Book reviews

V. Kubalkova and A. A. Cruickshank, Marxism‐Leninism and Theory of International Relations. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1980, pp. 411. £UK14.75

Carsten Holbraad, Superpowers and International Conflict. Macmillan, London, 1979. 178pp. $A39.95.

P. J. Boyce, Foreign Affairs for New States: Some Questions of Credentials. University of Queensland Press, 1977, pp. xii 289. $17.95.

Ralph Pettman, Small Power Politics and International Relations in South‐East Asia. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976, pp. 160. $6.75.

Stewart Harris, "Its Coming Yet . . .”: An Aboriginal Treaty within Australia, Between Australians. The Aboriginal Treaty Committee, Canberra, distributed by Angus and Robertson (Australia), Sydney, 1979, pp. 87. $6.95.

Alexander Mamak and Grant McCall (eds.), Paradise Postponed: Essays on Research and Development in the South Pacific. Perfamon Press, Rushcutters Bay, 1978, pp. 217. $9.95.

Alexander Mamak, Colour, Culture and Conflict: A Study of Pluralism in Fiji. Pergamon Press, Rushcutters Bay, 1978, pp. 203. $9.95.

John Connell, Taint Bilong Mani: The Evoluation of Agriculture in a Solomon Island Society. Development Studies Centre Monograph No. 12, Australian National University, 1978, pp. xii., 274. $A9.00.

Samuel S. Kim, China, The United Nations and World Order. Princeton University Press, Princeton N. J., 1979, pp. 551. $US41.00.

Harry G. Gelber, Technology, Defence, and External Relations in China, 1975–78. Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, 1979, pp. 235. $US18.50.

Stuart E. Johnson with Joseph A. Yager, The Military Equation in North‐East Asia. The Brookings Institution, Washington, D. C., 1979, pp. 87. $US35.35.

Anthony Reid and David Marr (eds.), Perceptions of the Past in South‐East Asia. ience Heinemann Asia, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, for ASAA South‐East Asia Publications Series, 1979, pp. 436. $21.50 (cloth), $9.50 (paper).

Matsumoto (ed.), South‐East Asia in a Changing World. Institute of Developing Economics, Tokyo, 1980, pp. 242. $US15.00.

Bill Nicol, Timor. The Stillborn Nation. Visa Books, Melbourne, 1978, pp. x 328. $8.95.

R. J. May (ed.), The Indonesian‐Papua New Guinea Border: Irianese Nationalism and Small State Diplomacy. Department of Political and Social Change Working Paper No. 2, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, August 1979, pp. ii 142. $3.00.

James C. Jackson and Martin Rudner (eds.), Issues in Malaysian Development. Heinemann Educational Books (Asia) Ltd, Singapore, for the Asian Studies Association of Australia, 1979, pp. 418. $19.50 (cloth), $9.80 (paper).

Michael Stenson, Class, Race and Colonialism in West Malaysia. The Indian Case. University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 1980, pp. 234. $15.95.

Peter Gordon Gowing, Muslim Filipinos—Heritage and Horizon. New Day Publishers, Quezon City, 1979, pp. 286. No price given.

Andrew Beveridge and Anthony Oberschall, African Businessmen and Development in Zambia. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1979, pp. 382. $US28.50.

Sven Lindqvist, Land and Power in South America. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1979, pp. 333. $6.95.

SIPRI, Warfare in a Fragile World: Military Impact on the Human Environment. Taylor and Francis, London, 1980, 249 pages. £9 or $US27.50.

SIPRI, Chemical Weapons: Destruction and Conversion. Taylor and Francis, London, 1980, 201 pages £6.50.

Justus D. Doenecke, Not to the Swift: the Old Isolation in the Cold War Era. Associated University Press, N. J., 1979. pp. 289. $US8.95.     

Book reviews

A.J.R. Groom and C.R. Mitchell (eds.), International Relations Theory: A Bibliography. Frances Pinter Ltd., London, 1978, pp. 222.

Terence Garvey, Bones of Contention‐ An Enquiry into East‐West Relations. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1977, pp 203. £6.50.

Dan Nabudere, The Political Economy of Imperialism. Zed Press, London, 197.7, pp ix, 301. £3.95.

V. G. Kiernan, America: The New Imperialism; From White Settlement to World Hegemony. Zed Press, London, 1978.

Malcolm Caldwell, The Wealth of Some Nations. Zed Press, London, 1977.

Geoffrey Hawker, R.F.I. Smith and Patrick Weller, Politics and Policy in Australia. University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, 1979, pp. 313. $24.95 cloth, $9.95 paper.

Martin Painter and Bernard Carey, Politics Between Departments. University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, 1979, pp. 132. $17.95 cloth, $8.95 paper.

J. F. Lovering and J. R. V. Prescott, Last of Lands . . . Antarctica. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1979, pp.212. $9.80.

Micahel Leifer, Malacca, Singapore, and Indonesia. Sijthoff and Noordhoff, Alphen aan den Rijn, 1978, pp. 217. US$35.

David Aaron Rosenberg (ed.), Marcos and Martial Law in the Philippines. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 1979, pp. 315. US$17.50.

Contemporary Southeast Asia, vol. 1, No. 1, May 1979. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore. US$12.00 per annum, four issues.

Milton Osborne, Southeast Asia: An Introductory History. George Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1979. 205pp. $A5.95.

D. B. Miller (ed.), Peasants and Politics: Grass Roots Reaction to Change in Asia. Edward Arnold (Australia) Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1978, pp.218. $11.50.

K. R. Singh, The Indian Ocean: Big Power Presence and Local Response. Manohar, New Delhi, 1977. pp. x + 336. Rs 60.

Kim C. Beazley and Ian Clark, Politics of Intrusion: The Super Powers and the Indian Ocean. Alternative Publishing Cooperative Ltd., Sydney, 1979. $11.95.

Colin Legum et al, Africa in the 1980s: A Continent in Crisis. McGraw‐Hill, New York, 1979, pp. 232. S6.95.

Elaine Windrich, Britain and the Politics of Rhodesian Independence. Croom Helm, London, 1978, pp. 283. £10.95.

Belinda Probert, Beyond Orange and Green: The Political Economy of the Northern Ireland Crisis. Zed Press, London, 1978, pp.174. £2.95.

Edward Crankshaw, The Shadow of the Winter Palace: The Drift to Revolution 1825–1917, Penguin. .1978, pp.509. $3.50.

Uranium: Energy Source of the Future? The Case For —.E.W. Titterton. The Case Against — F.B. Robotham. Thomas Nelson Australia in association with The Australian Institute of International Affairs, Melbourne, 1979, pp.202 — $4.95.

Uranium: Energy source of the future?. The Case For — E.W. Titterton, The Case Against — F.P. Robotham. Thomas Nelson Australia in association with the Australian Institute of International Affairs, Melbourne, 1979, pp.202. $4.95     

Residential Solar Space-Heating Potential Across the United States and Southern Canada

Regions having high solar radiation are often considered to have to greatest potential for the use of solar energy in the space heating of buildings. Areas with severe cold climates and high energy demands are usually overlooked, because of the natural assumption that solar energy cannot be effective there, on its own. Yet, such a simple view may reduce the incentive for implementing solar energy technology in regions where its contribution can be very significant.
In this essay I provide a climatological evaluation of the potential for residential solar space heating across the contiguous United States and southern Canada. For analysis, long-term mean climatological data will be used and certain house and solar collection system characteristics will be assumed and held constant for all locations. Note, however, that the performance of an individual solar system at a specific site requires a detailed simulation model (for example, see Klein et al., 1976) and comprehensive analysis of the solar climate (Hay, 1977). The simplified procedure in this study is intended to serve a broad energy planning purpose, by providing an assessment of the geographical regions where residential solar heating should be most encouraged.     

Die mittelpersische papyrologie: Fortschritte und ziele einer jungen wissenschaft

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