Book reviews

Rachel Sharp (ed.), Apocalypse No: An Australian Guide to the Arms Race and the Peace Movement. Pluto Press, Sydney and London, 1984.

David Martin, Armed Neutrality for Australia. Dove Communications, Blackburn, Vic., 1984, pp. xii + 294. $14.95.

Jeffrey T. Richelson and Desmond Ball, The Ties That Bind. Allen and Unwin Australia, North Sydney, 1985, pp. xvi + 402. $29.95.

Deborah Welch Larson, Origins of Containment: A Psychological Explanation. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., 1985, pp. xvi + 380. $US40.50.

Michael Ghertman and Margaret Allen, An Introduction to the Multinationals. Macmillan Press for the Institute for Research and Information on Multinationals, London, 1984, pp. 143. $11.95.

Neil Renwick, Multinational Corporations and the Political Economy of Power. Canberra Studies in World Affairs No. 14, Department of International Relations, Australian National University, Canberra, 1983, pp. 207. $10.00.

David Hawdon (ed.), The Energy Crisis: ten years after. Croom Helm, London and Canberra, 1984, pp. iii + 137. $27.95.

Robert L. Downen and Bruce J. Dickson (eds), The Emerging Pacific Community: A Regional Perspective. Westview Press, Boulder (Suppliers Bowker Publishing Co. Epping UK), 1984, pp.245. $US23.00

Donald Denoon, Settler Capitalism: The Dynamics of Dependent Development in the Southern Hemisphere. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1983, p. viii + 280. $56.00.

John Ravenhill, Collective Clientelism The Lomé Conventions and North‐South Relations. Columbia University Press, New York, 1985, pp. xxi + 389. $US49.00.

Miron Dolot, Execution by Hunger: The Hidden Holocaust. W.W. Norton, New York, 1985, pp. xvi + 231. $32.90.

W. Laquer and B. Rubin (eds), The Israel‐Arab Reader: A Documentary History of the Middle East Conflict. Fourth edition. Penguin Books, New York, 1984, pp. xi + 704. $7.95.

David Newman (ed.), The Impact of Gush Emunim. Croom Helm, London and Sydney, 1985, pp. 276. $35.95.

Alan Dowty, Middle East Crisis: US Decision‐Making in 1958, 1970 and 1973. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1984, pp. xiv +416. $71.95.

Michael Smith, Jane McLoughlin, Peter Large and Rod Chapman, Asia's New Industrial World. Methuen, London and New York, 1985, pp. 136. $8.95.

Lim Joo‐Jock and Vani S. (eds), Armed Communist Movements in Southeast Asia. Gower, Aldershot, 1984, for the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, pp. xviii + 204. $28.50.

Lim Joo‐Jock and Vani S. (eds), Armed Separatism in Southeast Asia. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 1984, pp. 270. $S44.00 (cloth), $S32.00 (paper).

Beverley Hooper, Youth in China. Penguin Books Australia, Ringwood, 1985, pp. x + 235 pages. $7.95.

Chang Pao‐Min, Kampuchea Between China and Vietnam. Singapore University Press, Singapore, 1985, pp. xi + 204. No price given.

Carmel Budiardjo and Liem Soei Liong, The War Against East Timor. Zed Press, London; Pluto Press, Sydney, 1984, pp. xviii + 253. $14.95.

Michael C. Williams, Sickle and Crescent: The Communist Revolt of 1926 in Banten. Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, Cornell University, 1982, pp. 81. $US6.00.

Patricia Herbert, The Hsaya San Rebellion (1930–1932) Reappraised. Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Monash University, 1982, pp. 17. $3.00.

Abd Chamid. The Poorest of the Poor: Three Case Studies from Indonesia. Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Monash University, 1982, pp. 42. $3.00.

Benjamin A. Batson, The End of the Absolute Monarchy in Siam. Oxford University Press (for the Asian Studies Association of Australia), Singapore, 1984, pp. xviii + 349. $13.95.

Kim Richard Nossal, The Politics of Canadian Foreign Policy. Prentice‐Hall Canada, Scarborough, Ont., 1985, pp. 232. No price given.     

“The Strength that Union Gives”: Western Women and Pragmatic Antislavery Politics

Western female antislavery organizations, including the Ohio State Female Anti‐Slavery Society, were characterized by pragmatism and cooperation. Unlike many eastern female antislavery societies, those in the old northwest organized at the local, county, and state levels to form a unified and inclusive antislavery voice. Movement leaders such as Betsey Mix Cowles, Lucy Wright, and Maria Sturges developed shrewd antislavery tactics that appeared to be well within the range of female activity but nonetheless challenged the social and legal status quo in ways that had political manifestations. The Ohio women engaged in a variety of local activities, including concerts, publications, education, and petitions that both nourished their own sense of accomplishment and raised the visibility of abolitionism. By combining their cooperative approach with a subtle political agenda, the women of Ohio initiated a campaign that would have a long‐term influence on antislavery and politics across the North.     

The commercial possibilities of British Central Africa

EUROPE.

Hawick and the Border. By the late E. S. Craig, Advocate. Edited by the Rev. James Wotherspoon. Hawick: W. and J. Kennedy, 1927. Price 25s.

Wild Drumalbain, or The Road to Meggernie and Glen Coe. By Alasdair Alpin MacGregor. London : W. and K. Chambers Ltd., 1927. Price 7s. 6d.

A Highland Parish: A History of Fortingall. By Alexander Stewart. With a Foreword by Professor W. J. Watson. Glasgow: Alex. MacLaren and Sons, 1928. Price 10s. 6d.

Spain from the South. By J. B. Trench. London : Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1928. Price 10s. 6d.

Marching Spain. By Mr. V. S. Pritchett. London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1928. Price 10s. 6d.

Pass‐Staaten in den Alpen. Albrecht Haushofer. Berlin‐Grunewald: Kurt Vowinckel, 1928. Preis M 10.

Italy from End to End. By H. Warner Allen. London : Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1927. Price 10s. 6d.

ASIA.

Humanity and Labour in China. By Adelaide Mary Anderson, D.B.E., M.A. London: Student Christian Movement, 1927. Price 10s. 6d. net.

Sketches of Vanishing China. By Arthur H. Heath. London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1927. Price 30s. net.

The British Connection with India. By K. T. Paul. Student Christian Movement, 1927. Price 5s.

The Ordinary Man's India. By A. Claude Brown, M.B.E. London: Cecil Palmer, 1927. Price 10s. 6d.

A Tour in Southern Asia. By Horace Bleackley. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head Ltd., 1928. Price 12s. 6d.

Magic Ladakh: An Intimate Picture of a Land of Topsy‐Turvy Customs and Great Natural Beauty. By “Ganpat” (Major M. L. A. Gompertz, 10th Baluch Regiment, Indian Army), author of The Road to Lamaland, Harilek, The Voice of Dashin, etc. London : Seeley, Service and Co. Ltd., 1928. Price 21s. net.

AFRICA.

Kenya from Within: A Short Political History. By W. M'Gregor Ross, B.A., M.Sc., B.E., M.Inst. C.E., sometime Assistant Engineer, Uganda Railway Construction, 1900; Director of Public Works, East Africa Protectorate (later Kenya Colony), 1905–1923; also Member of Legislative Council, 1916–1922. London : George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1927. Price 18s. net.

The Black Journey. By Georges‐Marie Haardt and Louis Audouin‐Ddbreuil. London : Geoffrey Bles, 1928. Price 16s.

Nigeria under British Rule. By Sir W. N. Geary, Bart. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1927. Price 16s. net.

A History of South Africa. By Professor Eric A. Walker. London: Longmans, Green and Co. Price 12s. 6d. net.

On the Trail of the Veiled Tuareg. By Dugald Campbell, F.R.A.I., author of In the Heart of Bantuland. London: Seeley, Service and Co., 1928. Price 21s. net.

AMERICA.

A Wayfarer in the West Indies. By Algernon Aspinall, C.M.G. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1927. Price 7s. 6d.

To the Foot of the Rainbow. By Clyde Kluckhohn. London: Eveleigh Nash and Grayson Ltd., 1928. Price 12s. 6d.

Old Trails and Roads in Perm's Land. By John T. Faris. London: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1927. Price 25s. net.

The South American Handbook, 1928. Edited by J. A. Hunter. London: South American Publications Ltd. Price 2s. 6d. net.

AUSTRALIA.

Adventures in the Big Bush. By Cyril Grant Lane. London: Hutchinson and Co., 1928. Price 18s.

POLAR.

Etah and Beyond; or, Life within Twelve Degrees of the Pole. By D. B. Macmillan. London: Chapman and Hall Ltd., 1928. Price 21s. net.

Antarctica: A Treatise ore the Southern Continent. By J. Gordon Hayes. London : The Richards Press, 1928. Price £2, 2s. net.

GENERAL.

Peoples and Problems of the Pacific. By J. Macmillan Brown. 2 vols. London: Ernest Brown, 1927. Price 50s. net.

The Human Habitat. By Ellsworth Huntington. London: Chapman and Hall Ltd., 1928. Price 15s.

The Voyage of the "Caroline” to Van Diemen's Land and Batavia in 1827–38. By Rosalie Hare. With additional chapters by Ida Lee. London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1927. Price 15s.

Human Migration and the Future: A Study of the Causes, Effects, and Control of Emigration. By J. W. Gregory, F.R.S., D.Sc., Professor of Geology in the University of Glasgow. London : Seeley, Service and Co. Ltd., 1928. Price 12s. 6d. net.

Grenzen: In ihrer Geographischen und Politischen Bedeutung. Dr. Karl Haushofer. Berlin‐Grunewald : Kurt Vowinckel, 1927. Preis M. 18.

EDUCATIONAL.

An Introduction to Oceanography: With Special Reference to Geography and Geophysics. By James Johnstone, D.Sc. Second Edition, completely revised. London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1928. Price 15s. net.

Field Astronomy for Engineers and Surveyors. By David Clark, M.A., B.Sc. London: Constable and Co. Ltd., 1926. Price 10s. 6d. net.

Handbook of Commercial Geography. By Geo. G. Chisholm, M.A., B.Sc., Hon. LL.D. (Edin.). Eleventh edition, revised and edited by L. Dudley Stamp, D.Sc., B.A. (Lond.). London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1928. Price 25s.

Maps, their History, Characteristics, and Uses. By Sir Herbert George Fordbam. Second Edition. Cambridge : University Press, 1927. Price 6s. net.     

Geophysical Methods for Wreck‐Site Monitoring: the Rapid Archaeological Site Surveying and Evaluation (RASSE) programme

Rapid advances in geophysical techniques over the past decade have provided the maritime archaeological community with significant opportunities for re‐defining the procedures for wreck‐site mapping, evaluation and monitoring. The techniques which offer most potential for high‐resolution survey are acoustic‐based and include sidescan sonar, swath‐bathymetry sonar and multibeam sonar. These techniques were tested on an artificial test‐site in Plymouth Sound and over the wreck of the Stirling Castle. Results demonstrate that the techniques can provide the maritime archaeologist with the opportunity to rapidly and cost‐effectively map and monitor small, centimetric changes on sites, with the potential for long‐term monitoring and management. © 2009 The Authors     

Phytolith assaying using a micron-scale electrokinetic sorting ring

A particularly useful indicator of past vegetation are phytoliths, glassy products of plant metabolism which have distinctive size and morphology based on the plant taxa which produced them; however, their analysis is a time-consuming task. Building on investigations into mobilizing and sorting of synthetic polystyrene microspheres using a closed loop rectangular microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) electrokinetic array, we investigate these devices’ utility for sorting natural microparticles. Using phytolith samples extracted from archaeological sediment, we show that closed loop MEMS can separate the glassy bodies from both mineral contaminants and each other. Also, small differences in polarization between the phytoliths cause lateral segregation between particles of different sizes and shapes. This process facilitates manual analysis by providing a motive force to the phytoliths that translates and rotates them, showing different configurations as they are propelled by the MEMS array. The organization of the phytoliths into streams also opens the door to automated analysis using image processing. Phytolith assaying is therefore feasible using a MEMS electrokinetic ring and merits additional research to explore the potential of this innovative approach.     

Excavations at Tilbury Fort,Essex

Tilbury Fort is situated on the N. bank of the Thames 25 miles doumstream from London (TQ 651 754) (FIG. 1). It is the best preserved example of late 17th-century military engineering in England and has been in guardianship since 1950. Plans by the Department of the Environment to alter the visitor access to the site from the riverfront to the landward approach necessitated excavations to establish the original construction of the earthworks, redan and ravelin and to identify the routes and levels of the roadways. Excavations were undertaken in 1973 by Jerry Pratt, concentrating on the ravelin, and in 1980 by the Passmore Edwards Museum. The results of both excavations are presented in this report.