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Book Review in this Article. Norman J. Glickman, The Growth and Management of the Japanese Urban System. Thomas J. Espenshade and William J. Serow, eds., The Economic Consequences of Slowing Population Growth. Phillip L. Clay, Neighborhood Renewal: Middle-class Resettlement and Incumbent Upgrading in American Neighborhoods. Juliet Saltman, Open Housing: Dynamics of a Social Movement. Herman Kahn, World Economic Development: 1979 and Beyond. Werner Sichel, ed., Public Utility Rate Making in an Energy-Conscious Environment. Russian Research Carol W. Lewis and Stephen Sternheimer, Soviet Urban Management: With Comparisons to the United States. Gene F. Summers and Arne Selvik, eds., Nonrnetropolitan Industrial Growth and Community Change. Tony Killick, Development Economics in Action: A Study of Economic Policies in Ghana. Glynn Cochrane, The Cultural Appraisal of Development Projects. Meryl Aldridge, The British New Towns: A Programme without a Policy. Edmond M. Burke, A Participatory Approach to Urban Planning.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Training for the Labor Market R. Thayne Robson, ed., Employment and Training R & D: Lessons Learned and Future Directions. Symbols, Concepts, and Approaches Lloyd Rodwin and Robert M. Hollister, eds., Cities of the Mind: Images and Themes of the City in the Social Sciences. Power and Purity Richard D. Brown, Robert P. Ouellette, and Paul N. Cheremisinoff, Pollution Control at Electric Power Stations: Comparisons for U.S. and Europe. Biosocial Reckoning William R. Burch, Jr. and Donald R. DeLuca, Measuring the Social Impacts of Natural Resource Policies. Pinching the Purse Terry Nichols Clark and Lorna Crowley Ferguson, City Money: Political Processes, Fiscal Strain, and Retrenchment. Polis and Policy Royce Hanson, ed., Rethinking Urban Policy: Urban Development in an Advanced Economy. Unequal Health Ann Lennarson Greer and Scott Greer, eds., Cities and Sickness: Health Care in Urban America.     

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Book Review in This Article: Robert S. Eckley. Global Competition in Capital Goods: An American Perspective. Christian N. Madu. Strategic Planning in Technology Transfer to Less Developed Countries. John R. Logan and Todd Swanstrom. Beyond the City Limits: Urban Policy and Economic Restructuring in Comparative Perspective. Jurgen Schmandt and Robert Wilson, eds., Growth Policy in the Age of High Technology: The Role of Regions and States. Michael Chrisholm. Regions in Recession and Resurgence John M. Levy. Economic Development Programs for Cities, Counties and Towns. Cynthia M. Duncan, ed., Rural Poverty in America. Richard Stren, Rodney White, and Joseph Whitney, editors. Sustainable Cities — Urbanization and the Environment in International Perspective. Stuart Lowe and David Hughes, eds., A New Century of Social Housing John H. Goddeeris and Andrew J. Hogan, Editors Improving Access to Health Care: What Can the States Do? Dorothy J. Howell. Scientific Literacy and Environmental Policy. Gilbert B. Siegel. Public Employee Compensation and its Role in Public Sector Strategic Management     

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Book reviewed in this article: Wallace F. Smith, Urban Development: The Process and the Problems. Michael E. Conroy, The Challenge of Urban Economic Development: Goals, Possibilities, and Policies for Improving the Economic Structure of Cities. Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Heath William S. Hendon, Economics for Urban Social Plunning. Richard S. Bolan and Ronald L. Nuttall, Urban Planning and Politics. Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Heath Robert K. Yin and Douglas Yates, Street-Level Governments: Assessing Decentralization and Urban Services. A. Dale Tussing, Poverty in a Dual Economy. Edgar Rust, No Growth: Impacts on Metropolitan Areas, Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Heath Malcolm J. Moseley, Growth Centres in Spatinl PZanning. James W. Hughes and Kenneth D. Bleakly, Jr., Urban Homesteading. Roger S. Ahlbrandt, Jr. and Paul C. Brophy, Neighborhood Revitalization: Theory and Practice. Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Heath Jerome G. Rose, ed., Transfer of Development Rights.     

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Book Reviewed in this Article: Vox Populi John C. Pierce and Harvey R. Doerksen, eds., Water Politics and Public Involvement. Ann Arbor, Mich.: New Topic for Political Scientists James E. Anderson, ed., Economic Regulatory Policies. Carbondale, III.: The Collegiate Cookie Jar Walter I. Garms, Financing Community Colleges. New York: The Local Fisc James C. Snyder, Fiscal Management and Planning in Local Government Lexington, Mass.: Unsuccessful Reign Harry Edward Berndt, New Rulers in the Ghetto: Race and Residence David H. McKay, Housing and Race in Industrial Society: What Ails Us Kenneth E. F. Watt et al., The Unsteady State: The Effects of Indexing Henry J. Aaron, ed., Inflation and the Income Tax. Washington, D.C.: Mood of Gloom E. J. Mishan, The Economic Growth Debate: An Assessment, London: Development in Dixie Leonard F. Wheat, Urban Growth in the Nonmetro politan South. Lexington, Mass.: The Cost of Getting There Alan Abouchar, Transportation Economics and Public Policy: With Urban Extensions. New York:     

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Book reviewed in this article: City, Region, and North American Hierarchy Benjamin Higgins, The Rise—And Fall? of Montreal: A Case Study of Urban Growth, Regional Economic Expansion and National Development. The Quality of Community Life David Popenoe, Private Pleasure, Public Plight: American Community Life in Comparative Perspective. Rural America Dale Jahr, Jerry W. Johnson, and Ronald Wimberley, eds., New Dimensions in Rural Policy: Building upon Our Heritage. East Meets West: Theory and Practice Don R. McCreary, Japanese-U.S. Business Negotiations: A Cross-Cultural Study. National Issues along the Rio Grande Lay James Gibson and Alfonso Corona Renteria, eds., The U.S. and Mexico: Borderland Development and the National Economies.     

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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 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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Book reviewed in this article: Measuring Poverty John W. Mellor and Gunvant M. Desai, Agricultural Change and Rural Poverty: Variations on a Theme. Third World Cities Robert B. Potter. Urbanisation and Planning in the 3rd World: Spatial Perceptions and Public Participation. Urban Economics for the Practitioner John M. Levy. Urban and Metropolitan Economics. Perspectives on Europe George Demko, ed., Regional Development: Problems and Policies in Eastern and Western Europe. Southern Land Use Robert G. Healy, Competition for Land in the American South: Agriculture, Human Settlement, and the Environment. Change in the United Kingdom A. Amin and J. Goddard, eds., Technological Change, Industrial Restructuring, and Regional Development. A Look at Marketing Boards Kwame Arhin, Paul Hesp, and Laurens van der Laan, eds., Marketing Boards in Tropical Africa. A Significant Step Ann Roell Markusen, Profit Cyucle, Oligopoly, and Regional Development. Steering Group Study Catherine Stirling and John N. Yockelson, eds., Under Pressure: U.S. Industry and the Challenges of Structural Adjustment.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Cleveland's Experience
Todd Swanstrom, The Crisis of Growth Politics: Cleveland, Kucinich, and the Challenge of Urban Populism. Jobs and the Young
Michael E. Borus, ed., Youth and the Labor Market: Analyses of the National Longitudinal Survey. Fuel for Thought
Jonathan Bradshaw and Toby Harris, eds., Energy and Social Policy. Difficult Choices
Roy Bahl, Financing State and Local Government in the 1980's. A Different Drummer?
The World Bank, Tribal Peoples and Economic Development.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Taxing and Spending in West Africa: A Review Article Nigerian Federal Finance: Its Development, Problems and Prospects by Adebayo Adedeji. A Development Duo. Economic Progress and Policy in Developing Countries by Angus Maddison. Latin American Farmers Sharecroppers of the Sertão: Economics and Dependence on a Brazilian Plantation by Allen W. Johnson. The Anchovy as Engine of Growth. Fishing for Growth: Export-led Development in Peru, 1950-1967 by Michael Roemer. Doing Business with the Poor. The Ghetto Marketplace, edited by Frederick D. Sturdivant. Strategy for Lagging Areas. Intermediate-Size Cities as Growth Centers: Applications for Kentucky, the Piedmont Crescent, the Ozarks, and Texas by Niles M. Hansen. The Rural Poor. Cooperatives and Rural Poverty in the South by Ray Marshall and Lamond Godwin. A Full-Screen Picture. Predicament of the University by Henry David Aiken Sagacity Revisited Technology and Humanism: Some Exploratory Essays for Our Time by William G. Carleton. Urban Programs Surveyed. The Conscience of the Corporations: Business and Urban Affairs, 1967-1970 by Jules Cohn. Social Responsibility and Profits. Social Responsibilities of Business Corporations by the Committee for Economic Development     

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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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Book Review in this Article Ralph M. Kramer, Voluntary Agencies in the Welfare State. Boris S. Pushkarev with Jeffrey M. Zupan and Robert S. Cumella, Urban Rail in America: An Exploration of Criteria for Fixed-Guideway Transit. Jon Van Til, Living with Energy Shortfall: A Future for American Towns and Cities. Robert Orr Whyte and Pauline Whyte, The Women of Rural Asia. William P. Browne and Don F. Hadwiger, eds., Rural Policy Problems: Changing Dimensions. Alan Lewis, The Psychology of Taxation. A. G. Aganbegyan, ed., Regional Studies for Planning and Projecting: The Siberian Experience. Yusuf J. Ahmad and Frank G. Müller, eds., Integrated Physical, Socio-economic, and Environmental Planning Bela Balassa, Development Strategies in Semi-industrial Economies. Steven C. Ballard et al., Water and Western Energy: Impacts, Issues, and Choices Dennis Bloodworth, The Messiah and the Mandarins: Mao Tsetung and the Ironies of Power. Landrum R. Bolling with Craig Smith, Private Foreign Aid: U.S. Philanthropy for Relief and Development. Coralie Bryant and Louise G. White, Managing Development in the Third World. V. Bulmer-Thomas, Input-Output Analysis in Developing Countries: Sources, Methods, and Applications. Robert W. Burchell and David Listokin, eds., Energy and Land Use. Canada, Department of Regional Economic Expansion, A Guide to Regional Multiplier Estimation Michael J. Carter and William H. Leahy, eds., New Directions in Labor Economics and Industrial Relations. E. William Colglazier, Jr., ed., The Politics of Nuclear Waste. Martin Counihan, A Dictionary of Energy.     

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Books reviewed: Aura Reggiani, (ed.) Spatial Economic Science. New Frontiers in Theory And Methodology Frans Boekema, Kevin Morgan, Silvia Bakers, and Roel Rutten, (eds.) Knowledge, Innovation and Economic Growth–The Theory and Practice of Learning Regions Gary E.Machlis and Donald R. Field, (eds.)National Parks and Rural Development: Practice And Policy in the United States John Kromer, Neighborhood Recovery: Reinvestment Policy for the New Hometown     

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Book reviews in this article: The Phylogeny of a Ghetto Kenneth L. Kusmer, A Ghetto Takes Shape: Block Cleveland, 1870–1930. Official Cooperation Leonard A. Cole, Blacks in Power: A Comparative Study of Black and White Elected Officials. Rotten Apple Fred Ferretti, The Year the Big Apple Went Bust. Planning by Jury David J. Brower et al., Urban Growth: Management through Development Timing. Cities versus Suburbs Paul R. Porter, The Recovery of American Cities Urban Grand Tour Herbert R. Lottman, How Cities Are Saved. Beyond Localism L. S. Bourne, Urban Systems: Strategies for Regulation–A Comparison of Policies in Britain, Sweden, Australia, and Canada. Urbanization Alternative Macolm D. Rivkin, Land Use and the Intermediatesize City in Developing Countries: With Case Studies of Turkey, Brazil, and Malaysia. Hopping a Derailed Train Andrew Marshall Hamer, The Selling of Rail Rapid Transit: A Critical Look at Urban Transportation Planning. Sound and Fury John Costello and Terry Hughes, The Concorde Conspiracy. Reclamation Guidelines William S. Doyle, Strip Mining of Coal: Environmental Solutions. Genetic Deficiency Harry M. Caudill, A Darkness at Dawn: Appalachian Kentucky and the Future. Lifeworld John A. Jakle, Stanley Brunn, and Curtis C. Roseman, Human Spatial Behavior: A Social Geography. Everything's Free in America Susan Sheehan, A Welfare Mother. Oddvar Aresvik, The Agricultural Development of Jordan. F. Lee Brown and A. 0. Lebeck, Cars, Cans, and Dumps: Solutions for Rural Residuals. William Gorham and Nathan Glazer, eds., The Urban Predicament. Gene F. Summers et al., Industrial Invasion of Nonmetropolitan America: A Quarter Century of Experience. William Worthy, The Rape of Our Neighborhoods: And How Communities Are Resisting Take-Overs by Colleges, Hospitals, Churches, Businesses, and Public Agencies. David E. Apter and Louis Wolf Goodman, eds., The Multinational Corporation and Social Change. James Cannon, A Clear View: Guide to Industrial Pollution Control. Soliman Demir, The Kuwait Fund and the Political Economy of Arab Regionaf Development. Erik P. Eckholm, Losing Ground: Environmental Stress and World Food Prospects. Michael H. Glantz, ed., The Politics of Natural Disaster: The Case of the Sahel Drought. Orville F. Grimes, Jr., Housing for Low-Income Families: Economics and Policy in the Developing World.     

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Book Review in this Article Ronald G. Ehrenberg and Paul L. Schumann, Longer Hours or More Jobs? An Investigation of Amending Hours Legislation to Create Employment Daniel Swartzman, Richard A. Liroff, and Kevin G. Croke, Cost-Benefit Analysis and Environmental Regulations: Politics, Ethics, and Methods. Suzanne Keller, ed., Building for Women. Herman L. Boschken, Land Use Conflicts: Organizational Design and Resource Management. Robert G. Healy and James L. Short, The Market for Rural Land: Trends, Issues, Policies. Seymour Warkov and Judith W. Meyer, Solar Diffusion and Public Incentives. Michael H. Lang, Gentrification amid Urban Decline: Strategies for America's Older Cities. Alan L. Sorkin, Economic Aspects of Natural Hazards. Clement Cottingham, ed., Race, Poverty, and the Urban Underclass. Thomas M. Stanback, Jr., et al., Services: The New Economy. Richard C. Rich, ed., The Politics of Urban Public Services. M. C. Ricklefs, A History of Modern Indonesia: c. 1300 to the Present. Lloyd Rodwin, Cities and City Planning. Julian B. Roebuck and Mark Hickson III, The Southern Redneck: A Phenomenological Class Study. J. Michael Ross and William M. Berg, “I Respectfully Disagree with the Judge's Order”: The Boston School Desegregation Controversy. Gundars Rudzitis, Residential Locution Determinants of the Older Population Frank H. Stephen, ed., The Performance of Labor-Managed Firms. George Sternlieb, James W. Hughes, and Connie 0. Hughes, Demographic Trends and Economic Reality: Planning and Markets in the 80's. Robert P. Taylor, Rural Energy Development in China. George S. Tolley, Vinod Thomas, and Chung Ming Wong, Agricultural Price Policies and the Developing Countries. G. P. Tottle, ed., Use of Computers for National Development-Agriculture: An Annotated Bibliography. Noel D. Uri, Dimensions of Energy Economics. Bruce A. Weber and Robert E. Howell, eds., Coping with Rapid Growth in Rural Communities. Sidney Weintraub and Stanley R. Ross, “Temporary” Alien Workers in the United States: Designing Policy from Fact and Opinion. Robert Woods, Theoretical Population Geography.     

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Kenneth G. Willis, Problems in Migration Analysis. Westmead, England: D. C. Heath Eli Ginzberg, ed., The Future of the Metropolis: People Melvin R. Levin, Jerome G. Rose, and Joseph S. Slavet, New Approaches to State Land-Use Policies, Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Heath Robert Schafer, The Suburbanization of Multifamily Housing. Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Heath Dennis A. Rondinelli, Urban and Regional Development Planning: Policy and Administration. Ray M. Northam, Urban Geography. K. H. Schaeffer and Elliot Sclar, Access for All: Transportation and Urban Growth. Thomas J. Anton, Governing Greater Stockholm: A Study of Policy Development and System Change. Leroy N. Rieselbach, ed., People vs. Government: The Responsiveness of American Institutions. William J. Baumol and Wallace E. Oates, The Theory of Environmental Policy: Externalities, Public Outlays, and the Quality of Life. Robert W. McMeekin, Jr., Educational Planning and Expenditure Decisions in Developing Countries: With a Malaysian Cake Study. Luther J. Carter, The Florida Experience: Land and Water Policy in a Growth State. Steven L. Barsby and Dennis R. Cox, Interstate Migration of the Elderly: A n Economic Analysis. Lee Rainwater, What Money Buys: Inequality and the Social Meanings of Income. John Fischer, Vital Signs, U.S.A. D. Babatunde Thomas, Capital Accumulation and Technology Transfer: A Comparative Analysis of Nigerian Manufacturing Industries. Edgar O. Edwards, Employment in Developing Nations: Report on a Ford Foundation Study. Richard J. Barnet and Ronald E. Mueller, Global Reach: The Power of the Multinational Corporations.     

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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.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Women's Work
Phyllis Andors, The Unfinished Liberation of Chinese Women, 1949–1980. Costs of Change
Larry Sawers and William K. Tabb, eds., Sunbelt/Snowbelt: Urban Development and Regional Restructuring. Main Street, U.S.A.
Harley E. Johansen and Glenn V. Fuguitt, The Changing Rural Village in America: Demographic and Economic Trends since 1950. What Is Dangerous?
Mary Douglas and Aaron Wildavsky, Risk and Culture: An Essay on the Selection of Technological and Environmental Dangers. Becoming Oriented
Clifton W. Pannell and Laurence J. C. Ma, China: The Geography of Development and Modernization. Immigrants and Citizens
Demetrios G. Papademetriou and Mark J. Miller, eds., The Unavoidable Issue: U.S. Immigration Policy in the 1980s. The Rising South
Robert J. Newman, Growth in the American South: Changing Regional Employment and Wage Patterns in the 1960s and 1970s. Into the Nineties
Anthony Downs, Rental Housing in the 1980s.     

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Book Review in this Article. Richard A. Easterlin, ed., Population and Economic Change in Developing Countries. John F. McDonald, Economic Analysis of an Urban Housing Market. Thomas A. Clark, Blacks in Suburbs: A National Perspective. Stephen Merrett, State Housing in Britain. Lloyd C. Irland, Wilderness Economics and Policy. Richard E. Lonsdale and H. L. Seyler, eds., Nonmetro-politan Industrialization Donald N. Rothblatt, Daniel J. Garr, and Jo Sprague, The Suburban Environment and Women. Glenn V. Fuguitt, Paul R. Voss, and J. C. Doherty, Growth and Change in Rural America. Chia-ling Kuo, Social and Political Change in New York's Chinatown: The Role of Voluntary Associations. Frank Cancian, The Innovator's Situation: Upper-Middle-Class Conservatism in Agricultural Cornrnunities.