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Keller, E. R., H. Hanus und Kl-U. Heyland, 1997. Handbuch des Pflanzenbaus 1: Grundlagen der landwirtschaftlichen Pflanzenproduktion. Verlag Eugen Ulmer     

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Book reviews in this article: Family Portrait E. J. Kahn, Jr., The American People: The Findings of the 1970 Census. Suburban Sprawl Peter Hall et al., The Containment of Urban England: Volume 1, Urban and Metropolitan Growth Processes or Megalopolis Denied. International Perspective Peter Cowan, ed., The Future of Planning. Theory and Practice Gordon C. Cameron and Lowdon Wingo, eds., Cities, Regions and Public Policy. Quantitative Analysis Simon Kuznets, Population, Capital, and Growth: Selected Essays. Changing Relationships John Wong, Land Reform in the People's Republic of China: Institutional Transformation in Agriculture. Form and Reform Michael J. Brenner, The Political Economy of America's Environmnetal Dilemma. Environmental Policy Elmo Richardson, Dams, Parks & Politics: Resource Development & Preservation in the Truman-Eisenhower Era. Habitat Study Michael G. Barbour et al., Coastal Ecology: Bodega Head. Impoundment Authorization R. J. Burby et al., The Effects of Authorization for Water Impoundment on Shoreline Transition.     

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Elites and Change in the Kentucky Mountains by H. Dudley Plunkett and Mary Jean Bowman. Lexington, The University Press of Kentucky, 1973. xii + 204 pp. $11.00. The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting by Daniel Bell. New York, Basic Books, Inc., 1973. xiv+507 pp. $12.50. The Second American Revolution: Some Personal Observations by John D. Rockefeller, 3rd. New York, Harper & Row, 1973. xvi + 189 pp. $6.50. Setting National Priorities: The 1974 Budget by Edward R. Fried, Alice M. Rivlin, Charles L. Schultze, and Nancy H. Teeters. Washington, D.C., The Brookings Institution, 1973. xx + 446 pp. $3.95 (paperback). Metropolitan Financing: The Milwaukee Experience, 1920-1970 by Donald J. Curran. Madison, The University of Wisconsin Press, 1973. xiv + 166 pp. $11.50. Freedom to Build: Dweller Control of the Housing Process, edited by John F. C. Turner and Robert Fichter. New York, The Macmillan Co., 1972. xvi + 301 pp. $8.95. Pollution: Economy and Environment by Peter A. Victor. Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1972. 247 pp. $17.50. Population, Resources, and the Future: Non-Malthusian Perspectives, edited by Howard M. Bahr, Bruce A. Chadwick, and Darwin L. Thomas. Provo, Utah, Brig-ham Young University Press, 1972. viii + 352 pp. $3.95 (paperback). For Better or for Worse: The Ecology of an Urban Area by Harold Gilliam. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1972. viii+184 pp. $5.95. Black Political Parties: An Historical and Political Analysis by Hanes Walton, Jr. New York, The Free Press, 1972. xii + 276 pp. $7.95. Biracial Politics: Conflict and Coalition in the Metropolitan South by Chandler Davidson. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1972. xviii +301 pp. $11.95. The Professor and the Public: The Role of the Scholar in the Modern World, compiled by Goldwin Smith. Detroit, Wayne State University Press, 1972. 124 pp. $4.95. Power over People by Louise B. Young. New York, Oxford University Press, 1973. xiv + 216 pp. $7.50. Highways to Nowhere: The Politics of City Transportation by Richard Hébert. Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1973. xviii +214 pp. $7.95.     

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Books reviewed Joel Greenberg, A Natural History Of The Chicago Region. James H. Carr and Zhong Yi Tong, Replicating Microfinance In The United States.     

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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     

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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     

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Family , Household and Work
Edited by Klaus F. Zimmermann and Michael Vogler, Berlin: Springer‐Verlag. 2003. xiv + 427 pp. $99.00/£53.00 (hardcover). ISBN 3‐540‐00360‐6
Reviewed by John F. Watkins
Graduate Center for Gerontology
University of Kentucky The Global Internet Economy
Edited by Bruce Kogut, Cambridge MA: The MIT Press. 2004. 520 pp. $24.00 (paper) ISBN 0‐262‐61204‐6
Reviewed by Sharon C. Cobb
Department of Economics and Geography
University of North Florida Globalizing L.A.: Trade , Infrastructure and Regional Development
Steven P. Erie, Stanford: Stanford University Press. 2004. 336 pp. ISBN 0‐804‐74681‐8
Reviewed by John Gulick
Department of Sociology
University of Tennessee
Knoxville Urban Sprawl in Western Europe and the United States
Edited by Harry W. Richardson and Chang‐Hee Christine Bae, England: Ashgate. 2004. 342 pp. $89.95 ISBN 0‐7546‐3789‐1
Reviewed by Richard P. Greene
Department of Geography
Northern Illinois University     

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Books reviewed: The Asian Financial Crisis: Causes, Cures, and Systemic Implications, by Morris Goldstein. Sustaining the Asia Pacific Miracle: Environmental Protection And Economic Integration, by Andre Dua and Daniel C. Esty. Institutions and Regional Labour Markets in Europe, by Lambert van der Laan and Santos M. Ruesga. Global Shift. Transforming the World Economy, 3rd Ed., by Peter Dicken. Environment, Health and Population Displacement, by Andrew E. Collins.     

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Book review in this article: The California Cauldron : Immigration and the Changing Fortunes of Local . Communities . By William A.V. Clark. Structural Economics , by Faye Dunchin.     

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Books reviewed: Hong Kong as a Global Metropolis, by David R. Meyer. Globalization and Networked Societies: Urban‐Regional Change in Pacific Asia, by Yue‐man Yeung. Regional Cohesion and Competition in the Age of Globalization, edited by Hirotada Kohno, Peter Nijkamp and Jacques Poot. Employee Benefits and Labor Markets in Canada and the United States, edited by William T. Alpert and Stephen A. Woodbury. The Atlanta Paradox, edited by David L. Sjoquist. The Economics of Sports, edited by William S. Kern. Environmentally Sustainable Economic Development, by Asayehgn Desta.     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Tilney-Bassett, Richard A. E.: Plant chimeras.
Ford-Lloyd, B., and M. Jackson, Plant Genetic Resources — An Introduction to their Conservation and Uses.     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Return of a Hero Robert D. Hisrich, ed., Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship, and Venture Capital: The Foundation of Economic Renaissance. Alaska's Oil, Alaska's People Lawrence A. Palinkas, Bruce Murray Harris, and John S. Petterson, A Systems Approach to Social Impact Assessment: Two Alaskan Case Studies. Regional Trends Bernard L. Weinstein, Harold T. Gross, and John Rees, Regional Growth and Decline in the United States. The Particular and the General Derek Gregory and John Urry, eds., Social Relations and Spatial Structures. Growing Through Export Vittorio Corbo, Anne O. Krueger, and Fernando Ossa, eds., Export-Oriented Development Strategies: The Success of Five Newly Industrialized Countries     

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Book reviews in this article: Harnessing the Beast- America's Twin Passions Jack DeSario and Stuart Langton, eds. The Costs and Benefits of Getting There Hans A. Adler, Economic Appraisal of Transport Projects: A Manual with Case Studies. Dynamic Efficiency Stephen S. Cohen and John Zysman, Manufacturing Matters. Skill-Training Life Cycle Patricia M. Flynn, Facilitating Technological Change: The Human Resource Challenge. Our Underclass John Erickson and Charles Wilhelm, eds., Housing the Homeless. Attitudes and Policy John E. Tropman, Public Opinon and the Elderly, 1952-1978: A Kaleidoscope of Culture. Animal, Human, and Machine Power Prabhu L. Pingali, Yves Bigot, and Hans Binswanger Why Do We Drive? Scott L. Bottles, Los Angeles and the Automobile? Political Science Approaches Philip O. Foss, ed., Federal Lands Policy. Energy Policies Richard L. Ender and John Choon Kim, eds. Catch the Wave-Book Review Essay Booth, Douglas E. Regional Long Waves, Uneven Growth, and the Cooperative Alternative. Catch the Wave-Book Review Essay Mager, Nathan H. The Kondratieff Waves. Catch the Wave-Book Review Essay Marshall, Michael. Long Waves of Regional Development.     

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Kuckuch/Kobabe/Wenzel (Hrsg.), Grundzüge der Pflanzenzüchtung.
Hoffmann, Günter M., Franz Nienhaus, Fritz Schönbeck, Heinrich C. Weltzien und Hubert Wiebert, Lehrbuch der Phytomedizin, 2. Auflage.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Out of Control : Global Turmoil on the Eve of the 21st Century . by Zbigniew Brzezinski. Reworking Modernity : Capitalisms and Symbolic Discontent by Allan Pred and Michael J. Watts. Now Here : Space , Time and Modernity . by Roger Friedland and Deirdre Boden. Rules and Choice in Economics . by Viktor J. Vanberg. European Cites Towards 2000: Profiles , Policies and Prospects . Edited by Alan Harding, Jon Dawson, Richard Evans, and Michael Parkinson. Against All Odds : Rural Community in the Information Age . By John C. Allen and Don A. Dillman. Sustainable Development of Small Island Economies . Hiroshi Kakazu. Full Circles : Geographies of Women over the Life Course by Cindi Katz and Jan Monk (editors). Stemming Middle -class Decline : The Challenges To Economic Development Planning . Nancey Green Leigh. The Other Australia : Experiences of Migration . by Brian Murphy. The Challenge of European Integration : Internal and External Problems of Trade and Money , edited by Berhanu Abegaz, Patricia Dillon, David H. Feldman, and Paul F. Whiteley.     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Virmani, S. S.: Heterosis and Hybrid Rice Breeding.
Pessarakli, M. (ed.): Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress.
Staub, J. E.: Crossover.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Understanding and Action
Peter Marris, Community Planning and Conceptions of Change. Policy Fad?
George W. Gau and Michael A. Goldberg, eds., North American Housing Markets into the Twenty-First Century. View from the Inside
W. G. Roeseler, Successful American Urban Plans. Theory Kickers
Philip L. Clay and Robert M. Hollister, eds., Neighborhood Policy and Planning. Invisible Hand
Albert M. Church, Conflicts over Resource Ownership: The Use of Public Policy by Private Interests. Beyond Growth Poles
Dennis A. Rondinelli, Secondary Cities in Developing Countries: Policies for Diffusing Urbanization. Clearing Obstacles
Max Neiman and Barbara J. Burt, eds., The Social Constraints on Energy-Policy Implementation. Causes and Relationships
Richard J. Cebula, Geographic Living-Cost Differentials. The Separatists
Pierre Clavel, Opposition Planning in Wales and Appalachia. International Buffet
Lawrence Susskind and Michael Elliott, Paternalism, Conflict, and Coproduction: Learning from Citizen Action and Citizen Participation in Western Europe. Social Impact Assessment
Steve H. Murdock, F. Larry Leistritz, and Rita R. Hamm, eds., Nuclear Waste: Socioeconomic Dimensions of Long-Term Storage. Two Environmental Problems
Partha Dasgupta, The Control of Resources. Cambridge     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Gatehouse, A. M. R., V. A. Hilder, and D. Boulter (eds.), Plant Genetic Manipulation for Crop Protection.
Rehm, H.-J. and G. Reed (ed.), Biotechnology. Volume 2: Genetic Fundamentals and Genetic Engineering. 2nd ed.
Sybenga, J., Cytogenetics in Plant Breeding.
Ahuja, M. R., u. Libby, W. J. (eds.): Clonal Forestry.     

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Book Reviewed in this Article: Possible Dreams. Robert L. Sansom, The New American Dream Machine: Public Outcry and Bureaucratic Response John Quarles, Cleaning Up America: Delivering Urban Services Thomas G. Cowing and A. G. Holtmann, The Economics of Local blic Service Consolidation. Lexington, Mass.: Six Crises Larry Cuban, Urban School Chiefs under Fire. Chicago: Poor Corporate Performance Robert A. Sigafoos, Corporate Real Estate Development. Lexington, Mass.: Earnest Efforts, Some Success Robert H. McNulty and Stephen A. Kliment, eds., Neighborhood Conservation: Aging Glamour Program Robert Cohen, “New Careers” Grows Older: Housing Hassles Janet K. Marantz, Karl E. Case 11, and Herman B. Leonard, Discrimination in Rural Housing: Dearth and Taxes George Sternlieb, Elizabeth Roistacher, and James W. Hughes, Tax Subsidies and Housing Investment: Coast Analysis Robert B. Ditton, John L. Seymour, and Gerald C. Swanson, Coastal Resources Management: Roots Herbert G. Gutman, The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom, 1750–1925. New York: Briefer Mention Weather or Not Reid A. Bryson and Thomas J. Murray, Climates of Hunger: