Constructing an Empire? Guano, Bananas, and American Foreign Relations

Jimmy M. Skaggs. The Great Guano Rush: Entrepreneurs and American Overseas Expansion . New York.
Lester D. Langley and Thomas Schoonover. The Banana Men: American Mercenaries and Entrepreneurs in Central America, 1880–1930 .     

FEATURE REVIEW

Feature reviews in this article
Michael L. Krenn. U.S. Policy toward Economic Nationalism in Latin America, 1917–1929 . Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1990.
Gerald K. Haines. The Americanization of Brazil: A Study of U.S. Cold War Diplomacy in the Third World, 1945–1954 . Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1989.
Ruth Leacock. Requiem for Revolution: The United States and Brazil, 1961–1969 . Kent: Kent State University Press, 1990.
Michael J. Cohen. Truman and Israel . Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990.
Warren I. Cohen and Akira Iriye, eds. The Great Powers in East Asia, 1953–1960 . New York: Columbia University Press, 1990.
Rosemary Foot. A Substitute for Victory: The Politics of Peacemaking at the Korean Armistice Talks . Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1990.
Michael J. Hogan and Thomas G. Paterson, eds. Explaining the History of American Foreign Relations . Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991.     

Book Reviews

Carmichael, Joel The Unriddling of Christian Origins: A Secular Account
Finan, Thomas and Twomey, Vincent (eds) Scriptural Interpretation in the Fathers: Letter and Spirit
Binski, Paul Medieval Death: Ritual and Representation
Crockett, Bryan The Play of Paradox: Stage and Sermon in Renaissance England
Murphy, Ignatius The Diocese of Killaloe, 1850–1904
Woolverton, John F. The Education of Phillips Brooks
Hildebrand, Reginald F. The Times Were Strange and Stirring: Methodist Preachers and the Crisis of Emancipation
Morgan, David T. The New Crusades, the New Holy Land: Conflict in the Southern Baptist Convention, 1969–1991
Bush Patterson, Beverley The Sound of the Dove: Singing in Appalachian Primitive Baptist Churches
Kaplan, Steven (ed.) Indigenous Responses to Western Christianity
Bennett, Clinton In Search of the Sacred: Anthropology and the Study of Religions     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Migration and Residential Mobility: Macro and Micro Approaches , by Martin Cadwallader
Integrated Urban Models 2: New Research and Applications of Optimization and Dynamics , by Stephen H. Putman.
Urban Public Finance in Developing Countries , by Roy W. Bahl and Johannes F. Linn.
The Randstad A Research and Policy Laboratory , edited by Frans M. Dieleman and Sako Musterd.
Jumpstart: The Economic Unification of Germany , by Gerlinde Sinn and Hans-Werner Sinn. 1993. (Translation, by Juli Irving-Lessmann
Problems of Economic Transition: Regional Development in Central Europe , edited by Tibor Vasko.
Regions Reconsidered: Economic Networks, Innovation, and Local Development in Industrialized Countries , edited by Edward Bergman, Gunther Maier, and Franz Tödtling.
The Changing Role of Rural Communities in an Urbanizing World Saskatchewan 1961–90 , by Jack C. Stabler, Margaret R. Olfert, and Murray Fulton.
Restructuring Rural Saskatchewan: The Challenge of the 1990's , by Jack C. Stabler and Margaret R. Olfert.
Housing Markets and Residential Mobility , edited by G. Thomas Kingsley and Margery Austin Turner.
Spreadsheet Models for Urban and Regional Analysis , edited by Richard E. Klosterman, Richard K. Brail, and Earl G. Bossard.
Microcomputer-Based Input-Output Modeling: Applications to Economic Development , edited by Daniel M. Otto and Thomas G. Johnson.
Institutional Incentives and Sustainable Development: Infrastructure Policies in Perspective , by Elinor Ostrom, Larry Schroeder, and Susan Wynne.
Preparing for the Twenty-First Century , by Paul Kennedy.     

Imago Mundi bibliography (of literature mainly published 1994–1996)

The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation. By R. A. Skelton, Thomas E. Marston and George D. Painter, with a foreword by Alexander 0. Vietor; New Edition with an Introduction by George D. Painter and Essays by Wilcomb E. Washburn, Thomas A. Cahill and Bruce H. Kusko, and Laurence C. Witten II. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1995. ISBN 0 300 06520 5. Pp. lxvi, 291, ill. STG£30 (cloth).     

U.S. Imperialism in Central America

Thomas D. Schoonover. The United States in Central America, 1860–1911: Episodes of Social Imperialism and Imperial Rivalry in the World System .     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article:
Homosexuals in History: Ambivalence in Society, Literature and the Arts. By A.L. Rowse.
A Tool of Power: The Political History of Money. By William Wiseley.
The Early Greeks. By R. J. Hopper.
Greek Sanctuaries. By R. A. Tomlinson.
The Two Italies. Economic Relations between the Norman Kingdom of Sicily and the Northern Communes. By David Abulafia.
Tamers of Death. Volume I: The History of the Alexian Brothers jrom 1300 to 1789. By Christopher J. Kauffman.
Women of Action in Tudor England: Nine Biographical Sketches. By Pearl Hogrefe.
A New History of Ireland. Volume III: Early Modern Ireland, 1534–1691. Edited by T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, and F. J. Byrne.
The Growth of Victorian London. By Donald J. Olsen.
Exodusters: Black hfigratiotz to Kansas after Reconstruction. By Nell Irvin Painter.
When Farmers Voted Red: The Gospel of Socialism in the Oklahoma Countryside, 1910–1924. By Garin Burbank.
Another Part of the Twenties. By Paul A. Carter.
The Prophet's Amy : Trotskyists in America, 1928–41. By Constance Ashton Myers.
Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist. By W. A. Swanberg.     

Journalists,Social Scientists and Public Affairs

Grossman, Michael B., and Martha J. Kumar, Portraying the President: The White House and the News Media. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981. Pp. x, 358. $26.50 hard-bound; $9.95 soft-bound. Hess, Stephen. The Washington Reporters. Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 1981. Pp. 173.. $17.95 hard-bound; $6.96 soft-bound. Paletz, David L., and Robert M. Entman, Media Power Politics. New York: The Free Press, 1981. Pp. xii, 308. $16.95 hard-bound; $9.95 soft-bound. Robinson, Michael J., "Three Faces of Congressional Media," in Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein, eds., The New Congress. Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute, 1981. Pp. 400. $9.50 soft-bound.     

Reviews

Reviews in this article
M alcolm B arber : The Trial of the Templars.
R obert K olb : Nikolaus von Amsdorf (1483–1565): Popular in the Preservation of Luther's Legacy
M urray T olmie : The Triumph of the Saints: The Separate Churches of London 1616–1649.
J ohn H. P ruett : The Parish Clergy Under the Later Stuarts: The Leicestershire Experience.
A nthony R hodes : The Vatican in the Age of the Dictators, 1922–1945.
M ichael C harles H ogan : The Catholic Campaign for State Aid: A Study of a Pressure Group Campaign in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, 1950–1972
V assilis G. V itsaxis : Hindu Epics, Myths and Legends in Popular illustrations.
W. O wen C ole and P iara S ingh S ambhi : The Sikhs. Their Religious Beliefs and Practices.     

Reviews

O tto N eugebauer : Ethiopic Astronomy and Computus.
R obert B anks : Paul's Idea of Community: The Early House Churches in their Historical Setting.
R. N. S wanson : Universities, Academics and the Great Schism.
P atrick C ollinson : Archbishop Grindal, 1519-1583: The Struggle for a Reformed Church.
P hyllis M ack C rew : Calvinist Preaching and Iconoclasm in the Netherlands, 1544–1569.
R obert L. N ichols and T heofanis G eorge S tavrou (eds): Russian Orthodoxy under the Old Regime.
W illiam J. C allahan and D avid H iggs (eds): Church and Society in Catholic Europe of the Eighteenth Century.
N orman S. M oon : Education for Ministry: Bristol Baptist College 1679–1979.
H arry W. P aul : The Edge of Contingency: French Catholic Reaction to Scientific Change from Darwin to Duhem.
A llan M. G rocott : Convicts, Clergymen and Churches: Attitudes of Convicts and Ex-Convicts Towards the Churches and Clergy in New South Wales from 1788 to 1851.
R alph M. W iltgen : The Founding of the Roman Catholic Church in Oceania
D avid W etherell : Reluctant Mission: The Anglican Church in Papua New Guinea, 1891–1942.     

Books in Summary

Books reviewed:
Genealogía de la Historia: Ensayos de Historica Teórica III , by José Carlos Bermejo Barrera and Pedro André Piedras Monroy.
History as a Profession: The Study of History in France,1818–1914 , by Pim den Boer.
Theory of Objective Mind & An Introduction to the Philosophy of Culture , by Hans Freyer, translated by Steven Grosby.
Histoire et sociologie en France: Del'histoire-science à la sociologie Durkheimienne , byRobert Leroux.
From Kant to Weber: Freedom and Culture in Classical German Social Theory , edited by Thomas M. Powers and PaulKamolnick.
The Rise of Historicism in Russia , by Edward C. Thaden.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
M ichael P. C arroll The Cult of the Virgin Mary
S hery L. R eamies : The Legenda Aurea: A Reexamination of its Paradoxical History
J ohanna B roda , D aviad C arrasco and E duardo M atos M octezuma : The Great Temple of Tenochtitlan: Center and Periphery in the Aztec World
P eter L ake and M aria D owling (eds): Protestantism and the National Church in Sixteenth Century England
P atrick C ollinson : The Religion of Protestants: The Church in English Society 1559–1625, being the Ford Lectures for 1979
D avid H empton : Methodism and Politics in British Society, 1750–1850
R obert C olls : The Pitmen of the Northern Coalfield; Work, culture and Portest, 1790–1850
D eborah M. V alaence : Prophetic Sons and Daughters: Female Preaching and Popular Religion in Industrial England
J ohn H osie : Challenge: The Marists in Colonial Australia
S tuart P iggin : Faith of Steel: A History of theChristian Churches in Illawarra, Australia
L ogie B arrow : Independent Spirits: Spiritualism and English Plebeians, 1850–1910
M arie P eters : Christchurch-St Michael's: A Study in Anglicanism in New Zealand 1851–1972
R obert E. S ullivan and J ames M. O'T oole (eds): Catholic Boston: Studies in Religion and Community, 1870–1970
M argaret H ope B acon : Let This Life Speak- The Legacy of Henry Joel Cadbury
J ohn F. P ollard : The Vatican and Italian Fascism, 1929–32: A Study in Conflict
J ames B entley : Martin Niemöller
A ndrew M ichael M anis : Southern Civil Religions in Conflict: Black and White Baptists and Civil Rights, 1947–1957     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Authority and Consent in Tudor England. Essays Presented to C. S. L. Davies .
Images and Cultures of Law in Early Modern England. Justice and Political Power, 1558–2660. By Paul Raffield.
The Prose Works of Andrew Marvell .
Parliaments, Nations and Identities in Britain and Ireland, 1660–1850 .
Parliamentary Politics of a County and Its Town. General Elections in Suffolk and Ipswich in the Eighteenth Century . By Susan Mitchell Sommers.
Britain and Ireland in the Eighteenth-Century Crisis of Empire . By Martyn J. Powell.
Sir Edward Newenham M.P., 1734–1814. Defender of the Protestant Constitution . By James Kelly.
George III. King and Politicians 1760–1770 . By Peter D.G. Thomas.
Friends of Religious Equality. Nonconformist Politics in Mid-Victorian England . By Timothy Larsen.
Governments, Labour, and the Law in Mid-Victorian Britain. The Trade Union Legislation of the 1870s . By Mark Curthoys.
The Struggle for Labour's Soul. Understanding Labour's Political Thought since 2945 .     

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.     

Why Vietnam? Postrevisionist Answers and a Neorealist Suggestion

Review in this Article
Andrew J. Rotter. The Path to Vietnam: Origins of the American Commitment to Southeast Asia . Ithaca
Lloyd C. Gardner. Approaching Vietnam: From World War II through Dienbienphu, 1941–1954 . New York     

Anthropology and alcohol: In search of a new paradigm

Jerrold E. Levy and Stephen J. Kunitz. Indian Drinking: Navajo Practices and Anglo‐American Theories. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1974. xii + 257 pp. Tables, notes, appendices, bibliography, and index. $12.50.

William Madsen. The American Alcoholic: The Nature‐Nurture Controversy in Alcoholic Research and Therapy. Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, 1974. xvii + 248 pp. References, author and subject indices. $11.50.     

Editorial Introduction 38(3): The Partnership of Agency

Birx, H. James. Theories of Evolution. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, 1984. xiv + 417 pp. including photographs, bibliography, and index. $39.50 cloth.

Brooks, John Langdon. Just Before the Origin. New York: Columbia University Press, 1984. xii + 284 pp. including maps, sketches, bibliography, and index. $30.00 cloth.     

BOOKS IN SUMMARY

Books reviewed in this issue. Nietzsche and the Drama of Historiobiography . By Roberto Alejandro. Inventing New Beginnings : On the Idea of Renaissance in Modern Judaism . By Asher D. Beimann. Writing History in Renaissance Italy : Leonardo Bruni and the Uses of the Past . By Gary Ianziti. Race , Empire , and the Idea of Human Development . By Thomas McCarthy. The Problem of Slavery as History : A Global Approach . By Joseph C. Miller. Thomas Jefferson , Time , and History . By Hannah Spahn. Hegel and the Third World : The Making of Eurocentrism in World History . By Teshale Tibebu. Allegories of the Vietnamese Past : Unification and the Production of a Modern Historical Identity . By Wynn Wilcox.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Arabic and Islamic Garland: Historical, Educational and Literary Papers. Adel Awa, Issa Boullata, Syed Nadvi (honorary eds.). Presented to AbdulLatif Tibawi. London: The Islamic Cultural Centre, 1977. 239 pp.
Forty Poems from the Divan. By Nasir-i Khusraw. Translated with introductions by Peter Lamborn Wilson and Gholam-Reza Aavani. General Editor: Seyyed Hossein Nasr. Tehran: Imperial lranian Academy of Philosophy, 1977. x plus 144 pp. $10.00.
The Islamic Jesus: An Annotated Bibliography of Sources in English and French. By Don Wismer. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1977. xix plus 305 pp. $ 29.00.
Hagarism: The Making of the Islamic World. By Patricia Crone and Michael Cook. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1977. ix plus 268 pp. $ 18.50.
American Diplomatic Relations with the Middle East, 1784–1975: A Survey. By Thomas A. Bryson. Metuchen, N. J., The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1977. xiii plus 431 pp. Bibliography, Index. $17.50.
Sir Eldon Gorst: The Overshadowed Proconsul. By Peter Mellini. Hoover Colonial Studies. Stanford, Cal.: Hoover Institution Press, 1977. xxv plus 315 pp. $10.95.
Studies in Eighteenth Century Islamic History. Edited by Thomas Naff and Roger Owen. Papers on Islamic History, 4. Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois Press; London and Amsterdam: Feffer & Sirnons, Inc., 1977. xii plus 450 pp. $12.50.
The 'Disciplina Clericalis' of Petrus Alfonsi. Trans. from Latin and ed. by Eber-hard Hermes. Trans. from Latin and German into English by P. R. Quarrie. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977. x plus 203 pp. $12.50.
A History of the Crusades. Volume IV: The Art and Architecture of the Crusader States. Edited by Harry W. Hazard. (General editor: Kenneth M. Setton) Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1977. xxvii plus 414 plus 10 pp. Addenda & Corrigenda.