Renaissance Women

Books reviewed in this article: Judith Brown and Robert Davies (eds), Gender and Society in RenaissanceItaly Trevor Dean and Kate Lowe (eds), Marriage in Italy, 1300‐1600 Deanna Shemek, Ladies Errant: Wayward Women and Social Order in Early Modern Italy Paola Tinagli, Women in Italian Renaissance Art: Gender, Representation,Identity     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: P. H. Cullum and Katherine J. Lewis (eds), Holiness and Masculinity in the Middle Ages Laura Gowing, Common Bodies: Women, Touch and Power in Seventeenth‐Century England Joan DeJean, The Reinvention of Obscenity: Sex, Lies, and Tabloids in Early Modern France Susan Broomhall, Women and the Book Trade in Sixteenth‐Century France     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Chang Ha‐Joon and Irene Grubel, Reclaiming Development: An Alternative Economic Policy Manual Simon Bromley, Maureen Mackintosh, William Brown and Marc Wuyts (eds), Making the International: Economic Interdependence and the Political Order Ann Zammit, Development at Risk: Rethinking UN–Business Partnerships Giovanni Andrea Cornia (ed.), Inequality, Growth, and Poverty in an Era of Liberalization and Globalization Dennis A. Rondinelli and G. Shabbir Cheema (eds), Reinventing Government for the Twenty‐First Century: State Capacity in a Globalizing Society Joel S. Migdal (ed.), Boundaries and Belongings: States and Societies in the Struggle to Shape Identities and Local Practices Vernon W. Ruttan, Social Science, Knowledge and Economic Development: An Institutional Design Perspective Greg Bankoff, Georg Frerks and Dorothea Hilhorst (eds), Mapping Vulnerability: Disasters, Development & People Ruedi Baumgartner and Ruedi Hogger (eds), In Search of Sustainable Livelihoods Systems: Managing Resources and Change William D. Sunderlin, Ideology, Social Theory, and the Environment Steven R. Brechin, Peter R. Wilshusen, Crystal L. Fortwangler and Patrick C. West (eds), Contested Nature: Promoting International Biodiversity with Social Justice in the Twenty‐first Century Diane Russell and Camilla Harshbarger, Groundwork for Community‐Based Conservation: Strategies for Social Research James K. Boyce and Barry K. Shelley (eds), Natural Assets: Democratizing Environmental Ownership Nick J. Freeman and Frank L. Bartels (eds), The Future of Foreign Investment in Southeast Asia Sharma, Kishor (ed.), Trade Policy, Growth and Poverty in Asian Developing Countries D. Bandyopadhyay and Amitava Mukherjee, New Issues in Panchayati Raj François Ruf and Frederic Lançon (eds), From Slash‐and‐Burn to Replanting: Green Revolutions in the Indonesian Uplands?     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: John Drane, Introducing the New Testament Alan Kreider (ed.), The Origins of Christendom in the West G. W. Bowersock, Peter Brown, and Oleg Grabar (eds), Interpreting Late Antiquity Essays on the Postclassical World Tomas Hägg and Philip Rousseau (eds), Greek Biography and Panegyric in Late Antiquity Conrad Leyser, Authority and Asceticism from Augustine to Gregory the Great Yuri Stoyanov, The Other God: Dualist Religions from Antiquity to the Cathar Heresy Alain Boureau, The Myth of Pope Joan Euan Cameron, Waldenses: Rejections of Holy Church in Medieval Europe Richard Gameson and Henrietta Leyser (eds), Belief and Culture in the Middle Ages: Studies Presented to Henry Mayr‐Harting Constant J. Mews (ed.), Listen, Daughter the Speculum Virginum and the Formation of Religious Women in the Middle Ages G. R. Evans (ed.), The Medieval Theologians Brad S. Gregory, Salvation at Stake: Christian Martyrdom in Early Modem Europe Bruce Gordon, The Swiss Reformation Peter Lake, The Boxmaker's Revenge: “Orthodoxy,”“Heterodoxy,” and the Politics of the Parish in Early Stuart London Tim Cooper, Fear and Polemic in Seventeenth‐Century England: Richard Baxter and Antinomianism D. Bruce Hindmarsh, John Newton and the English Evangelical Tradition Alister E. McGrath, Christian Theology: An Introduction Alister E. McGrath, The Christian Theology Reader Alister E. McGrath, Christian Literature: An Anthology Mark Noll, American Evangelical Christianity: An Introduction Charles Sowerwine, France since 1870: Culture, Politics and Society Stewart J. Brown, The National Churches of England, Ireland, and Scotland, 1801–46 Catherine L. Albanese, American Spiritualities: A Reader Leigh Eric Schmidt, Holy Fairs: Scotland and the Making of American Revivalism Ian Crawford: We Won the Victory. Aborigines and Outsiders on the North‐West Coast of the Kimberley David Jobling, Tina Pippin, and Ronald Schleiffer (eds), The Postmodern Bible Reader John D. Caputo, On Religion Mikael Rothstein (ed.), New Age Religion and Globalization Slavoj Zizek, On Belief     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Solon Barraclough and Krishna Ghimire, Agricultural Expansion and Tropical Deforestation: Poverty, International Trade, and Land Use David Sogge, Give and Take: What's the Matter with Foreign Aid? Joanna Macrae, Aiding Recovery? The Crisis of Aid in Chronic Political Emergencies J. E. Stiglitz and Pierre‐Alain Muet (eds), Governance, Equity and Global Markets Richard Freeman (ed.), Inequality Around the World Nils Bhinda, Stephany Griffith‐Jones, Jonathan Leape and Matthew Martin, Private Capital Flows to Africa: Perception and Reality Robert Ebel and Rajan Menon (eds), Energy and Conflict in Central Asia and the Caucasus Samantha F. Ravich, Marketization and Democracy: East Asian Experiences Else Øyen et al. (eds), Best Practices in Poverty Reduction: An Analytical Framework Karen Brock and Rosemary McGee, Knowing Poverty: Critical Reflections on Participatory Research and Policy Judy Batt and Kataryna Wolczuk (eds), Region, State and Identity in Central and Eastern Europe Harald Wydra, Continuities in Poland's Permanent Transition Joseph Fewsmith, China Since Tiananmen: The Politics of Transition Gita Sen, Asha George and Piroska Ostlin (eds), Engendering International Health: The Challenge of Equity Trevor Parfitt, The End of Development? Modernity, Post‐modernity and Development Linda Whiteford and Lenore Manderson (eds), Global Health Policy,Local Realities: The Fallacy of the Level Playing Field Gary S. Fields, Distribution and Development: A New Look at the Developing World     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed: Stan ‐Michel Pellistrandi , Gesche Landais , and Christine Pellistrandi (eds), Le Nain de Tillemont et l’historiagraphie de l’Antiquité romaine. Ekkehard W. Stegemann and Wolfgang Stegemann (eds), The Jesus Movement. A Social History of its First Century. Kathleen Kamerick , Popular Piety and Art in the Late Middle Ages: Image Worship and Idolatry in England 1350–1500. Michael P. Carroll , Irish Pilgrimage: Holy Wells and Popular Catholic Devotion. John Wilkinson , Jerusalem Pilgrims Before the Crusades. Tomaz Mastnak , Crusading Peace: Christendom, the Muslim World, and Western Political Order. Sharon Farmer , Surviving Poverty in Medieval Paris: Gender, Ideology and the Daily Lives of the Poor. John W. O'Malley , Trent and all That. Renaming Catholicism in the Early Modern Era. Karin J. Mac Hardy , War, Religion and Court Patronage in Habsburg Austria: The Social and Cultural Dimensions of Political Interactions. Jeffrey R. Watt , Choosing Death. Suicide and Calvinism in Early Modern Geneva. Felicity Heal , Reformation in Britain and Ireland. David Boyd Haycock , William Stukeley. Science, Religion and Archaeology in Eighteenth‐Century England. Francis Harris , Transformations of Love: The Friendship of John Evelyn and Margaret Godolphin. Robert Hymes , Way and Byway: Taoism, Local Religion, and Models of Divinity in Sung and Modern China. Anthony O'Mahony (ed.), The Christian Communities of Jerusalem and the Holy Land: Studies in History, Religion, and Politics. Amanda Porterfield (ed.), American Religious History. Pat Jalland , Australian Ways of Death: A Social and Cultural History 1840–1918. Colin Holden (ed.), People of the Past? The Culture of Melbourne Anglicanism and Anglicanism in Melbourne's Culture: Papers to Mark the 150th Anniversary of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, 1847–1997. Kenneth P. Serbin , Secret Dialogues: Church‐State Relations, Torture and Social Justice in Authoritarian Brazil. Yamaji Aizan , Essays on the Modern Japanese Church: Christianity in Meiji Japan. Thich Nhat Hanh , compiled by Jack Lawlor , Friends on the Path — Living Spiritual Communities. Armand L. Mauss , All Abraham's Children: Changing Mormon Perceptions of Race and Lineage. Margaret Lamberts Bendroth and Virginia Lieson Brereton (eds), Women and Twentieth‐Century Protestantism. Anthony O'Mahony and Atuallah Siddiqui (eds), Christians and Muslims in the Commonwealth: A Dynamic Role in the Future.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Tjitske Akkerman and Siep Stuurman (eds), Perspectives on Feminist Political Thought in European History from the Middle Ages to the Present Sara Mendelson and Patricia Crawford, Women in Early Modern England, 1550–1720 Lilian R. Furst (ed.), Women Healers and Physicians: Climbing a Long Hill Hilary Marland and Margaret Pelling (eds), The Task of Healing: Medicine, Religion and Gender in England and the Netherlands, 1450–1800 Lynette Hunter and Sarah Hutton (eds), Women, Science and Medicine 1500–1700: Mothers and Sisters of the Royal Society Brean S. Hammond, Professional Imaginative Writing in England, 1670–1740: ‘Hackney for Bread’ Paula McDowell, The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace, 1678–1730 Randolph Trumbach, Sex and the Gender Revolution, vol. 1, Heterosexuality and the Third Gender in Enlightenment London Gwenda Morgan and Peter Rushton, Rogues, Thieves and the Rule of Law: The Problem of Law Enforcement in North‐East England 1718–1800 Ulla Wikander, Von der Magd zur Angestellten: Macht, Geschlecht und Arbeitsteilung 1789–1950 Hilda Kean, Animal Rights: Political and Social Change in Britain Since 1800 Shani D'Cruze, Crimes of Outrage: Sex, Violence and Victorian Working Women Elizabeth A. Wood, The Baba and the Comrade: Gender and Politics in Revolutionary Russia Barbara Alpern Engel and Anastasia Posadskaya‐Vanderbeck (eds), A Revolution of Their Own: Voices of Women in Soviet History Krassimira Daskalova (ed.), From the Shadow of History: Women in Bulgarian Society and Culture Sabrina P. Ramet (ed.), Gender Politics in the Western Balkans: Women and Society in Yugoslavia and the Yugoslav Successor States Miriam B. Peskowitz, Spinning Fantasies: Rabbis, Gender, and History Miriam B. Peskowitz and Laura Levitt (eds), Judaism Since Gender Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore, Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896–1920 Consuelo Lopez Springfield (ed.), Daughters of Caliban: Caribbean Women in the Twentieth Century Paula L. Aymer, Uprooted Women: Migrant Domestics in the Caribbean Belinda Edmondson, Making Men: Gender, Literary Authority and Women's Writing in Caribbean Narrative Alison Bashford, Purity and Pollution: Gender, Embodiment and Victorian Medicine Diana Gittins, Madness in its Place: Narratives of Severalls Hospital, 1913–1997 Rosemary Pringle, Sex and Medicine: Gender, Power and Authority in the Medical Profession Robert Perks and Alistair Thomson (eds), The Oral History Reader Mary Chamberlain and Paul Thompson (eds), Narrative and Genre     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Raymond D. Crotty (ed.), When Histories Collide: The Development and Impact of Individualistic Capitalism Ben Fine, Costas Lapavitsas and Jonathan Pincus (eds), Development Policy in the Twenty‐First Century: Beyond the Post‐Washington Consensus Jonathan R. Pincus and Jeffrey Winters (eds), Reinventing the World Bank Nafeez Mossadeq Ahmed, Behind the War on Terror: Western Secret Strategy and the Struggle for Iraq J. R. Mandle, Globalization and the Poor Colin C. Williams and Jan Windebank, Poverty and the Third Way David Booth (ed.), Fighting Poverty in Africa: Are PRSPs Making a Difference? Catherine Campbell, Letting Them Die: Why HIV/AIDS Prevention Programmes Fail Regina Scheyvens and Donovan Storey (eds), Development Fieldwork: A Practical Guide Dorothea Hilhorst, The Real World of NGOs: Discourses, Diversity and Development Claudio O. Delang (ed.), Living at the Edge of Thai Society: The Karen in the Highlands of Northern Thailand Govind Kelkar, Dev Nathan and Pierre Walter (eds), Gender Relations in Forest Societies in Asia: Patriarchy at Odds Jasveen Jairath, Water User Associations in Andhra Pradesh ‐‐– Initial Feedback Renana Jhabvala, Ratna M. Sudarshan and Jeemol Unni (eds), Informal Economy Centrestage: New Structures of Employment Tasneem Ahmad Siddiqui, Towards Good Governance Monique Nuijten, Power, Community and the State: The Political Anthropology of Organisation in Mexico Jan Joost Teunissen and Age Akkerman (eds), The Crisis that Was Not Prevented: Lessons for Argentina, The IMF and Globalization Richard N. Cooper and Richard Layard (eds), What the Future Holds: Insights from Social Science     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Harold Brookfield, Helen Parsons and Muriel Brookfield (eds), Agrodiversity. Learning from Farmers Across the World . Fidelis Kaihura and Michael Stocking (eds), Agricultural Biodiversity in Smallholder Farms of East Africa . Peter Dunbar‐Hall and Chris Gibson, Deadly Sounds, Deadly Places: Contemporary Aboriginal Music in Australia . M.H. Glantz (ed.), La Niña and Its Impacts: Facts and Speculation . D.L. Higgitt and E.M. Lee (eds), Geomorphological Processes and Landscape Change: Britain in the Last 1000 Years . M.A. Quaddus and M.A.B. Siddique (eds), Handbook of Sustainable Development Planning: Studies in Modelling and Decision Support .     

Book reviews

Barlow, Frank, (ed) The Carmen de Hastingae Proelio of Guy Bishop of Amiens Benericetti, Ruggero, Il Cristo nei Sermoni di S. Pier Crisologo Blackburn, Mark A.S. and Dumville, David N., (eds.) Kings, Currency and Alliances: History of Coinage of Southern England in the Ninth Century Bolòs, Jordi and Hurtado, Victor, Atles del Comtat de Besalú (785–988) Bolòs, Jordi and Busqueta, Joan J., (eds) Territori i Societat a l'Edat Mitjana. Història, Arqueologia, Documentació II: Almenar, 1147–1997, 850 anys de la Carta de Poblament Borge, Ignacio Álvarez, Comunidades locales y transformaciones sociales en la Alta Edad Media. Hampshire (Wessex) y el sur de Castilla, un estudio comparativo Borgolte, Michael, Sozialgeschichte des Mittelalters. Eine Bilanz nach der deutschen Einheit Brubaker, Leslie, Vision and Meaning in Ninth‐century Byzantium: Image as Exegesis in the Homilies of Gregory of Nazianzus Carver, Martin, Sutton Hoo: Burial Ground of Kings? Clanchy, M.T., Abelard: a Medieval Life Davis, R.H.C. and Chibnall, Marjorie, (eds) The Gesta Guillelmi of William of Poitiers Dodwell, C.R., Anglo‐Saxon Gestures and the Roman Stage Everson, Paul, and Stocker, David, Corpus of Anglo‐Saxon Stone Sculpture, Volume 5: Lincolnshire Freedman, Paul, Images of the Medieval Peasant Goetz, H.‐W. and Sauerwein, F. (eds) Volkskultur und Elitenkultur im frühen Mittelater: das Beispiel der Heiligenviten Guido, Margaret, The Glass Beads of Anglo‐Saxon England c. AD 400–700 Hawkes, Jane and Mills, Susan,(eds) Northumbria's Golden Age Hill, Joyce and Swan, Mary, (eds) The Community, the Family and the Saint: Patterns of Power in Early Medieval Europe Hooke, Della, Warwickshire Anglo‐Saxon Charter‐Bounds Howe, John, Church Reform and Social Change in Eleventh‐century Italy: Dominic of Sora and his Patrons Jestice, Phyllis G., Wayward Monks and the Religious Revolution of the Eleventh Century McGrail, Seán, Ancient Boats in North‐West Europe. The Archaeology of Water Transport to AD 1500 Magennis, Hugh, Anglo‐Saxon Appetites. Food and Drink and their Consumption in Old English and Related Literature Müller‐Wille, Michael, (ed) Rom und Byzanz im Norden. Mission und Glaubenswechsel im Ostseeraum während des 8.–14. Jahrhunderts, Band II, Internationale Fachkonferenz der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft in Verbindung mit der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz, Kiel, 18.–25. September 1994 Neville, Jennifer, Representations of the Natural World in Old English Poetry Pörnbacher, Mechthild, (ed.) Walahfrid Strabo Zwei Legenden Potter, T.W., and King, A.C., Excavations at the Mola di Monte Gelato Saenger, Paul, Space between Words: the Origins of Silent Reading Schneidmüller, Bernd and Weinfurter, Stefan, (eds.) Otto III. Heinrich II. Eine Wende? Toswell,M.J., and Tyler, E.M., (eds.) Studies in English Language and Literature. ‘Doubt wisely’: Papers iin Honour of E.G. Stanley Van Houts, Elisabeth, Memory and Gender in Medieval Europe, 900–1200 Van Houts, Elisabeth M.C., (ed) The Gesta Normannorum ducum of William of Jumièges, Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni, Volume II, Books V–VIII Wright, Roger, Early Ibero‐Romance     

Book Reviews

Books Reviewed: L. E. Semler (ed.), Eliza’s Babes: Or The Virgins–Offering (1652) A Critical Edition Hilary Hinds (ed.), The Cry of a Stone by Anna Trapnel Michael Roberts and Simone Clarke (eds), Women and Gender in Early Modern Wales Deirdre Beddoe, Out of the Shadows: A History of Women in Twentieth Century Wales Kathryn Gleadle and Sarah Richardson (eds), Women in British Politics, 1760–1860: The Power of the Petticoat Helen Rogers, Women and the People: Authority, Authorship and the Radical Tradition in Nineteenth–Century England Eileen Janes Yeo (ed.), Radical Femininity: Women’s Self–representation in the Public Sphere Charlotte Sussman, Consuming Anxieties: Consumer Protest, Gender, and British Slavery, 1713–1833 Kathi Kern, Mrs Stanton’s Bible Janice Holmes, Religious Revivals in Britain and Ireland 1859–1905 Andrea Ebel Bro?yna, Labour, Love and Prayer: Female Piety in Ulster Religious Literature, 1850–1914 Pamela J. Walker, Pulling the Devil’s Kingdom Down: The Salvation Army in Britain Elizabeth Dore (ed.), Gender Politics in Latin America: Debates in Theory and Practice Elizabeth Dore and Maxine Molyneux (eds), Hidden Histories of Gender and State in Latin America John D. French and Daniel James (eds), The Gendered Worlds of Latin American Women Workers Maxine Molyneux, Women’s Movements in International Perspective: Latin America and Beyond Aviva Chomsky and Aldo Lauria–Santiago (eds), Identity and Struggle at the Margins of the Nation State: The Laboring Peoples of Central America and the Hispanic Caribbean Elizabeth Rose, A Mother’s Job: The History of Day Care 1890–1960 Caroline Daley and Deborah Montgomerie (eds), The Gendered Kiwi Caroline Daley, Girls & Women, Men & Boys: Gender in Taradale 1886–1930 Mary Hilton and Pamela Hirsch (eds), Practical Visionaries: Women, Education and Social Progress, 1790–1930 Elizabeth Edwards, Women in Teacher Training Joan Bellamy, Anne Laurence and Gill Perry (eds), Women, Scholarship and Criticism: Gender and Knowledge, c. 1790–1900     

French cultural history from theory to practice

Rioux, J.‐P. and Sirinelli, J.‐F. (eds), Pour une histoire culturelle (Seuil, 1997), 456 pp., 185F., ISBN 2 02 025470 0

Rioux, J.‐P. and Sirinelli, J.‐F. (eds), Histoire culturelle de la France, vol 3, Baecque, A. de and Mélonio, F., Lumières et libertés: les dix‐huitième et dix‐neuvième siècles (Seuil, 1998), 390 pp., 340F., ISBN 2 02 019793 6

Rioux, J.‐P. and Sirinelli, J.‐F. (eds), Histoire culturelle de la France, vol. 4, Rioux, J.‐P. and Sirinelli, J.‐F, Le temps des masses: le vingtième siècle (Seuil, 1998), 404 pp., 340F., ISBN 2 02 013537 X     

Reviews

Books reviewed: L. Bondi, H. Avis, R. Bankey, A. Bingley, J. Davidson, R. Duffy, V. Einagel, A. Green, L. Johnston, S. Lilley, C. Listerborn, S. McEwan, M. Marshy, N. O’Connor, G. Rose, B. Vivat and N. Wood, Subjectivities, Knowledges, and Feminist Geo‐graphies: The Subjects and Ethics of Social Research L.C. Botterill and M. Fisher (eds), Beyond Drought. People, Policy and Perspectives J.S. Bridge, Rivers and Floodplains. Forms, Processes, and Sedimentary Record Carolyn Cartier, Globalizing South China Stephen Dovers and Su Wild River (eds), Managing Australia's Environment Antoinette M. Mannion, Dynamic World: Land‐cover and Land‐use Change P. Moss (ed.), Feminist Geography in Practice E. Pawson and T. Brooking (eds), Environmental Histories of New Zealand Ian Thomas, Environmental Impact Assessment in Australia: Theory and Practice, 3rd Edition J.F. Williams and R.J. Stimson (eds), International Urban Planning Settings: Lessons of Success     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Scott Campbell and Susan S. Fainstein (eds), Readings in Planning Theory, 2nd Edition Noel Castree and Bruce Braun (eds), Social Nature: Theory, Practice and Politics Thomas V. Cech, Principles of Water Resources; History, Development, Management and Policy Jonathan Crush and David McDonald (eds),Transnationalism and New African Immigration to South Africa K. O’Connor, R. Stimson and M. Daly, Australia's Changing Economic Geography. A Society Dividing B. Roberts and D. Wadley (eds), Planning for Sustainable Industry Sima Williamson, David Brunckhorst and Gerard Kelly, Reinventing the Common: Cross‐Boundary Farming for a Sustainable Future     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Lin Foxhall and John Salmon (eds), When Men Were Men: Masculinity, Power and Identity in Classical Antiquity Emily A. Hemelrijk, Matrona Docta: Educated Women in the Roman Elite from Cornelia to Julia Domna Bella Vivante (ed.), Women's Role in Ancient Civilisations Susan Kingsley Kent, Gender and Power in Britain, 1640–1990 Martha C. Howell, The Marriage Exchange: Property, Social Place and Gender in Cities of the Low Countries, 1300–1550 Julie Hardwick, The Practice of Patriarchy: Gender and the Politics of Household Authority in Early Modern France Tim Stretton, Women Waging Law in Elizabethan England Mary E. Giles (ed.), Women in the Inquisition: Spain and the New World Deborah Simonton, A History of European Women's Work: 1700 to the Present Pamela Sharpe (ed.), Women's Work: The English Experience, 1650–1914 Jane Long, Conversations in Cold Rooms: Women, Work and Poverty in Nineteenth‐Century Northumberland Carol Mattingly, Well‐Tempered Women: Nineteenth‐Century Temperance Rhetoric Faith Wigzell, Reading Russian Fortunes: Print Culture, Gender and Divination in Russia from 1765 Marjorie Theobald, Knowing Women: Origins of Women's Education in Nineteenth‐Century Australia Jane Martin, Women and the Politics of Schooling in Victorian and Edwardian England Paula M. Krebs, Gender, Race and the Writing of Empire: Public Discourse and the Boer War Natalia Pushkareva, Women in Russian History from the Tenth to the Twentieth Century Jane McDermid and Anna Hillyar, Midwives of the Revolution: Female Bolsheviks and Women Workers in 1917 Sue Bridger (ed.), Women and Political Change: Perspectives from East‐Central Europe Claudia Nelson and Ann Sumner Holmes (eds), Maternal Instincts: Visions of Motherhood and Sexuality in Britain 1875–1925 Kathleen Kiernan, Hilary Land and Jane Lewis, Lone Motherhood in Twentieth‐Century Britain: From Footnote to Front Page Judith Tydor Baumel, Double Jeopardy: Gender and the Holocaust Julia Hell, Post‐Fascist Fantasies: Psychoanalysis, History, and the Literature of East Germany Norbert Finzsch and Dietmar Schirmer (eds), Identity and Intolerance: Nationalism, Racism, and Xenophobia in Germany and the United States Emiko Ochiai, The Japanese Family System in Transition Ritu Menon and Kamla Bhasin, Borders and Boundaries: Women in India's Partition Becky Conekin, Frank Mort and Chris Waters (eds), Moments of Modernity: Reconstructing Britain 1945–1964 Celia Briar, Working for Women? Gendered Work and Welfare Policies in Twentieth‐Century Britain Victoria de Grazia (ed.) with Ellen Furlough, The Sex of Things: Gender and Consumption in Historical Perspective Christopher Breward, The Hidden Consumer: Masculinities, Fashion and City Life 1860–1914 Irene Cieraad (ed.), At Home: An Anthropology of Domestic Space     

Book Reviews

Books Reviewed: Ange Wieberdink, Troubled Waters: The Ambivalence of South–North Partnerships in Research for Development — A Case Study. Nicholas Stern, Jean‐Jacques Dethier and F. Halsey Rogers, Growth and Empowerment: Making Development Happen. Alan Bicker, Paul Sillitoe and Johan Pottier (eds), Development and Local Knowledge. Michael Klein and Tim Harford, The Market for Aid. David Ellerman, Helping People Help Themselves. David Harvey, A Brief History of Neoliberalism. Deborah Leipziger, The Corporate Responsibility Code Book. Janet Roitman, Fiscal Disobedience: An Anthropology of Economic Regulation in Central Africa. Fay Chung, Re‐Living the Second Chimurenga: Memories from Zimbabwe's Liberation Struggle. Norma Kriger, Guerrilla Veterans in Post‐War Zimbabwe: Symbolic and Violent Politics 1980–1987. Donald S. Moore, Suffering for Territory: Race, Place, and Power in Zimbabwe. Craig Acerneaux and David Pion‐Berlin, Transforming Latin America: The International and Domestic Origins of Change. Rhoda E. Reddock (ed.), Interrogating Caribbean Masculinities: Theoretical and Empirical Analyses. Partha Nath Mukherji and Chandan Sengupta (eds), Indigeneity and Universality in Social Sciences: A South Asian Response. Tamar Horowitz, Bella Kotik‐Friedgut and Stefani Hoffman (eds), From Pacesetters to Dropouts: Post‐Soviet Youth in Comparative Perspective.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Ronaldo Munck, Contemporary Latin America Carmen Diana Deere and Magdalene León, Empowering Women: Land and Property Rights in Latin America Annelies Zoomers and Gemma van der Haar (eds), Current Land Policy in Latin America: Regulating Land Tenure under Neo‐liberalism Annelies Zoomers (ed.), Land and Sustainable Livelihood in Latin America Sudipta Kaviraj and Sunil Khilnani (eds), Civil Society: History and Possibilities Rajesh Tandon and Ranjita Mohanty (eds), Does Civil Society Matter? Governance in Contemporary India Ha‐Joon Chang, Globalization, Economic Development and the Role of the State Yilmaz Akyüz (ed.), Developing Countries and World Trade: Performance and Prospects George Monbiot, The Age of Consent: A Manifesto for a New World Order Paul Kennedy, Dirk Messner and Franz Nuscheler (eds), Global Trends and Global Governance Paulette Goudge, The Whiteness of Power: Racism in Third World Development and Aid John Clark (ed.), Globalizing Civic Engagement: Civil Society and Transnational Action Julian Le Grand, Motivation, Agency and Public Policy: Of Knights and Knaves, Pawns and Queens Richard Robison and Vedi R. Hadiz, Reorganising Power in Indonesia: The Politics of Oligarchy in an Age of Markets Sara Oldfield (ed.), The Trade in Wildlife: Regulation for Conservation Patricia L. Howard (ed.), Women & Plants: Gender Relations in Biodiversity Management and Conservation Ernest Aryeetey, Julius Court, Machiko Nissanke and Beatrice Weder (eds), Asia and Africa in the Global Economy Jane I. Guyer, Marginal Gains. Monetary Transactions in Atlantic Africa Amanda Hammar, Brian Raftopoulos and Stig Jensen (eds), Zimbabwe's Unfinished Business: Rethinking Land, State and Nation in the Context of Crisis D. John Shaw, Sir Hans Singer: The Life and Work of a Development Economist     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed: Arnold Hermann , To Think Like God: Pythagoras and Parmenides: The Origins of Philosophy. G. R. Evans (ed.), The First Christian Theologians. An Introduction to Theology in the Early Church. Elizabeth A. Castelli , Martyrdom and Memory: Early Christian Culture Making (Gender, Theory, and Religion). Frederick B. Davis , The Jew and Deicide: The Origin of an Archetype. Lucetta Scaraffia and Gabriella Zarri (eds), Women and Faith. Catholic Religious Life in Italy from Late Antiquity to the Present. Anthony Kenny , A New History of Western Philosophy, Volume Two: Medieval Philo‐sophy. Joshua Trachtenberg , Jewish Magic and Superstition: A Study in Folk Religion. Charles Christopher Mierow , trans., Otto of Freising, The Deeds of Frederick Barbarossa. Dianne Hall , Women and the Church in Medieval Ireland, c. 1140–1540. Matthew Levering , Scripture and Metaphysics: Aquinas and the Renewal of Trinitarian Theology. Maribel Fierro (ed.), Judíos y Musulmanes en al‐Andalus y el Magreb Contactos Intelectuales. Alessandro Barbero , Charlemagne: Father of a Continent. Anne Winston ‐Allen , Convent Chronicles: Women Writing about Women and Reform in the Late Middle Ages. Theresa Coletti , Mary Magdalene and the Drama of Saints: Theater, Gender, and Religion in Late Medieval England. Anneke B. Mulder ‐Bakker , Lives of the Anchoresses. The Rise of the Urban Recluse in Medieval Europe. Virginia Nixon , Mary's Mother: Saint Anne in Late Medieval Europe. Eamon Duffy , Voices of Morebath: Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village. Robert Frykenberg (ed.) and Alain Low , assoc. (ed.), Christians and Missionaries in India: Cross‐Cultural Communication since 1500. Alister E. McGrath , The Intellectual Origins of the European Reformation, 2d ed. Matt Goldish , The Sabbatean Prophets. Bernard Joassart , Érudition hagiographique au XVIIIe siècle. Jean Lebeuf et les Bollandistes. Correspondence. Presentation, édition et commentaire par Bernard Joassart. Michiel Wielema , The March of the Libertines. Spinozists and the Dutch Reformed Church (1660–1750). William Gibson , Enlightenment Prelate: Benjamin Hoadly, 1676–1761. Paul E. Kerry , Enlightenment Thought in the Writings of Goethe: A Contribution to the History of Ideas. John Harvey (ed.). Edmund Jones, The Appearance of Evil: Apparitions of Spirits in Wales. Roger Lee Brown (ed.), The Letters of Edward Copleston, Bishop of Llandaff, 1828–1849. R. Tudor Jones , Congregationalism in Wales. R. Tudor Jones , Faith and the Crisis of a Nation: Wales 1890–1914. Raymond Brady Williams , Williams on South Asian Religions and Immigration. Lawrence Rigel and Rosita Rosenberg , Liberal Judaism: The First Hundred Years. Daniel Carey (ed.), Asian Travel in the Renaissance. Maria Hsia Chang , Falun Gong: The End of Days. Heinz Halm , Shi ‘ism. Adrian Hastings , Alistair Mason , and Hugh Pyper (eds), Christian Thought: A Brief History. Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells (eds), The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics. Alister E. McGrath , Theology: The Basics. Margaret Miles , The Word Made Flesh. A History of Christian Thought. Gareth Jones (ed.), The Blackwell Companion to Modern Theology. Jack Goody , Islam in Europe. Robert Haight , Christian Community in History: Vol. 1, Historical Ecclesiology. Alister E. McGrath and Darren C. Marks (eds), The Blackwell Companion to Protestantism. John Marston and Elizabeth Guthrie (eds), History, Buddhism, and New Religious Movements in Cambodia. Jorgen Nielson , Muslims in Western Europe. John David Dawson , Christian Figural Reading and the Fashioning of Identity. Nils Holger Petersen , Mette Birkedal Bruun , Jeremy Llewellyn , and Eyolf Østrem (eds), The Appearances of Medieval Rituals: The Play of Construction and Modification.     

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Books reviewed: J.E. Hobbs, J.A. Lindesay and H.A. Bridgman (eds) Climates of the Southern Continents: Present, Past and Future K. Dodds Geopolitics in Antarctica: Views from the Southern Oceanic Rim H.D. Foster, D.C. Lai and N. Zhou (eds) The Dragon’s Head: Shanghai, China’s Emerging Megacity R. Hall and J.D. Holloway (eds) Biogeography and Geological Evolution of SE Asia A.J. Conacher and M. Sala (eds) Land Degradation in Mediterranean Environments of the World: Nature and Extent, Causes and Solutions G. Tansey and J. D’Silva (eds), The Meat Business Devouring a Hungry Planet J.B. Kirkpatrick A Continent Transformed: Human Impact on the Natural Vegetation of Australia J.S. Duncan and D.J. Gregory (eds) Writes of Passage: Reading Travel Writing R. Le Heron, L. Murphy, P. Forer and M. Goldstone (eds) Explorations in Human Geography: Encountering Place J. Overton and R. Scheyvens (eds) Strategies for Sustainable Development: Experiences from the Pacific R. Harding and E. Fisher (eds) Perspectives on the Precautionary Principle E. Darier (ed.) Discourses of the Environment S. Body‐Gendrot The Social Control of Cities? A Comparative Perspective M.J. Dear The Postmodern Urban Condition