Book Review

Bok Review in This Article: Charles C. Geisler and Frank J. Popper, eds., Land Reform American Style. H. Allan Hunt and Timothy Hunt, Human Resource Implications of Robotics, Kalamazoo, Mich.: W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Charles M. Haar, ed., Cities, Law, and Social Policy: Richard C. Jones, ed., Patterns of Undocumented Migration: Mexico and the United States. Peter Hall and Ann Markusen, eds., Silicon Landscapes. John M. Halstead, Robert A. Chase, Steve H. Murdock, and F. Larry Leistritz, Socioeconomic Impact Management Design and Implementation.     

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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     

Book Reviews

Book Review in this Article Nick Eberstadt, ed., Fertility Decline in the Less Developed Countries K. S. Shrader-Frechette, Nuclear Power and Public Policy: The Social and Ethical Problems of Fission Technology Lloyd C. Irland, Wildlands and Woodlots: The Story of New England's Forests David Lowenthal and Marcus Binney, eds., Our Past before Us: Why Do We Save It? Theodore W. Schultz, Investing in People: The Economics of Population Quality Peter O. Muller, Contemporary Suburban America Gail Garfield Schwartz, ed., Advanced Industrialization and the Inner Cities William W. Philliber and Clyde B. McCoy, eds., The Invisible Minority: Urban Appalachians A. C. Lewin, Housing Co-operatives in Developing Countries: A Manual for Self-Help in Low-Cost Housing Schemes Richard E. Lonsdale and John H. Holmes, eds., Settlement Systems in Sparsely Populated Regions: The United States and Australia Laurence J. C. Ma and Edward W. Hanten, eds., Urban Development in Modern China Charles Madge and Peter Willmott, Inner City Poverty in Paris and London Dean E. Mann, ed., Environmental Policy Formation: The Impact of Values, Ideology, and Standards Edward S. Mason et al., The Economic and Social Modernization of the Republic of Korea Thomas L. McPhail, Electronic Colonialism: The Future of International Broadcasting and Communication     

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Book Review in This Article: David T. Kresge, Daniel A. Seiver, Oliver S. Goldsmith, Michael J. Scott. Regions and Resources: Strategies for Development. Patrick M. Horan and Charles M. Tolbert II. The Organization of Work in Rural and Urban Labor Markets. Thierry J. Noyelle and Thomas M. Stanback, Jr. The Economic Transformation of American Cities. Robert W. Burchell, James H. Carr, Richard L. Florida, and James Nemeth. The New Reality of Municipal Finance: The Rise and Fall of the Intergovernment City. James Latimore. Weeding Out the Target Population: Richard Franklin Bensel. Sectionalism and American Political Development 1880–1980. Russell L. Ackoff, Paul Broholm, and Roberta Snow, eds. Revitalizing Western Economies. Stuart L. Hart, Gordon A. Enk and William F. Hornick, eds. Improving Impact Assessment: Increasing the Relevance and Utilization of Scientific and Technical Information.     

Reviews

Ballard, Chris, Paula Brown, R. Michael Bourke and Tracy Harwood (eds.) (2005) The Sweet Potato in Oceania: A Reappraisal. Ethnology Monograph 19 (University of Pittsburgh), Oceania Monograph 56 (University of Sydney), viii + 227 pp., US$56.00, pbk, ISBN: 0 945428 13 8.
Reviewed by Janet Davidson
Honorary Research Associate, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand.
Email: Janet.Davidson@University‐of‐Ngakuta.ac.nz Boomgaard, Peter, David Henley and Manon Osseweijer (eds.) (2005) Muddied Waters, Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Management of Forests and Fisheries in Island South East Asia. Leiden: KITLV Press, 418 pp., US$35.00, ISBN 90 6718 243 5.
Reviewed by Michael Roche
School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Email: M.M.Roche@massey.ac.nz McMillan, Richard (2005) The British Occupation of Indonesia 1945‐1946: Britain, the Netherlands, and the Indonesia Revolution [Royal Asiatic Society Books]. London: Routledge, 248 pp., US$115.00, ISBN 978‐0415355513.
Reviewed by Laura M. Calkins
Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Email: laura.calkins@ttu.edu     

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     

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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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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     

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     

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Greg Fry and Tarcisius Kabutaulaka, eds (2008) Intervention and State‐Building in the Pacific: The Legitimacy of ‘Cooperative Intervention’. Manchester: Manchester University Press, xvi, 246 pp., GB £55.00, hbk, ISBN: 978‐0‐7190‐7683‐1.
Reviewer: David Capie, International Relations, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
Email: david.capie@vuw.ac.nz J. Kēhaulani Kauanui. (2008) Hawaiian Blood: Colonialism and the Politics of Sovereignty and Indigeneity. Durham: Duke University Press, xvi, 241 pp., US$22.95, pbk, ISBN: 978‐0‐8223‐4079‐9; US$79.95, hbk, ISBN: 978‐0‐8223‐4058‐4.
Reviewer: Noelani Goodyear‐Ka'ōpua, Indigenous Politics, Political Science Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, USA.
Email: goodyear@hawaii.edu Michael Barr and Zlatko Skrbis (2008) Constructing Singapore: Elitism, Ethnicity and the Nation‐Building Project. Copenhagen: NIAS, 304 pp., price unknown, ISBN: 978‐87‐7694‐029‐4.
Reviewer: Lily Zubaidah Rahim, Department of Government and International Relations, School of Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Merewether, NSW, Australia.
Email: lily.rahim@sydney.edu.au Kim, Nam‐Kook (editor) (2009) Globalization and Regional Integration in Europe and Asia. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing, 184 pp., £55.00, ISBN: 978‐0‐7546‐7613‐3.
Reviewer: J.D. Kenneth Boutin, School of International and Political Studies, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia.
Email: ken.boutin@deakin.edu.au Michael Hitchcock, Victor T. King and Michael Parnwell (eds.) (2009) Tourism in Southeast Asia: Challenges and New Directions. Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 358 pp., £50.00, hbk, ISBN 978‐87‐7694‐033‐1; pbk, ISBN 978‐87‐7694‐034‐8.
Reviewer: Professor Erik Cohen, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Email: mserik@mscc.huji.ac.il     

Book Reviews

books reviewed in this article:
Wolfe, M. S., and E. Limpert (eds.) Integrated control of Cereal Mildew: Monitoring the Pathogen.
Olson, R. A., and K. J. Frey (eds.), Nutritional Quality of Cereal Grains: Genetic and Agronomic Improvement.
Kaul, M. L. H., Male Sterility in Higher Plants. Monographs on Theoretical and Applied Genetics, Vol. 10.
Buff, W., and K. von der Dunk, Giftpflanzen in Natur und Garten, Bestimmungsmerkmale und Biologie, Anwendung in Medizin, Volksheilkunde und Homöopathie, Symptomatik und Therapie bei Vergiftungen, 2., neubearb. Aufl.
Schrader, A., and H. Kaltofen, Gräser-Biologie, Bestimmung, Wirtschaftliche Bedeutung .
Puite, K. J., J. J. M. Dons, H. J. Huizing, A. J. Kool, M. Koornneef, and F. A. Krens (eds.), Progress in Plant Protoplast Research.
O'Gara, F., S. Manain, and J. J. Drevon (eds.), Physiological limitations and the Genetic Improvement of Symboitic Nitrogen Fixation. Proc. Int. Cont., Cork, Ireland, September 1—3, 1987. Kluwer Academic Publishers for the Communication of the European Communities, Brussels and Luxembourg 1988. 24 × 16 cm. xI + 215, pages, with many figures and tables. Bound.
Srivastava, J. P., E. Porceddu, E. Acevedo, and S. Varma: Drought Tolerance in Winter Cereals.
Gepts, P. (ed.), Genetic Resources of phaseolus Beans. Their Maintenance, Domestication, Evolution and Utilization     

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Book Review in this Article. Lawrence B. Burrows, Growth Management: Issues, Techniques, and Policy Implications. Dennis L. Meadows, ed., Alternatives to Growth–I: A Search for Sustainable Futures. Mark Harrison Moore, Buy and Bust: The Effective Regulation of an Illicit Market in Heroin. W. R. Derrick Sewell and J. T. Coppock, eds., Public Participation in Planning. Dennis A. Rondinelli and Kenneth Ruddle, Urbanization and Rural Development: A Spatial Policy for Equitable Growth. Charles Pearson and Anthony Pryor, Environment: North and South–An Economic Interpretation. Alan A. Brown and Egon Neuberger, eds., Internal Migration: A Comparative Perspective. Boris S. Pushkarev and Jeffrey M. Zupan, Public Transportation and Land Use Policy. Stephen P. Dresch, An-loh Lin, and David K. Stout, Substituting a Value-Added Tax for the Corporate Income Tax: First-Round Analysis. Cornelis P. A. Bartels, Economic Aspects of Regional Welfare, Income Distribution, and Unemployment Dean T. Jamison and Emile G. McAnany, Radio for Education and Development Henry End, Interiors Second Book of Hotels. Harvey M. Rubenstein, Central City Malls. George Sternlieb and James W. Hughes, Current Population Trends in the United States. Perspectives on State Demographic Activities. David J. Borchert and James D. Fitzsimmons, Recent Population Change in the United States: A Series of Maps. Brian J. L. Berry and Quentin Gillard, The Changing Shape of Metropolitan America: Commuting Patterns, Urban Fields, and Decentralization Processes, 1960-1970.     

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Daljit Singh and Liak Teng Kiat (eds), Southeast Asian Affairs Michael Hobday, Innovation in East Asia: the challenge to Japan Patricia Jeffrey and Roger Jeffrey, Don’t marry me to a plowman! Women’s everyday lives in rural North India Helen Morton, Becoming Tongan: an ethnography of childhood Edvard Hviding, Guardians of Maravo Lagoon: practice, place, and politics in maritime Melanesia Carol J. Ireson, Field, forest, and family: women’s work and power in rural Laos Jayant Menon, Adjusting towards AFTA: the dynamics of trade in ASEAN Singapore R. Gerard Ward and Elizabeth Kingdon (eds), Land, custom and practice in the South Pacific Paula Brown, Beyond a mountain valley: the Simbu of Papua New Guinea Hal Levine and Anton Ploed (eds), Work in progress: essays in the New Guinea Highlanders ethnography in honour of Paula Brown Glick     

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Book reviewed in this article: History in One Word
James W. Martin, State Tax Systems under Changing Technology: The Problem of the Roadways, ed. Richard E. Gift. A Redefined Redefinition
Andrew Marshall Hamer, ed., Urban Atlanta: Redefining the Role of the City, Research Monograph no. 84. Where It Hurts
Donald Phares, Who Pays State and Local Taxes? Feminine Subtleties
Ralph E. Smith, ed., The Subtle Revolution: Women at Work. The Golden State
John H. Culver and John C. Syer, Power and Politics in California. Multiregional Models
F. Gerard Adams and Norman J. Glickman, eds., Modeling the Multiregional Economic System: Perspectives for the Eighties. All the Models That Fit
Norbert Oppenheim, Applied Models in Urban and Regional Analysis. Social Fabric
Roger S. Ahlbrandt, Jr. and James V. Cunningham, A New Public Policy for Neighborhood Preservation. In Search of a Model
Charles I. Zinser, The Economic Impact of the Adirondack Park Private Land Use and Development Plan. Weighing Alternatives
Kirkpatrick Sale, Human Scale.     

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Neher, Clark D. and Marlay, Ross Values, Culture, Development and Democracy in Southeast Asia: The Winds of Change Ravenhill, John (ed.) The Political Economy of East Asia: Vol. 1 Japan Vol 2: China, Korea and Taiwan Vol 3: Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines and Thailand Lim, David Explaining economic growth: a new analytical framework Naya, S.F. and Tan, J.L.H. (eds) Asian Transitional Economies: Challenges and Prospects for Reform and Transformation Tilton, Mark Restrained trade: cartels in Japan's basic materials industries Province, Guizhou The population atlas of Guizhou Province Smith, Michael French Hard times on Kariru island: poverty, development and morality in a Papua New Guinea Village Dalziel, Paul and Lattimore, Ralph The New Zealand macroeconomy: a briefing on the reforms     

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Book reviews in this article: Incomplete Picture Victor L. Arnold, ed., Alternatives to Confrontation: A National Policy toward Regional Change. Ladies’Room Gerda R. Wekerle, Rebecca Peterson, and David Morley, eds., New Space for Women. Speaking Fluidly Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Western Water Resources: Multilateral Monologues Alice H. Amsden, ed., The Economics of Women and Work. New York: To Plan or Not to Plan Joseph F. DiMento, The Consistency Doctrine and the Limits of Planning. Comprehensive Social Theory Walter Isard and Panagis Liossatos with Yoshigeto Kanemoto and Phyllis C. Kaniss Galvanized into Action Kai N. Lee and Donna Lee Klemka with Marion E. Marts, Electric Power and the Future of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle and London: Toil and Trouble Andrew Levison, The Full Employment Alternative. New York: Made in the U.S.A. Hsin-Min Tong, Plant Location Decisions of Foreign Manufacturing Investors. Also of Interest Peter Abelson, Cost Benefit Analysis and Environmental Boblems. Also of Interest Brian J. L. Berry and Lester P. Silverman, eds., Also of Interest John Carney, Ray Hudson, and Jim Lewis, eds. Also of Interest Leslie Dienes and Theodore Shabad, The Soviet Energy System: Resource Use and Policies. New York: Also of Interest Thomas R. Dye and Virginia Gray, eds., The Determinants of Public Policy. Lexington, Mass. Also of Interest Stahrl W. Edmunds and Adam Z. Rose, eds. Also of Interest Thomas G. Rawski, China's Transition to Industrialism: Producer Goods and Economic Development in the Twentieth Century.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviews in this article: Reagan and Regulation Marshall R. Goodman and Margaret T. Wrightson, Managing Regulatory Reform: The Reagan Strategy and Its Impâct. The Good Life Boguslaw Galeski and Eugene Wilkening, eds., Family Farming in Europe and America. Alessandro Bonanno, Small Farm: Persistence with Legitimation. Progress of the Global Village William H. Dutton, Jay G. Blumler, and Kenneth L. Kraemer, eds. Allocating Resources J. S. Davis, P. A. Oram, and J. G. Ryan, Assessment of Agricultural Research Priorities: An International Perspective. Socialized Agriculture, Atomized Community Ildiko Vasary, Beyond the Plan: Social Change in a Hungarian Village. The Right Technology Frances Stewart, ed., Macro-Policies for Appropriate Technology in Developing Countries.     

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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:     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article: Vintage Wine James M . Buchanan, Liberty, Market and State: New Trade Outlook James J. Emery, Norman A. Graham, and Michael F. Oppenheimer An Interdisciplinary Approach Allan Schnaiberg, Nicolas Watts, and Klaus Zimmermann, eds. Small-Scale Farming Gerald G. Marten, ed. Traditional Agriculture in Southeast Asia: A Human Ecology Perspective. Technological Advancement Nathan Rosenberg and Claudio Frischtak, eds. Dividing up the Oil Walter J. Mead, Asbjorn Moseidjord, Dennis D. Muraoka, and Philip E. Sorensen A Substantial Work Herman Van der Wee, Prosperity and Upheaval: The World Economy 1945-1980. Development: Red, Blue, or Green? Herb Addo, et al. eds., Development as Social Transformation: Reflections on the Global Problematique. The European Experience Graham Hall, ed., European Industrial Policy. Urban Homesteading David P. Varady, Neighborhood Upgrading Assessment and Future Directions Martin Fransman, Technology and Economic Development. Technology, Economics, Energy Norman K. Whittlesey, ed., Energy and Water Management in Western Irrigated Agriculture. Israeli Enigma S.N. Eisenstadt, The Transformation of Israeli Society: An Essay in Interpretation.     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Bradshaw, J. E. and G. R. Mackay (eds), Potato Genetics.
Janick, J. and J. E. Simon (eds), New Crops.
Damania, A. B.(ed.), Biodiversity and Wheat Improvement.
Herrmann, B., and S. Hummel (eds), Ancient DNA. Recovery and Analysis of Genetic Material from Paleontological, Archaeological, Museum, Medical, and Forensic Specimens.
Singh, K. B., and M. C. Saxena (eds), Breeding for Stress Tolerance in Cool-season Food Legumes.
Henry, R. J., and J. A. Ronalds (eds), Improvement of Cereal Quality by Genetic Engineering.
Bowman, J. (ed.), Arabidopsis—an Atlas of Morphology and Development, 1st Ed.