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     

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     

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 in this article: Carl A. Trocki, Opium, Empire and the Global Political Economy: A Study of the Asian Opium Trade 1750–1950 Robert Robertson and William Sutherland, Government by the Gun: The Unfinished Business of Fiji's 2000 Coup Maung Maung, The 1988 Uprising in Burma Jan Van Bremen and Akitoshi Shimizu (eds), Anthropology and Colonialism in Asia and Oceania Hugh Cortazzi (ed.), Japan Experiences: Fifty Years, One Hundred Views – Post–war Japan through British Eyes     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Sinclair, Karen, Maori Times, Maori Places: Prophetic Histories Farrer, James, Opening Up: Youth Sex Culture and Market Reform in Shanghai Pacific Affairs: An International Review of Asia and the Pacific, Volume 75, No. 2 De Blij, H.J. and Muller, Peter O., Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts Kuby, Michael, Harner, John and Gober, Patricia, Human Geography in Action Tolliday, Steven (ed.), The Economic Development of Modern Japan, 1945–1995: From Occupation to the Bubble Economy Frost, Alan and Samson, Jane (eds.), Pacific Empires: Essays in Honour of Glyndwr Williams     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed Moazzem Hozzain, Iyanatul Islam and Reza Kibria, South Asian Economic Development:Transformation, Opportunities and Challenges, Valentine Udoh James and James S. Etim, (eds.) The Feminization of Development Processes in Africa Aura Reggiani, (ed.) Accessibility, Trade and Locational Behaviour Richard H. Olson and Thomas A. Lyson, (eds.) Under the Blade: The Conservation of Agricultural Landscapes     

Suharto's Fall and Afterwards: Medititations Provoked by Four Recent Analyses

Books reviewed in this article: Edward Aspinall, et al, (eds) The last days of President Suharto Richard W. Baker, et al, (eds) Indonesia: The Challenge of Change Arief Budiman, et al, (eds) Reformasi: Crisis and change in Indonesia Geoff Forester, (ed) Post‐Soeharto Indonesia: Renewal or Chaos?     

Reviews

D. Denoon, M. Hudson, G. McCormack, T. Morris-Suzuki (eds), Multicultural Japan: palaeolithic to postmodern Khoo Boo Teik, Pardoxes of Mahathirism: An Intellectual Biography of Mahathir Mohamad William Case, Elites and Regimes in Malaysia: Revisiting a Consociational Democracy Edmund T. Gomez, The 1995 Malaysian General Elections: A Report and Commentary Bruce Grant, Indonesia B.S. Baviskar and Donald W. Attwood (eds.), Finding the middle path: the political economy of cooperation in rural India Harold Brookfield, Lesley Potter and Yvonne Bryon, In place of the forest. Environmental and socio-economic transformation in Borneo and the Eastern Malay Peninsula. UNU Studies on critical environmental regions     

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     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this Article:
Harding, J., F. Singh, and J. N. M. Mol (eds.), Genetics and Breeding of Ornamental Species
Hermann, R. G., and B. A. Larking (eds.): Plant Molecular Biology 2. NATP ASI Series
Gresshof, Peter M.(ed.), Plant Biotechnology and Development
A. Henderson-Sellers and A. J. Pitman (eds.): Vegetation and climate interactions in semiarid regions     

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.     

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.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed Karl A. Fox, Urban‐regional Economics, Social System Accounts, and Eco‐behavioral Science: Selected Writings James G. Gimpel, Separate Destinations: Migration, Immigration and the Politics of Places Jeffry Frieden, Manuel Pastor Jr. and Michael Tomz (eds.), Modern Political Economy and Latin America: Theory and Policy     

Book Reviews

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.     

Book Reviews

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.     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article: Industrial Change International G J.R. Linge and G.A. van der Knaap, eds., Labor, Environment and Industrial Change. Internal Colonies C. Matthew Snipp, ed. Public Policy Impacts on American Indian Economic Development. Do People Choose in Government Service Markets? The Competitive City: The Political Economy of Suburbia. Stimulating Business-The State as Entrepreneur Peter K. Eisinger. The Rise of the Entrepreneurial State: State and Local Economic Development Policy in the United States. Alternative Service Delivery: One View John A. Rehfuss. Contracting Out in Government: A Guide to Working with Outside Contractors to Supply Public Services. Alternative Service Delivery: Another View Lawrence K. Finley ed., Public Sector Privatization: Alternative Approaches to Service Delivery. Changes: United States and Australia Lay James Gibson and Robert J. Stimson eds., Regional Structural Change: Experience and Prospects in Two Mature Economies.     

Book Reviews

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

Books Reviewed in this Article:
Typische Konzentrationen von Spurenstoffen in der Troposphäre.
Wohlrab, B., H. Ernstberger, A. Meuser und V. Sokollek, Landschaftshaushalt.
Fluck, R. C. (ed.), Energy in Farm Production. In: B. A. Stout (ed.), Energy in World Agriculture.
Pearson, C. J., Field Crop Ecosystems. Ecosystems of the World.
Fehér, E., Asparagus.
Peart, R. M., and R. C. Brook (eds.), Analysis of Agricultural Energy Systems. In: B. A. Stout, Energy in World Agriculture.
Gausman, H. W. (ed.), Plant Biochemical Regulators.
Šebánek, J., Z. Sladký, S. Procházka et al., Experimental Morphogenesis and Integration of Plants
Hong, Guo-Fan (ed.), The Nitrogen Fixation and its Research in China.     

Book Reviews

Book Review in this Article Duncan Sim, Change in the City Centre. Naomi Black and Ann Baker Cottrell, eds., Women and World Change: Equity Issues in Development. Raymond C. Scheppach and Everett M. Ehrlich, eds., Energy-Policy Analysis and Congressional Action Brian Bayliss, Planning and Control in the Transport Sector Robert W. Lake, The New Suburbanites: Race and Housing in the Suburbs Carl H. Reidel, ed., New England Prospects: Critical Choices in a Time of Change John Cathie, The Political Economy of Food Aid Michael N. Danielson and Jameson W. Doig, New York: The Politics of Urban Regional Development. Oran R. Young, Natural Resources and the State: The Political Economy of Resource Management. Albert O. Hirschman, Shifting Involvements: Private Interest and Public Action David Listokin et al., Landmarks Preservation and the Property Tax: Assessing Landmark Buildings for Real Taxation Purposes. Richard H. Sabot, ed., Migration and the Labor Market in Developing Countries David W. Countryman and Denise M. Sofranko, eds., Guiding Land Use Decisions: Planning and Management for Forests and Recreation Judith A. Martin and David A. Lanegran, Where We Live: The Residential Districts of Minneapolis and Saint Paul