RESEARCH IN PROGRESS IN SCANDINAVIA

The authors quantitatively analyze the effect of railroad construction on agricultural land values in the often overlooked, agriculturally oriented, trans-Mississippi West. This region is unique in American history in that, at the end of the nineteenth century, the railroad itself preceded widespread settlement. Using a hedonic model, they show that railroad transport increased agricultural land values in this region by more than 20 percent, which had a larger impact than recent studies have found for other regions. Moreover, the authors found that the addition of a railroad to a county significantly increased its growth in land values. This finding is contrary to that of existing studies. Finally, the authors show statistically that the railroad and land values were not endogenously determined, lending credibility to the causality of the results presented in their hedonic and growth models. These results indicate a valuable alternative approach to use in the historical analysis of transportation infrastructure and its impact on land prices.     

Beach ridges and other shore deposits in south‐west Jura

EUROPE

Planning Research. Edited by W. Pearson. 9¾ × 7¼. Pp XVI + 158. London: The Town planning Institute, 1961. 18s. 6d.

Highland Folk Ways. By I. F. Grant. 8½ × 5½. Pp. XIII + 377. 77 figures. 3 maps. London: Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1960. 40s.

British Landscapes Through Maps. Edited by K. C. Edwards. No. 1. The English Lake District. By F. J. Monkhouse. 9¾ × 7½. Pp. 19. 18 plates. 3 figures. 1960. No. 2. The Yorkshire Dales. By C. A. M. King. 9¾ × 7½. Pp. 24. 18 plates. 3 figures. 1960. No. 3. Guernsey. By H. J. Fleure. 9¾ × 7½. Pp. 20. 16 plates. 4 figures. 1961. Sheffield: The Geographical Association. 4s. 6d. each.

ASIA AND AFRICA

Nepal. By P. P. Karan. 10¾ × 13¾. Pp. 101. 60 illustrations. 35 maps. Folded map in two colours. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1960. $10.00.

Physical Geography of Asiatic Russia. By S. P. Suslov. Translated by N. D. Gershevsky. Edited by J. E. Williams. 10¼ × 7½. Pp. XIV + 594. 50 maps. 11 diagrams. 16 drawings. 1 end‐paper map. London: W. H. Freeman, 1961. 105s.

Transportation in Ghana. Northwestern University Studies in Geography No. 5. By P. R. Gould. 9 × 6. Pp. X + 163. 13 tables. 4 plates. 113 figures. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Department of Geography, 1960.

CLIMATOLOGY

Précis de Climatologie. By C. P. Peguy. 9¾ × 7¼. Pp. 347.097 diagrams and maps. 3 folding maps. Paris: Masson, 1961. N.F. 42.

PHOTOGRAMMETRY

Photogrammetry. By F. H. Moffitt. 9¼ × 6¼. Pp. XI + 455. Numerous figures and tables. Scranton, Pennsylvania: International Textbook Co, 1959. $ 12.00.

Photogrammetry, Basic Principles and General Survey. By B. Hallert. 9¼ × 6¼. Pp. IX + 340. Numerous figures and tables. New York: McGraw‐Hill Book Co, 1960. $ 12.00.

GENERAL

Britain and Beyond: People of the World. Book one. By R. W. Morris. 7¾ × 5½. Pp. 209. 129 photographs. 18 maps. 24 diagrams. Glasgow: Blackie &; Son Ltd., 1960. 8s. 6d.     

Eight Byzantine Shipwrecks from the Theodosian Harbour Excavations at Yenikapı in Istanbul,Turkey: an introduction

Excavations at Yenikap? in Istanbul, Turkey, related to the Marmaray Project, have unearthed remains of Constantinople's Theodosian Harbour, including 37 Byzantine shipwrecks of 5th‐ to 11th‐century date. Eight of these shipwrecks, six round ships and two of the first long ships, or galleys, to be excavated from the Byzantine period, were studied by archaeologists from the Institute of Nautical Archaeology. These well‐preserved shipwrecks are an important new source of information on the maritime commerce of Constantinople and the gradual shift from shell‐based to skeleton‐based shipbuilding in the Mediterranean during the second half of the first millennium AD.     

Paying Attention to Politics: Public Responsiveness and Welfare Policy Change

In order for the democratic process to work properly, it is vital that the public pays attention to politics and signals its opinions and preferences back to its representatives; if this is not the case, representatives have less incentive to represent. This article deals with the question of whether and how the public responds to welfare policy change. The thermostatic model departs from the assumption that the public responds to policy change with negative feedback, in relation to its preferred level of policy. The empirical analysis tests this model on public responses following the implementation of a consumer's choice model in Swedish primary health care. Did the reform trigger a thermostatic response from the public, and how should this be interpreted? A contribution in relation to previous research is the inclusion of ideological orientation and proximity, variables which, I argue, condition the nature and direction of public responsiveness. The study was designed as a natural experiment in which preferences of privatization of health care were measured before and after the health care reform of 2009/2010. The results provide partial support for the thermostatic model: preferences for further privatization decrease after the reform, but primarily within one subgroup. Additionally, public responses are demonstrated to vary according to ideological orientation, where the right‐oriented react thermostatically and the left‐oriented do not. The article contributes to a further understanding of the relation between policymaking and public opinion and to the expansion of thermostatic theory.     

New Dating and Contextual Evidence for the Fragmentary Timber Remains Located in the Dor D Site, Israel

The laboratory report for a wood-sample taken from one of the ship-timbers discovered at the Dor D site for C14 analysis is completed. This dating result indicates a potential revision for the group of timbers in this deposit and, consequently, new chronological contexts for their construction characteristics. Subsequent excavation and survey in the lagoon has resulted in a revised interpretation for the components of the Dor D deposit. Taken together, this new dating and contextual evidence helps to clarify what these timbers can and cannot contribute to the understanding of trends in ship construction.
© 2005 The Nautical Archaeology Society     

上海市传统产业的地域转移研究--基于国际大都市建设的新思路

国际大都市的产业结构特征与上海市传统产业结构的现实,决定了上海市建设国际大都市目标的实现有赖于传统产业顺利实现地域转移。根据传统产业的区域转移理论和区位进入理论的Hayter模型,在全球生产一体化和中国进入开放经济发展新阶段的背景下,上海市传统产业的地域转移有两种空间取向：国内转移和国际扩张。国内转移有扩展转移和等级扩散两种途径,移出产业的选择要依据上海产业重构的要求和产业优势状况确定。国际扩张是对外开放新阶段的重大举措,根据上海的实际,提出三种国际空间扩张策略和境外投资的区域多元化战略。     

西方史学史研究中的问题和方法

近 2 0年间 ,我国的西方史学史研究 ,已有了长足发展 ,但仍有不少事情要做。历史学家的任务 ,在于广泛汲取前人研究成果的基础上 ,不断地提出新的问题和回答新的问题。不言而喻 ,这对西方史学史研究也是完全适用的 ,因此要加强研究中的理论的归纳或理论的概括。我们的西方史学史研究应有自己独立的理论、原则和方法。很难想象 ,在他人的理论框架和话语系统中能够充分地表达我们自己的思想和观点。我们必须建立起自己独立的西方史学史研究体系 ,首先是以唯物史观为理论指导的理论体系。当前应更加重视史学思想史的研究和学风建设     

新要求新布局新举措——党的十七大关于加强党的建设的创新

立足新的历史起点,以改革创新的精神加强党的建设,是时代的发展对执政的中国共产党所提出的崭新课题。党的十七大基于新的历史条件,对执政党的自身建设进行了全面部署。深入探讨和全面把握党的十七大关于加强党的建设的新要求、新布局和新任务,对于我们继续推进党的建设新的伟大工程具有极其重要的意义。     

见证辉煌推进发展展望未来——全省党校系统纪念新中国成立60周年理论研讨会综述

2009年9月28日,中共青海省委党校召开了“全省党校系统纪念新中国成立60周年”理论研讨会,本文从三个方面对研讨会中探讨的主要问题、主要观点进行了归纳。     

新中国60年西宁城市建设和发展的理念与实践

新中国成立60年来,西宁城市建设由过去的老城局部改造、综合开发转向骨架拓展、环境整治、功能完善、特色塑造的一体化发展,城市在系统性建设中焕发出新的活力,中心城市在区域经济社会发展中的引擎功能日趋强化。本文对西宁城市建设和发展的理念与实践进行了梳理,目的在于总结经验,为进一步推动西宁城市建设和发展提供借鉴。