Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: H. Charles and L. Boon‐Chye (eds), Globalisation and SMEs in East Asia H. Charles and L. Boon‐Chye (eds), The Role of SMEs in National Economies in East Asia C. Allen, Blood Narrative: Indigenous Identity in American Indian and Maori Literary and Activist Texts Mushtaq H. Khan and K. S. Jomo (eds), Rents, Rent‐seeking and Economic Development: Theory and Evidence in Asia T. Dwyer (ed.), Resource Tax Policy in Countries of the Asia Pacific Region J. X. Kasperson and E. K. Roger, Global Environmental Risk J. D. Kelly and M. Kaplan, Represented Communities: Fiji and World Decolonization R. E. Elson, Suharto: A Political Biography     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Yongnian Zheng, Discovering Chinese nationalism in China: Modernization, identity and international relations Peter Drysdale and Dong Dong Zhang, (eds), Japan and China: rivalry or cooperation in East Asia? Eva‐Marie Kroller, Allan Smith, Joshua Mostow and Robert Kramer, (eds), Pacific encounters: the production of self and other Lee Kam Hing and Tan Chee‐Beng, (eds), The Chinese in Malaysia Edmund Terence Gomez and Jomo K.S., Malaysia's political economy: Politics, patronage and profits Patrick V. Kirch, On the Road of the Winds R. Le Heron, L. Murphy, P. Forer, M. Goldstone (eds), Explorations in Human Geography: Encountering Place     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Michael Barr, Lee Kuan Yew: the beliefs behind the man Michael Leifer, Singapore’s foreign policy: coping with vulnerability Yehua Dennis Wei, Regional development in China: States, globalization and inequality Francis X. Hezel, The new shape of old Island cultures: A half century of social change in Micronesia Peter Larmour (ed.), Governance and reform in the South Pacific Patrick Nunn, Pacific Island landscapes     

The geographer as radical humanist: an appreciation of Keith Buchanan

Keith McPherson Buchanan, Emeritus Professor and first Professor of Geography at Victoria University, recently died at the age of 78. Buchanan was a prolific writer, polemicist, reviewer and commentator. His work includes nine books plus two co-authored volumes, well over 200 articles and comments, and a very large number of book reviews. As a radical geographer, a socialist, a champion of the dispossessed, and an unrelenting critic of orthodoxy, capitalist regimes and power elites, Buchanan was always controversial. His work represents a powerful case directed against some of the great evils and dangerous trends shaping the later twentieth century world. As one of the founders of this journal Asia Pacific Viewpoint (originally Pacific Viewpoint) Keith Buchanan along with his colleagues in the sixties helped establish the Wellington Department of Geography as a centre of innovative research and writing on Asia and the Third World. In this reflection on the man and his work former colleague Ray Watters argues that although best known for his work on China Buchanan’s greatest contribution was as a radical polemicist and essayist on contemporary issues.     

Reviews

Robie, David (ed.), preface by Bunny McDiarmid, foreword by Walter Hadye Lini (2005) Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior (Memorial Edition). Auckland: Asia Pacific Network, xii, 170 pp., US$35, ISBN: 1 877314463.
Reviewer: Maria Bargh
Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
Email: maria.bargh@vuw.ac.nz Hitchcock, Michael and I. Nyoman Darma Putra (2007) Tourism, Development and Terrorism in Bali. Aldershot: Ashgate, 204 pp., US$99.95, ISBN: 978 0 7546 4866 6.
Reviewer: Regina Scheyvens
School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University, New Zealand.
Email: r.a.scheyvens@massey.ac.nz     

Reviews

Emmerson, Donald K. (ed.) (2009) Hard Choices: Security, Democracy and Regionalism in Southeast Asia. Singapore: ISEAS Publishing, 398 pp., $31.88, pbk, ISBN: 9789812309143.
Reviewer: Alex Bellamy
Asia‐Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, School of Political Science and International Studies, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Email: a.bellamy@uq.edu.au Ivarsson, Soren (2008) Creating Laos: The Making of a Lao Space between Indochina and Siam, 1860–1945. Copenhagen: Nias Press, 238 pp., $35.43, pbk, ISBN: 9788776940232.
Reviewers: Michael Dwyer
Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Email: mdwyer@berkeley.edu
Keith Barney
Graduate Program in Geography, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Email: kbarney@yorku.ca Chong, Terence (ed.) (2008) Globalization and its Counter‐Forces in Southeast Asia. Singapore: ISEAS, 416 pp., $38.98, pbk, ISBN: 9789812304780.
Reviewer: David Ip
Department of Applied Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Email: davidf.ip@inet.polyu.edu.hk     

Reviews

Anthony, Jim (2007) Sex Across the Color Line – A Neglected Topic in Pacific History: The Case of Parbhudaia aka Minnie Wilkinson and Sir Henry Scott. Lautoka: Fiji Institute of Applied Studies, Research Report No. 7, 60 pp., FJD$12, ISBN: 978 982 301 030 4.
Reviewer: Portia Richmond
Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand.
Email: Portia_richmond@yahoo.com Scheyvens, Regina and Donovan Storey (eds.) (2003) Development Fieldwork: A Practical Guide. London: Thousand Oaks and New Delhi: Sage Publications, ix, 264 pp., USD47.95, pbk, ISBN: 9780761948902.
Reviewer: Peggy Fairbairn‐Dunlop
Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
Email: peggy.fairbairn‐dunlop@vuw.ac.nz Batiwala, Srilatha and L. David Brown (eds.) (2006) Transnational Civil Society: An Introduction. Bloomfield, Connecticut: Kumarian Press, 288 pp. US $25.95, pbk, ISBN: 1‐56549‐210‐2.
Reviewer: Peter Swain
Volunteer Service Abroad, Wellington, New Zealand.
Email: PSwain@vsa.org.nz Kin Wah, Chin and Leo Suryadinata (comp. and ed.) (2005) Michael Leifer Selected Works on Southeast Asia. Singapore: ISEAS, xvii, 748 pp., illus, $US55.00, ISBN: 981‐230270‐0.
Reviewer: Nicholas Tarling
New Zealand Asia Institute, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Email: n.tarling@auckland.au.nz Connell, John and Eric Waddell (eds.) (2007) Environment, Development and Change in Rural Asia Pacific: Between Local and Global. London: Routledge, 256 pp., US$65.00, ISBN: 978‐0‐415‐40414‐3.
Reviewer: Douglas K. Bardsley
School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Email: d.bardsley@uq.edu.au     

BOOK REVIEWS

TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENTS AND INNOVATIONS IN AN EVOLVING WORLD
Edited by Michel Beuthe, Veli Himanen, Aura Reggiani, and Luca Zamparini, Berlin Heideberg, New York: Springer. 2004. xiv + 346 pp + 69 illus. $ US 109/hardcover. ISBN 3‐540‐00961‐2.
Reviewed byDonald G. Janelle
Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science
University of California SPACES OF WORK : GLOBAL CAPITALISM AND GEOGRAPHIES OF LABOUR .
By Noel Castree, Neil M. Coe, Kevin Ward, and Michael Samers. London: Sage Publications 2004. 227 pp. $46.95 (paperback). ISBN 0‐7619‐7217‐X.
Reviewed byLydia Savage
Associate Professor of Geography and Chair
Department of Geography‐Anthropology
University of Southern Maine TRANSPORT SYSTEMS AND POLICY , SELECTED ESSAYS OF PETER NIJKAMP , VOLUME 2.
Edward Elgar US. 2004. 456 pp. $135.00 (hardcover). ISBN 1‐84376‐266‐8.
Reviewed by Michael D. Meyer
Georgia Transportation Institute
Georgia Institute of Technology THE FUTURE OF EUROPE ’S RURAL PERIPHERIES
Edited by Lois Labrianidis, London: Ashgate. 2004. 334 pp. $94.95 (hardcover). ISBN 0 7546 4054 X.
Reviewed by Robert Fish
Department of Geography
University of Exeter GLOBAL CHICAGO
Edited by Charles Madigan, Champaign: University of Illinois Press. 2004. 223 pp. $19.95 (paperback). ISBN 0252071964.
Reviewed by Patrick McHaffie
Department of Geography
DePaul University     

Review

Book reviewed: Laurence R. Goldman (ed.), Social impact analysis: An applied anthropology manual Robert W. Hefner (ed.), Market cultures: Society and morality in the new Asian capitalisms Yasuhiro Nakasone, The making of new Japan: Reclaiming the political mainstream Arne Kalland and Gerard Persoon (eds.), Environmental movements in Asia Carl N. McDaniel and John M. Gowdy, Paradise for sale – A parable of nature Arthur P.J. Mol and David. A. Sonnenfeld (eds.), Ecological modernisation around the world: Perspectives and critical debates Martha C. Nussbaum, Women and human development: The capabilities approach Marcus Noland, Avoiding the apocalypse, the future of the two Koreas Philippe Papin, Histoire de Hanoi     

Reviews

Mason Durie Te Mana Te Kawanatanga: the politics of Maori self-determination Christopher Lingle Singapore’s authoritarian capitalism: Asian values, free market illusions and political dependency Roland J. L. Breton Atlas of the languages and ethnic communities of South Asia Lenore Manderson and Margerat Jolly (eds) Sites of desire, economies of pleasure: sexualities in Asia and the Pacific Eric Venbrux A Death in the TWI Islands: conflict, ritual and social life in an Australian community Brij V. Lal A vision for change     

The ethnic geography of New Zealand: A decade of growth and change, 1991–2001

Abstract: New Zealand's population growth of 10 per cent over the decade 1991–2001 resulted substantially from an increasing number of those claiming Pacific Island and Asian ethnicity, and to a lesser extent of the New Zealand Maori. Using census data for a comparable set of small areas with average populations of just over 100, this paper examines the changing geography of the four main ethnic categories – New Zealand European, New Zealand Maori, Pacific Island Peoples, and Asians – across the country as a whole and in its major settlements, especially Auckland. There is little extreme segregation of the three minority groups, but most of the Europeans live in areas where there is little exposure to those of other ethnicities. Most of the changes in segregation reflect the growth of Auckland's Pacific Island and, especially, Asian populations.     

Re-evaluating Asia

Harland, Bryce Collision Course: America and East Asia in the Past and Future. da Cunha, Derek (ed.) The Evolving Pacific Power Structure. King, Peter and Kibata, Yoichi (eds) Peace Building in the Asia Pacific Region: Perspectives from Japan and Australia. Bell, Roger; McDonald, Tim and Tidwell, Alan (eds) Negotiating the Pacific Century: The ‘New’ Asia, the United States and Australia. Robison, Richard (ed.) Pathways to Asia: The Politics of Engagement.     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Ross McLeod and Ross Garnaut (eds), East Asia in crisis: from being a miracle to needing one? Anthony Reid (ed.), Sojourners and settlers: histories of Southeast Asia and the Chinese William Callahan, Imagining democracy: reading ‘the events of May’ in Thailand Lynne T. White, Unstately Power, Volume I: Local causes of China's economic reforms; Volume II: Local causes of China's intellectual, legal and government reforms Michael Young, Malinowski's Kiriwana; fieldwork photography 1915‐1918 Colin Filer with Nikhil Sekhran, Loggers, donors and resource owners. Policy that works for forests and people Michael Dutton (ed.), Streetlife China Kimberly Ann Elliott (ed.), Corruption and the global economy     

Book Reviews

Earthly Politics : Local and Global in Environmental Governance
Edited by Sheila Jasanoff and Marybeth Long Martello, Cambridge: MIT Press, 2004. x + 356 pp. $27.00 (paperback). ISBN 0‐262‐60059‐5
Reviewed by Dean M. Hanink
Department of Geography
University of Connecticut Roy , John R. Spatial Interaction Modelling : A Regional Science Context
Series: Advances in Spatial Science, Springer. 2004, X, 239 p. 7 illus., ISBN: 3‐540‐20528‐4
Reviewed by Morton E. O’Kelly
Department of Geography
The Ohio State University Anthony Downs , ed . 2004. Growth Management and Affordable Housing : Do They Conflict ? Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press. 290 pp. ISBN 0‐1857‐19337.
Reviewed by Michael L. Lahr
Associate Research Professor
Center for Urban Policy Research
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: R & D Theory George S. Tolley, James H. Hodge, and James F. Oehmke, eds., The Economics of R & D Policy. Ways to Rate Places Susan L. Cutter, Rating Places: A Geographer's View of Quality of Life. Nineteenth Century Shelter Nicholas Bullock and James Read, The Movement for Housing Reform in Germany and France 1840–1914. Energy History Martin V. Melosi, Coping with Abundance: Energy and Environment in Industrial America. Unique Montreal Andrew Sancton, Governing the Island of Montreal: Language Differences and Metropolitan Politics. Forecasting Matthew P. Drennen, Modeling Metropolitan Economies for Forecasting and Policy Analysis. Consolidating Metropolitan Government C. James Owen and York Willbern, Governing Metropolitan Indianapolis, the Politics of Unigov. Canadian Directions R. Paul Shaw. Intermetropolitan Migration in Canada: Changing Determinants over Three Decades. Energy Geography Frank J. Calzonetti and Barry D. Solomon, eds., Geographical Dimensions of Energy. Turkish Complexities George S. Harris. Turkey—Coping with Crisis. Textbook on America Paul Guinness and Michael Bradshaw. North America: A Human Geography.     

Book Reviews

Phelps, Nicholas A., Multinationals and European Integration: Investment and Regional Development Lauria, Mickey (ed.), Reconstructing Urban Regime Theory: Regulating Urban Politics in a Global Economy Marsden, Terry; Lowe, Philip and Whatmore, Sarah (eds.), Rural Restructuring: Global Processes and Their Responses     

Nation and nationalism in China

Books Reviewed Jonathan Unger (ed.), Chinese Nationalism Prasenjit Duara, Rescuing history from the nation: Questioning narratives of modern China Germain A. Hoston, The state, identity and the national question in China and Japan Stevan Harrell, (ed.) Cultural encounters on China’s ethnic frontiers Alan M. Wachman, Taiwan: National identity and democratization David Faure and Helen F. Siu (eds.), Down to earth: The territorial bond in South China     

The challenge of urban Maori: reconciling conceptions of indigeneity and social change

A massive demographic rural-urban shift has taken place within Maori society since the second world war. This demographic shift prompted changes in the structure of some Maori social institutions. Due to a number of factors these new social institutions have not been readily assimilated by Maori cultural practices. Recent battles over the allocation of pre-settlement Treaty assets have brought this issue to the fore, acting as catalysts in the struggle for recognition between evolutionary social change (represented by urban Maori) and the perceived static boundaries of indigenous culture (as represented by modern Iwi). This paper therefore addresses the problems of accommodating social change within ‘static’ cultural frameworks raised by the issue of asset allocation. The paper outlines the historical factors that have allowed incongruities between social structure and culture to emerge in New Zealand Maori society, and provides a number of options for consideration in the hope of resolving this issue.     

Reviews

Essential reading on Fujian
Y.M. Yeung and David K.Y. Chu ( 2000 ) Fujian: A Coastal Province in Transition and Transformation . Hong Kong : Chinese University Press , pp . 544 , ISBN: 9622018750 . Foreign economic policy and economic development in Asia
Christopher M. Dent ( 2002 ) The Foreign Economic Policies of Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan . Cheltenham : Edward Elgar , pp . 330 , ISBN: 1‐84064‐838‐4 . Case studies of terrorism in the Asia‐Pacific region
D.M. Jones ( ed. ) ( 2004 ) Globalisation and the New Terror: The Asia Pacific Dimension . Cheltenham : Edward Elgar , pp . 316 , ISBN: 1843764423 .     

Reviews

Paul Keating. Australia, Asia and the New Regionalism Jacques Chirac. France and the New Euro-Asian Partnership Malcolm McKinnon. Immigrants and Citizens: New Zealanders and Asian Immigration in a Historical Context Raj Vasil and Hong-key Yoon. New Zealanders of Asian Origin Adrian Vickers (ed.). Being Modern in Bali: Image and Change Pilat, Dirk. The Economics of Rapid Growth: The Experiences of Japan and Korea Pomfret, Richard. Asian Economies in Transition: Reforming Centrally Planned Economies Richard Morse, Anisur Rahman and Kersten L. Johnson (eds). Grassroot Horizons: Connecting Participatory Development Initiatives East and West Francis T. Seow. To Catch a Tartar: A Dissident in Lee Kuan Yew’s Prison Nicholas Tarling. Britain, Southeast Asia and the Onset of the Pacific War Marion W. Ward. Pacific 2010: Women and Employment in Solomon Islands