic Urban Transportation Network Models: Theory and Implications for Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems , by Bin Ran and David E. Boyce. Immigration and Ethnicity: The Integration of America's Newest Arrivals , edited by Barry Edmonston and Jeffrey S. Passel. Increasing Returns and Path Dependence in the Economy , by W. Brian Arthur. Dynamics of Office Markets: Empirical Findings and Research Issues , by John M. Clapp. Whose Backyard, Whose Risk Fear and Fairness in Toxic and Nuclear Waste Siting , by Michael B. Gerrard. Rural China in Transition: Non-Agricultural Development in Rural Jiangsu, 1978–1990 , by Samuel P. Ho. Law, Space, and the Geographies of Power , by Nicholas K. Blomley. Stemming Middle-Class Decline: The Challenges to Economic Development Planning , by Nancey Green Leigh. Local Economic Development: Analysis and Practice , by John P. Blair. City-Building in America , by Anthony M. Orum.     

Congress and Foreign Policy: Toward a More Functional Analysis

Crabb, Cecil V., Jr., and Pat Holt, eds. Invitation to Struggle: Congress, The President and Foreign Policy. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 1980. Pp. xii, 234. $9.75, paper. Franck, Thomas M. and Edward Weisband. Foreign Policy by Congress. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979. Pp. ix, 357. $15.95, hardbound. Spanier, John, and Joseph Nogee, eds. Congress, The Presidency and American Foreign Policy. New York: Pergamon Press, 1981. Pp. xxxii, 211. $30.00, hardbound; $10.95, paper. Whalen, Charles W., Jr. The House and Foreign Policy: The Irony of Congressional Reform. Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, 1982. Pp. x, 207. $18.95, hardbound; $9.95, paper.     

Reviews

Books reviewed: P. Hay, Main Currents in Western Environmental Thought P. Kershaw, B. David, N. Tapper, D. Penny and J. Brown (eds), Bridging Wallace's Line: the Environmental and Cultural History and Dynamics of the Southeast Asian–Australian Region A. Sturman and R. Spronken–Smith, The Physical Environment: a New Zealand Perspective I.H. Burnley, The Impact of Immigration on Australia: a Demographic Approach A. Boncompagni, The World is Just Like a Village: Globalization and Transnationalism of Italian Migrants from Tuscany in Western Australia M.M. Cernea and C. McDowell (eds), Risks and Reconstruction: Experiences of Resettlers and Refugees A.C. Gatrell, Geographies of Health: an Introduction G. Valentine, Social Geographies. Space and Society     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Highway Benefits: An Analytical Framework. By Herbert Mohring and Mitchell Harwitz.
Man, Mind and Land: A Theory of Resource Use. By Walter Firey.
Markets for California Products: An Analysis of the Sources of Demand. By W. L. Hansen, R. T. Robson, and C. M. Tiebout.
The Economy of Cyprus. By A. J. Meyer with Simos Vassiliou.
Agricultural Rents in Theory and Practice: An Annotated Bibliography. By Carey B. Singleton, Jr.     

Crime, Courts, and Police

Robert P. Rhodes, The Insoluble Problems of Crime Martin A. Levin, Urban Politics and the Criminal Courts Douglas J. Rosenthal, Lawyer and Client: Who's in Charge? William Ker Muir, Jr., Police: Streetcorner Politicians     

Book Reviews

Twelftree, Graham H. Jesus the Exorcist: A Contribution to the Study of the Historical Jesus
Gamble, Harry Y. Books and Readers in the Early Church: A History of Early Christian Texts
Monson, C. A. Disembodied Voices: Music and Culture in an Early Modern Italian Convent
Harrisville, Roy A. and Sundberg, Walter The Bible in Modern Culture: Theology and Historical-Critical Method from Spinoza to Käsemann
Offutt, William M. Jr. Of 'Good Laws' and 'Good Men': Law and Society in the Delaware Valley, 1680–1710
Piggin, Stuart Evangelical Christianity in Australia: Spirit, Word and World     

A curious pair

Alland, Alexander, Jr. Human Nature: Darwin's View. New York: Columbia University Press, 1985. x + 242 pp. including index. $25.00 cloth.

Greenwood, P. J., P. H. Harvey and M. Slatkin, eds. Evolution: Essays in Honour of John Maynard Smith. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. vii + 328 pp. including chapter references, publications list and index. $49.50 cloth.     

The Scotch Fisher Child

AN EGG AT EASTER, A FOLKLORE STUDY. By VENETIA NEWALL. Routledge and Kegan Paul. £6. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

MYTH, LEGEND AND CUSTOM IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. A Comparative Study with Chapters from Sir James G. Frazer's Folklore in the Old Testament. By THEODOR H. GASTER. Harper &; Row, New York, 1969. Pp. 899. $20.00. Reviewed by E. O. James.

OUR LIVING TRADITIONS. An Introduction to American Folklore. Edited by TRISTRAM POTTER COFFIN. Basic Books, Inc. 1968. Pp. 301. $6.50. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

THE BALLAD AS SONG. By BERTRAND HARRIS BRONSON. University of California Press. Berkeley &; Los Angeles, 1969. Pp. 344. $7.95. Reviewed by Maud Karpeles.

THE PLEASANT LAND OF IRELAND. By K. DANAHER. Cork (Mercier Press) 1970. Pp. 88. 55 ills., 1 map. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE CUSTOMS AND FOLKLORE. By ENID PORTER. With Fenland Material provided by W. H. Barrett. Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1969. Pp. 419. Plates 78 and Map. £5.25. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

GREEN HILLS OF MAGIC. WEST VIRGINIA FOLKTALES FROM EUROPE. By RUTH ANN MUSICK. The University Press of Kentucky. $7.50. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF EXMOOR. Bideford Bay to Bridgwater. By L. V. GRINSELL. David &; Charles, 1970. With 23 plates, 5 drawings in text, and 8 maps in two colours. Pp. 242. £3. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

SACHGÜTER UND LEBENSFORMEN. Einführung in die materielle Kulturgeschichte des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit. Grundlagen der Germanistik vol. n. By D. W. H. SCHWARZ. Berlin (Erich Schmidt Verlag) 1970. Pp. 244; 7 illustrations.Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

JAHRBUCH FÜR VOLKSLIED-FORSCHUNG. Vol. XV. Edited by R. W. BREDNICH. Berlin (Erich Schmidt Verlag) 1970. Pp. 225, 2 plates, 6 tunes and 4 maps. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

TRADITIONS AND HEARTHSIDE STORIES OF WEST CORNWALL. By William Bottrell. 2nd Edition published by Frank Graham, 1970. Pp. 275 and Index. £2.50. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

STORIES TOLD BY THE AZTECS BEFORE THE SPANIARDS CAME. By Carleton Beals. Abelard-Schuman. £1.40. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

STARS IS GOD'S LANTERNS. An Offering of Ozark Tellin' Stories. By Charles Moreau Wilson. University of Oklahoma Press. $4.95. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
The Geography of Social Well-Being in the United States , by David M. Smith.
The Geography of Poverty in the United States , by Richard L. Morrill and Ernest H. Wohlenberg.
The Black Ghetto: A Spatial Behavioral Perspective , by Harold M. Rose.
Conflict, Power and Politics in the City: A Geographic View , by Kevin R. Cox.
Indicators of Social Change: Concepts and Measurements by Eleanor Bernert Sheldon and Wilbert E. Moore (eds.).
Urban Residential Patterns , by R. J. Johnston.
Housing, 1970–71 , by G. Sternlieb and L. B. Sagalyn (eds.).
The Social Fabric of the Metropolis , by James F. Short, Jr. (ed.).
Introduction to Multivariate Analysis for the Social Sciences , by John P. Van de Geer.     

Minutes of Meeting May 15

STRANGE THINGS. By JOHN L. CAMPBELL and TREVOR H. HALL. Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1968. Pp. 350. Plates IX. 55s. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

HOUSING NOMENCLATURE IN BRISTOL. By H. C. W. HARRIS. City and County Housing Dept. 1969. n.p. Reviewed by A. W. Smith.

THE SEMA NAGAS. By J. H. HUTTON. Oxford University Press, 1968. Pp. 468. Rs 40. Reviewed by E. O. James.

FOLKTALES AND SOCIETY: STORY-TELLING IN A HUNGARIAN PEASANT COMMUNITY. By LINA DEGH. Indiana University Press, 1969. 119s. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLER. Australian Children' Play rhymes by IAN TURNER. Heineman Educational Pty. Ltd., 1969. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

HUNGARIAN FOLK SONG AND FOLK INSTRUMENTS. By JANOS MANGAR. Corvina Press. Reviewed by Violet Alford.

DEUTSCHE VOLKSKUNDE ZWISCHEN GERMANISTIK AND SOZIALWISSENSCHAFTEN. By I. WEBER-KELLERMANN, Stuttgart (J. B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung) 1969. Pp. x, 113. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

GHOSTLY GOLD AND GOBLIN TUNES. By THEO BROWN AND STEPHEN DEWAR. West Country Folklore, No. 2 (General Editor, Theo Brown). Mount Durand, St Peter Port, Guernsey, The Toucan Press. Pp. 10, 3 plates. 2s. 6d. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

SKUDDET I DANSK SYGDOMSTRO. By C. C. MATTHIESSEN. Akademisk Forlag, Copenhagen, 1967. Pp. 207. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article Neptune's Gqt: A Hzjtory of Common Salt. By Robert P. Multhauf. Injustice: The Sorial Bases of Obedimrcr and Revolt. By Barrington Moore, Jr. Mark Arrtony: A Biography. By Eleanor GOILL Huzar. Lanjunc of Bec. By Margaret The Eptkpzte in the Kingdom ofledn in the Twelfth Centuty. By R.A. Fletcher. Famine in Tudor and Stuart England. By Andrew B. Appleby. Four Fine Gentlemen. By Hester Chapman. Transatlantic Revivalism: Popular Evangelicalism in Britain and America John Fader, The Politics of the Angto-Irish Ascmdulacy. By A.P.W. Malcolmson. The Twentieth Century, 1880-1939. By Paul Hayes. Judicial Politics and Urban Revolt in Seventeenth Century France The End of French Predominamce in Europe: The Ftnannal Cnns of 1924 and the Adoption ofthe Dawes Plan, By Stephen A. Schuker. The Holocaust in Historical Perspective. By Yehuda Bauer. Russian Orthodoxy unaer the Old Regime. Edited hy Robert L. Nichols and Theofanis George Stavrou. Nicholas I: Emperor and Autocrat uf A61 the Russias. By W. Bruce Lincoln. Norway to America: A History ofthe Migration. By Ingrid Semmingsen. Southeast Asian Transitions: Approaches through Social History. Edited by Ruth McVey In Peace and War: Interpretations @Amencan Naval History, 1775-1978. Edited by Kenneth J. Hagan. The Mzddk Pmace: Comparative Studies m the Atluntic Slave Trade. By Herbert S. Klein. The Sources ofAntrr1aw-q Conrtlhdtionalism an America, 1760-1848. By William M. Wiecek. Daniel Webster. By Irving H. Bartlett. Edward Jamu and the MedTcal World of Nineteenth Century Ama2ca. By Gerald N. Grob. H. M Daugherty and the Polztacs ofExpecizmc). By James N. Giglio. The Leavenmorth Schoolr and the Old Amy: Educahon, Projmonaltsm, and the Officer Corps of the United Slates Army, 1881-1918. By Timothy K. Nenninger. Almost Persuaded American Physicians and Compuhq Health Insurance, 1912-1 920. By Ronald L. Numbers. “Young Bob” La Follette: A Biography of Robert M. La Follette, Jr., 1595-1953. By Patrick J. The Department of state in the Middle East, 1919-1945. By Phillip J. Baram. The Politics of Wartine Aid: Ammcan Economic Assistance to France and French Northwest Afica, 1940-1946. By James J. Dougherty. The Strange Alltes: The llntted States and Poland, 1941-1945. By Richard C. Lukas. Men against McCarthy. By Richard Ma Fried. Ammcan Caesar: Dough MacArthur, 1880-1964 By William Manchester. Robert Kennedy and His Times. By Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Women and Ameiican Trade Unionr. By James J. Kenneally. The Divided Left: American Radicalism, 1900-1975. By Milton Cantor. Iron Road to the West: American Railroads in the 1850s. By John F. Stover. Sister to the Sioux: The Mmioirs of Elaine Goodale Eastman. 1885-91. Edited by Kay Graber. Race and Class in Colonial Ouxaca. By John C. Chance. The Fall ofthe Royal Government in Mmco City. By Timothy E. Anna. Agranan Hadicalism in Veranuz, 1920-38. By Heather Fowler Salamini.     

Book Reviews

Books Reviewed:
Fisher, Peter S. and Peters, Alan H., Industrial Incentives: Competition among American States and Cities
Frankel, Jeffrey A., The Regionalization of the World Economy
Warner, Stephen R. and Wittner, Judith G., Gatherings in Diaspora: Religious Communities and the New Immigration     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Review in This Article:
New Perspectives on Urban Transportation Research , by A. J. Catanese (ed.).
Decision Making and the Theory of the Firm , by J. Horowitz.
Economics of Urban Problems: An Introduction , by Arthur F. Schreiber, Paul K. Gatons and Richard B. Clemmer.
Urban Indicators, Metropolitan Evolution, and Public Policy . by J. W. Hughes.
The Rehabilitation Planning Game: A Study in the Diversity of Neighborhood , by L. C. Keyes, Jr.
Community and Regional Planning: Issues in Public Policy , by M. R. Levin.
Municipal Decentralization and Neighborhood Resources: Case Studies of Twelve Cities , by G. J. Washnis.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviewed in this article:
Theory Construction: From Verbal to Mathematical Formulations, by Hubert M. Blalock, Jr.
Behavior and Location: Foundations for a Geographic and Dynamic Location Theory, Parts I and II, by Allan Pred.
Matrix Analysis of Interregional Population Growth and Distribution, by Andrei Rogers.
Regional Planning: Challenge and Prospects, by Maynard M. Hufschmidt (ed.).
The Role of Popular Participation in Development, by David Hapgood (ed.).
Preception of Choice and factors Affecting industrial water suply Decisions in Northeastern Illinois, by S hue Tuck Wong.
Ecology and Resource Management: A Quantitative Approach, by Kenneth E. F. Watt.
Social and Economic Information for Urban Planning (two volumes), by Doris B. Holleb.
Juvenile Delinquency and Urban Areas (Revised Edition), by Clifford R. Shaw and Henry D. McKay.
The Quality of Urban Life, by Henry J. Schmandt and Warner Bloomberg (eds.).
Comparative Urban Research: The Administration and Politics of Cities, by Robert T. Daland (ed.).