Two notes on the early history of the thema of Cherson

Abstract

1. The creation of a thema in Crimea: 841

According to the closely related accounts in De administrando imperio and in Theophanes Continuatus, the creation of a thema in Cherson was instigated by a report submitted to the emperor Theophilos by the spatharokandidatos Petronas Kamateros upon his return from a mission to Sarke1. Thus the dates of Petronas' mission determine the chronology of the creation of the thema.     

Short notes

Anna Coote and Beatrix Campbell, Sweet Freedom : The Struggle for Women's Liberation, London, Picador, 1982, pp 258. $5.95

Joan Coxsedge, Ken Coldicutt and Gerry Harant, Rooted in Secrecy—the Clandestine Element in Australian Politics, Melbourne, Committee for the Abolition of Political Police, 1982, pp. 250. $12.95

Malcolm I. Thomis and Jennifer Grimmett, Women in Protest 1800–1850, London and Canberra, Croom Helm, 1982, pp. 166. $21.95

Politics and Power 3: Sexual Politics, Feminism and Socialism, London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981, pp. 310 £5.95 (paper)

Gail Warshofsky Lapidus (ed) Women, Work, and Family in the Soviet Union, Armonk, N.Y., M.E. Sharpe, 1982, pp. 311. US$22.50

D.B. Waterson and John Arnold, Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1930–1980, Canberra, ANU Press, 1982, pp. 144. $10.95

Noel Tracy, The Origins of the Social Democratic Party, London and Canberra, Croom Helm, 1983, pp.69 £5.95     

Geographical notes

An earlier reference to the term ‘social geography’ than those described by Dunbar (Scot. Geog. Mag., 93 (1977) 15–20) has been identified in a MS. by H. Gougeon dated 1873. The broader circumstances of the movement to reform geography teaching and the secondary school curriculum at the beginning of the IIIrd Republic are described as a necessary context for evaluating the Gougeon MS. An English translation of Gougeon's views of ‘social geography’ is provided, and although his outline provides no more than a sketch of the possible content of social geography several of the traditional topics of this sub‐field are readily recognizable.     

Book notes

Paul Boreham, Alec Pemberton and Paul Wilson, (eds.), The Professions in Australia, A Critical Appraisal. University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1976, pp. 290 + vii, $8.50, $12.95 cloth.

Goldstein, Ray, and Alley, Rod, (eds.), Labour in Power: Promise and Performance, Price Milburn for New Zealand University Press, Wellington, 1975, pp. 200, $3.96.