When things were ‘closing-in’ and ‘rolling up’: the imaginative geography of Elizabeth Bowen’s Anglo-Irish war novel The Last September

This paper examines the imaginative geography of Elizabeth Bowen’s 1929 novel The Last September. Drawing on Said’s analysis of imaginative geographies as registers of territorial identity, I consider the ways in which Bowen’s text maps Anglo-Irish territorial identity in early twentieth-century Ireland. Reading the text as an authoritative, albeit subjective, record of Anglo-Irish experience in Ireland, I identify four interconnected spaces which constitute the imaginative geography of the novel: the open, empty and isolated country; a wider landscape of resistance and control; a distant but necessary England; and an historical landscape of colonial decline. In conclusion, I outline how the concept of imaginative geographies provides a useful lens through which the often fragmented and conflicted nature of territorial identities, both during and after the colonial period, can be explored.     

All Things Depending: Renewing Interdependence in Oceania

ABSTRACT Despite the enormous efforts made to civilize the Hawaiian, the Maori, the Samoan, and Fijian, Islanders have not forgotten all of their stories and in fact many Pacific peoples are in a position to recover much of the knowledge that sustained communities for thousands of years. There is hope in what we have done to reclaim our heritages—finding our voices in our languages, stories, and songs, our perspectives in our arts and literatures, our muscle and will in our own political advocacy and pursuit of our rights in courts and international arenas. There is need, however, for a new vision that reunites human beings with all of their relations in the world, a vision necessary to sustain a very difficult struggle.     

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Konig, David Thomas, ed. Devising Liberty: Preserving and Creating Freedom in the New American Republic Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press 383 pages, $45.00. ISBN 0-8047-2536-5 Publication Date: October 1995

Campbell, Colin and Bert A. Rockman, eds. The Clinton Presidency: First Appraisals Chatham, NJ: Chatham House 408 pp., $30.00 cloth, $22.95 paper ISBN 1-56643-013-5 cloth ISBN 1-56643-014-3 paper Publication Date: 1995

Drew, Elizabeth Showdown: The Struggle Between the Gingrich Congress and the Clinton White House New York: Simon &; Schuster 398 pp., $25.00, ISBN 0-684-81518-4 Publication Date: April 1996

Walden, Gregory S. On Best Behavior: The Clinton Administration and Ethics in Government Indianapolis: Hudson Institute 637 pp., $19.95 paper ISBN 1-55813-056-X paper Publication Date: January 1996

Campagna, Anthony S. Economic Policy in the Carter Administration Westport, CT: Greenwood 216 pp., $59.95, ISBN 0-313-?.9568-9 Publication Date: October 1995

Tarr, G. Alan, ed. Constitutional Politics in the States: Contemporary Controversies and Historical Patterns Westport, CT: Greenwood 223 pp., $59.95, ISBN 0-313-28523-3 Publication Date: April 1996

Pinello, Daniel R. The Impact of Judicial-Selection Method on State Supreme Court Policy: Innovation, Reaction, and Atrophy Westport, CT: Greenwood 248 pp., $59.95. ISBN 0-313-29243-4 Publication Date: October 1995

Franklin, John Hope and Genna Rae McNeil, eds. African Americans and the Living Constitution Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press 364 pp., $45.00 cloth, $14.95 paper ISBN 1-56098-472-4 cloth ISBN 1-56098-471-6 paper Publication Date: June 1995

Schwartz, Bernard The Unpublished Opinions of the Rehnquist Court New York: Oxford University Press 492 pp., $45.00, ISBN 0-19-509332-1 Publication Date: 1996

Greenawalt, Kent Fighting Words: Individuals, Communities, and Liberties of Speech Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press 189 pp., $24.95, ISBN 0-691-03638-1 Publication Date: May 1995

Kramnick, Isaac and R. Laurence Moore The Godless Constitution: The Case against Religious Correctness New York: W.W. Norton 191 pp., $22.00, ISBN 0-393-03961-7 Publication Date: January 1996

Rozell, Mark J. and Clyde Wilcox Second Coming: The New Christian Right in Virginia Politics Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press 285 pp., $32.95, ISBN 0-8018-5297-8 Publication Date: April 1996

Gove, Samuel K. and James D. Nowlan Illinois Politics and Government: The Expanding Metropolitan Frontier Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press 290 pp. $45.00 cloth. $20.00 paper ISBN 0-8032-2120-7 cloth ISBN 0-8032-7014-3 paper Publication Date: June 1996

Finegold, Kenneth Experts and Politicians: Reform Challenges to Machine Politics in New York, Cleveland, and Chicago Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press 264 pp., $39.50. ISBN 0-691-03734-5 Publication Date: March 1995

Shafer, Byron E. and William J. M. Claggett The Two Majorities: The Issue Context of Modern American Politics Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press 227 pp., $45.00 cloth, $14.95 paper ISBN 0-8018-5018-5 cloth ISBN 0-8018-5019-3 paper Publication date: August 1995

Ansolabehere, Stephen and Shanto Iyengar Going Negative: How Political Advertisements Shrink and Polarize the Electorate New York: Free Press 243 pp., $24.00, ISBN 0-684-82284-9 Publication Date: January 1996

Stein, Robert M. and Kenneth N. Bickers Perpetuating the Pork Barrel: Policy Subsystems and American Democracy New York: Cambridge University Press 232 pp., $49.95. ISBN 0-521-48298-4 Publication Date: December 1995

Mucciaroni, Gary Reversals of Fortune: Public Policy and Private Interests Washington, DC: Brookings Institution 225 pp., $34.95 cloth. $14.95 paper ISBN 0-8157-5876-6 cloth ISBN 0-8157-5875-8 paper Publication Date: January 1995

Ottosen, Gary K. and Douglas N. Thompson Reducing Unemployment: A Case for Government Deregulation Westport, CT: Praeger 171 pp., $49.95, ISBN 0-275-95360-2 Publication Date: January 1996

Handler, Joel F. Down from Bureaucracy: The Ambiguity of Privatization and Empowerment Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press 269 pp., $29.95, ISBN 0-691-04461-9 Publication Date: May 1996

Yandle, Bruce, ed. Land Rights: The 1990s' Property Rights Rebellion Lanham, MD: Rowman &; Littlefield 333 pp., $57.50 cloth, $22.95 paper ISBN 0-8476-8028-2 cloth ISBN 0-8476-8029-0 paper Publication Date: June 1995

Jacobsohn, Gary Jeffrey and Susan Dunn, eds. Diversity and Citizenship: Rediscovering American Nationhood Lanham, MD: Rowman &; Littlefield 156 pp., $49.50 cloth, $18.95 paper ISBN 0-8476-8091-6 cloth ISBN 0-8476-8092-4 paper Publication Date: February 1996

Bennett, Vivienne The Politics of Water: Urban Protest, Gender, and Power in Monterrey, Mexico Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press 232 pp., ISBN 0-8229-3908-8 Publication Date: December 1995

Morris, Stephen D. Political Reformism in Mexico: An Overview of Contemporary Mexican Politics Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner 261 pp., $49.95 cloth, $19.95 paper ISBN 1-55587-572-6 cloth ISBN 1-55587-594-7 paper Publication Date: October 1995

Roy, Olivier Afghanistan: From Holy War to Civil War Princeton, NJ: The Darwin Press 141 pp., $24.95, ISBN-0-87850-076-6 Publication Date: December 1995

Waltz, Susan E. Human Rights and Reform: Changing the Face of North African Politics Berkeley, CA: University of California Press 281 pp., $45.00 cloth, $16.00 paper ISBN 0-520-20003-9 cloth ISBN 0-520-20254-6 paper Publication Date: October 1995

Cordesman, Anthony H. and Abraham R. Wagner The Lessons of Modern War, Vol. 4: The Gulf War Boulder, CO: Westview 1022 pp., $98.00 cloth. $23.95 paper ISBN 0-8133-8601-2 cloth ISBN 0-8133-8602-0 paper Publication Date: April 1996

Righter, Rosemary Utopia Lost: The United Nations and World Order New York: Twentieth Century Fund 420 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0-87078-358-0 Publication Date: December 1995

Winslow, Anne, ed. Women, Politics, and the United Nations Westport, CT: Greenwood 213 pp., $59.95, ISBN 0-313-29522-0 Publication Date: 1995

Weiss, Thomas G. and Leon Gordenker, eds. NGOs, the UN, and Global Governance Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner 250 pp., $45.00 cloth, $18.95 paper ISBN 1-55587-613-7 cloth ISBN 1-55587-626-9 paper Publication Date: January 1996

Kolodziej, Edward A. and Roger E. Kanet, eds. Coping with Conflict after the Cold War Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press 407 pp., $49.95. ISBN 0-8018-5106-8 Publication Date: April 1996

Sanderson, Stephen K., ed. Civilizations and World Systems: Studying World-Historical Change Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press 324 pp., $46.00 cloth, $24.95 paper ISBN 0-7619-91042 cloth ISBN 0-7619-91050 paper Publication Date: October 1995

Held, David Democracy and the Global Order: From the Modern State to Cosmopolitan Governance Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press 324 pp., $49.50 cloth, $16.95 paper ISBN 0-8047-2686-8 cloth ISBN 0-8047-2687-6 cloth Publication Date: March 1996

Schneider, Barry R. and Lawrence E. Grinter Battlefield of the Future: Twenty-First Century Warfare Issues Maxwell Air Force Base, AL: Air War College 279 pp., CIP 95-36229 paper Publication Date: 1995

Roepke, Wilhelm The Moral Foundations of Civil Society New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction 235 pp., $21.95 paper ISBN 1-56000-852-0 paper Publication Date: 1995

Hekman, Susan J. Moral Voices, Moral Selves: Carol Gilligan and Feminist Moral Theory University Park, PA: Penn State Press 188 pp., $40.00 cloth. $16.95 paper ISBN 0-271-01483-0 cloth ISBN 0-271-01484-9 paper Publication Date: July 1995

Anderson, Walter Truett, ed. The Truth About the Truth: De-confusing and Re-constructing the Postmodern World New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 260 pp., $13.95 paper ISBN 0-87477-801-8 paper Publication Date: September 1995

Carver, Terrell and Paul Thomas, eds. Rational Choice Marxism University Park, PA: Penn State Press 338 pp., $45.00 cloth $16.95 paper ISBN 0-271-01463-6 cloth ISBN 0-271-01464-4 paper Publication Date: October 1995

Lodge, Milton and Kathleen M. McGraw, eds. Political Judgment: Structure and Process Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press 313 pp., $39.50, ISBN 0-472-10541-8 Publication Date: June 1995

Simon, Thomas W. Democracy and Social Injustice: Law, Politics, and Philosophy Lanham, MD: Rowman &; Littlefield 341 pp., $69.50 cloth, $24.95 paper ISBN 0-8476-7937-3 cloth ISBN 0-8476-7938-1 paper Publication Date: 1995

Miller, William L., ed. Alternatives to Freedom: Arguments and Opinions New York: Longman 230 pp., ISBN 0-582-25130-3 Publication Date: December 1995

Fowler, Michael Ross and Julie Marie Bunck Law, Power, and the Sovereign State: The Evolution and Application of the Concept of Sovereignty University Park, PA: Penn State Press 200 pp., $28.50 cloth. $13.95 paper ISBN 0-271-01470-9 cloth ISBN 0-271-01471-7 paper Publication Date: December 1995

Graham, John D. and Jonathan Baert Wiener, eds. Risk vs. Risk: Tradeoffs in Protecting Health and the Environment Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press 337 pp., $39.95. ISBN 0-674-77304-7 Publication Date: November 1995

Wise, M. Norton, ed. The Values of Precision Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press 372 pp., $49.50, ISBN 0-691-03759-0 Publication Date: April 1995

Ball, Terence Reappraising Political Theory: Revisionist Studies in the History of Political Thought New York: Oxford University Press 310 pp., ISBN 0-19-827995-7 paper Publication Date: 1995

Levine, David R Wealth and Freedom: An Introduction to Political Economy New York: Cambridge University Press 191 pp., $49.95 cloth, $15.95 paper ISBN 0-521-44314-8 cloth ISBN 0-521-44791-7 paper Publication Date: August 1995

Grasso, Kenneth L., Gerard V. Bradley, and Robert P. Hunt, eds. Catholicism, Liberalism, and Communitarianism: The Catholic Intellectual Tradition and the Moral Foundations of Democracy Lanham, MD: Rowman &; Littlefield 271 pp., $64.50 cloth, $26.95 paper ISBN 0-8476-7995-0 cloth ISBN 0-8476-7994-2 paper Publication Date: September 1995

Ryan, Alan John Dewey and the High Tide of American Liberalism New York: Norton 414 pp., $30.00. ISBN 0-393-03773-8 Publication Date: July 1995

Meier, Heinrich; trans. J. Harvey Lomax Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss: The Hidden Dialogue Chicago: University of Chicago Press 136 pp. $19.95, ISBN 0-226-51889-2 Publication Date: November 1995

McAllister, Ted V. Revolt against Modernity: Leo Strauss, Eric Voegelin, and the Search for a Postliberal Order Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas 323 pp., $29.95, ISBN 0-7006-0740-4 Publication Date: January 1996

Sorenson, Leonard R. Madison on the “General Welfare” of America: His Consistent Constitutional Vision Lanham, MD: Rowman &; Littlefield 198 pp., $58.50 cloth, $22.95 paper ISBN 0-8476-8065-7 cloth ISBN 0-8476-8064-9 paper Publication Date: August 1995

Katz, Ellis and G. Alan Tarr, eds. Federalism and Rights Lanham, MD: Rowman &; Littlefield 208 pp., $57.50 cloth, $29.95 paper ISBN 0-8476-8089-4 cloth ISBN 0-8476-8090-8 paper Publication Date: February 1996

Duerst-Lahti, Georgia and Rita Mae Kelly, eds. Gender Power, Leadership, and Governance Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press 305 pp., $47.50 cloth, $17.95 paper ISBN 0-472-09610 cloth ISBN 0-472-06610 paper Publication Date: February 1996

Wintz, Cary D., ed. African American Political Thought, 1890-1930: Washington, Du Bois, Garvey, and Randolph Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe 344 pp., $59.95 cloth, $22.95 paper ISBN 1-56324-178-1 cloth ISBN 1-56324-179-X paper Publication Date: February 1996

Cossolotto, Matthew The Almanac of European Politics 1995 Washington, DC: CQ Press 321 pp., $49.95 cloth, $29.95 paper ISBN 0-87187-914-X cloth ISBN 0-87187-913-1 paper Publication Date: June 1995

Parrish, Thomas The Cold War Encyclopedia New York: Henry Holt 490 pp., $60.00, ISBN 0-8050-2778-5 Publication Date: January 1996

Comfort, Nicholas, ed. Brewer's Politics: A Phrase and Fable Dictionary. Revised ed. London: Cassell 693 pp., $29.95, ISBN 0-304-34659-4 Publication Date: April 1996

Merry, Robert W. Taking on the World: Joseph and Stewart Alsop, Guardians of the American Century New York: Viking 644 pp., $34.95. ISBN 0-670-83868-3 Publication Date: February 1996     

Multiperiod migration patterns: the timing and frequency of household responses

"The structure of intertemporal patterns of household migration responses is empirically examined. The findings indicate that migration decisions are often related to changes in household conditions in both prior as well as following periods, are dependent on the duration of household status characteristics (e.g., marital status) and not just their presence at any point in time, and finally that migration response in any particular period very often differs among households as a result of differences in the underlying structure of migration frequency behavior. These findings suggest that inferences based on comparisons of household migration responses over only a single period of time are incomplete, possibly to the point of being misleading." The study is based on a calculation of "the distribution of migration patterns between 1976 and 1979 for a sample of 4,739 households in the [U.S.] Michigan Panel Survey on Income Dynamics (PSIC)."     

Using historically informed archaeology: Seventeenth and eighteenth century Hueda/European interaction on the coast of Bénin

The period of the Atlantic slave trade between Africa and European colonies is relatively well documented compared with the historic records of many regions of precolonial Africa. However, this documentation necessarily presents a perspective distilled through European eyes. This paper suggests a methodology influenced byAnnales history for critically analyzing documentary sources in conjunction with a critical interpretation of archaeological remains. Archaeological evidence from recent excavations at the site of Savi, capital of the Hueda kingdom, is contrasted with documentary evidence, facilitating an interpretation of motivations guiding Hueda interaction with European traders and structuring their spatial relationship.