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Abstract

Patterson's Spade Mill was the last commercially operated traditional spade mill in Ireland. It is a very rare and special place. The National Trust purchased it in 1992, rescuing it from an uncertain future. The Trust has restored it to its former glory, made it more 'visitor friendly', and fostered the return of the craft of spade making at the site. With paying visitor support, its future is assured; a warm welcome and excellent displays await you on your visit.     

Short Bibliographical Notices.

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2) Geoff Simons, Saudi Arabia: The Shape of a Client Feudalism (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1338)
3) Parker T. Hart, Saudi Arabia and the United States: Birth of a Security Partnership (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998)
4) Marion Boulby, The Muslim Brotherhood and the Kings of Jordan, 1945–1993 (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1999)
5) Ahmad S. Moussalli, Historical Dictionary of Islamic Fundamentalist Movements in the Arab World, Iran, and Turkey (Lanham: The Scarecrow Press, 1999)
6) Noam Chomsky, 9–11 (New York: Seven Stories Press, 2002)
7) Eqbal Ahmad, Terrorism: Theirs and Ours (New York: Seven Stories Press, 2002)
8) As'ad AbuKhalil, Bin Laden, Islam and America's 'New War on Terrorism '(New York: Seven Stories Press, 2002)
9) David Gilmartin and Bruce B. Lawrence, eds., Beyond Turk and Hindu: Rethinking Religious Identity in Islamicate South Asia (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2000)
10) Mark Tessler, ed., Area Studies and Social Science Strategies for Understanding Middle East Politics (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999)
11) Zafar Ishaq Ansari, ed., Islamic Studies. Special Issue on Jerusalem (Islamabad: Pakistan, 2001)     

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An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations and the Ancient History of the Hawaiian People to the Times of Kamehameha I. By Abraham Fornander. Rutland, Vermont, and Tokyo, Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969. Three volumes in one: ix‐xii, iii‐x, 247pp.; iiiv, 399pp.; iii‐x, 292pp.; iii‐xiv, i5–86pp., folding table. $US15.00.

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Murray of Yarralumla. By Gwendoline Wilson. Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1968. xvii, 334pp., illus., end maps. $8.50.