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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.     

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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: 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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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: Service Industries in Regional Development. William J. Coffey and James J. McRae. Skills, Wages & Productivity. Thierry Noyelle (Ed.) Spatial Structure. Huib Ernste and Carlo Jaeger (eds.) Geography of the Information Economy. Mark E. Hepworth Informational City. Manuel Castells Collapsing Time and Space. Stanley D. Brunn and Thomas R. Leinbach, eds.     

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Book reviewed: P. Rietveld and D. Shefer, (eds.) Regional Development in an Age of Structural Change     

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.     

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Books reviewed: H.W. Arndt and Hal Hill (eds), Southeast Asia’s economic crisis: Origins, lessons and the way forward William Cline, Trade and income distribution Morris Goldstein, The Asian financial crisis: Causes, curses and systemic implications Lamont Lindstrom and James Gwero (eds), Big Wok: Storian blong Wol Wo Tu long Vanuatu     

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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     

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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     

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Book reviews in this article: Changing Commodity Regulation Jerry W. Markham, The History of Commodity Futures Trading and Its Regulation. Sitte and Cities George R. Collins and Christine Crasemann Collins, Camillo Sitte: The Birth of Modern City Planning with a Translation of the 1889 Austrian Edition of his City Planning According to Artistic Principles. Suburbs Here and Abroad Donald N. Rothblatt and Daniel J. Garr, Suburbia, an Znternutional Assessment. New Approaches to Development Inderjit Singh, Lyn Squire, and John Strauss, eds. Is the U.S. Economy All Right? F. Stevens Redburn, Terry F. Buss, and Larry C. Ledebur, eds. Revitalizing the U.S. Economy. A Success Story John R. Westley, Agriculture and Equitable Growth Mathematical Land Rent Models James B. Kau, C.F. Lee, and C.F. Sirmans, Urban Econometrics: A Wealth of Valuable Information F. Larry Leistritz and Brenda L. Ekstrom, Social Impact Assessment and Management     

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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.     

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Book reviews in this article: Straight Talk from Our Former Editor U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (prepared by Lawrence R. Klein and Susan Ghozeil), A Popularized Version of 21 Doctoral Dissertations, R & D monograph. The Well-Tempered Caveat Benjamin Chinitz, ed., The Declining Northeast: Demographic and Economic Analyses.. George Sternlieb and James W. Hughes, eds., Revitalizing the Northeast: Prelude to an Agenda.. The Economic Solution William J. Baumol and Wallace E. Oates, Economics, Environmental Policy, and the Quality of Life. The No-Free-Lunch Bunch Harold Sprout and Margaret Sprout, The Context of Environmental Politics: Unfinished Business for America's Third Century. Of Flora, Fish, and Titmice Ian C. Laurie, ed., Nature in Cities: The Natural Environment in the Design and Development of Urban Green Space. An Array of Options David J. Bartholomew and Andrew F. Forbes, Statistical Techniques for Manpower Planning. Reusing Resources David W. Pearce and Ingo Walter, eds., Resource Conservation: Social and Economic Dimensions of Recycling. Once More with Fueling Wallace E. Tyner, Energy Resources and Economic Development in India. Left-of-Center Viewpoint Jeannine Swift, Economic Development in Latin America. Edward J. Blakely, ed., Community Development Research: Concepts, Issues, and Strategies. Elchanan Cohn, The Economics of Education P. W. Daniels, ed., Spatial Patterns of Office Growth and Location. Douglas Evans, Western Energy Policy: The Case for Competition. R. A. French and F. E. Ian Hamilton, eds., The Socialist City: Spatial Structure and Urban Policy. D. A. Kirby, Slum Housing and Residential Renewal: The Case in Urban Britain. Thomas D. Lynch, Public Budgeting in America. Ragaei El Mallakh, Qatar: Development of an Oil Economy. Roberta Balstad Miller, City and Hinterland: A Case Study of Urban Growth and Regional Development. Rakesh Mohan, Urban Economic and Planning Models: Assessing the Potential for Cities in Developing Countries. Joseph P. Newhouse, The Economics of Medical Care: A Policy Perspective. John L. Palmer, ed., Creating Jobs: Public Employment Programs and Wage Subsidies. V. Kerry Smith, ed., Scarcity and Growth Reconsidered.     

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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: 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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Book reviewed in this article: Numbers Racket
Richard A. Easterlin, Birth and Fortune: The Impact of Numbers on Personal Welfare. The Decision to Work
James P. Smith, ed., Female Labor Supply: Theory and Estimation. The Character of a People
Solomon B. Levine and Hisashi Kawada, Human Resources in Japanese Industrial Development. Beyond Nine to Five
Sarah Fenstermaker Berk, ed., Women and Household Labor Owner's Manual
Karen R. Polenske, The U.S. Multiregional Input-Output Accounts and Model. Collective Concerns
Scott Cummings, ed., Self-Help in Urban America: Patterns of Minority Business Enterprise. St. Louis Blues
Eugene I. Meehan, The Quality of Federal Policymaking: Programmed Failure in Public Housing. The Hard-Soft Path
Gregory A. Daneke and George K. Lagassa, eds., Energy Policy and Public Administration. Also of Interest
Ralph Andreano and John J. Siegfried, eds., The Economics of Crime. Regina Belz Armstrong et al., Regional Accounts: Structure and Performance of the New York Region's Economy in the Seventies, ed. Boris S. Pushkarev and Peter J. Bearse. Malcolm Gillis and Ralph E. Beak, Tax and Investment Policies for Hard Minerals: Public and Multinational Enterprises in Indonesia. Arthur P. Solomon, ed., The Prospective City: Economic, Population, Energy, and Environmental Developments. George Sternlieb, James W. Hughes, et al., America's Housing: Prospects and Problems. Edward L. Ullman, Geography as Spatial Interaction, ed.     

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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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Book reviewed in this article: Toward the Grand Design Michael Peter Smith, ed., Cities in Transformation: Class, Capital, and the State. Neighborhood Nexus Peggy Wireman, Urban Neighborhoods, Networks, and Families: New Forms for Old Values. Geographic Dimension Dennis A. Rondinelli, Applied Methods of Regional Analysis: The Spatial Dimensions of Development Policy. Politics and Policy Charles Gore, Regions in Question: Space, Development Theoy and Regional Policy. Thinking about Change Kristi Branch, Douglas A. Hooper, James Thompson, and James Creighton, Guide to Social Assessment: A Framework For Assessing Social Change. Revenue and Responsibility James H. Carr, ed. Crisis and Constraint in Municipal Finance. Many-Centered Cities Jack Meltzer, Metropolis to Metroplex: The Social and Spatial Planning of Cities.     

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Book reviewed in this article: North of the Border
Niles Hansen, The Border Economy: Regional Development in the Southwest. Cruel, But Not Unusual
Sylvia Ann Hewlett, The Cruel Dilemmas of Development: Twentieth-Century Brazil. The Pursuit of Natural Resources
Gordon C. Bjork, Life, Liberty, and Property: The Economics and Politics of Land-Use Planning and Environmental Controls. The Old Neighborhood
Shirley Bradway Laska and Daphne Spain, eds., Back to the City: Issues in Neighborhood Renovation. Factory Fixation
Barry M. Moriarty et al., Industrial Location and Community Development. City Salmagundi
Lisa Taylor, ed., Urban Open Spaces. Consumption and Protection
Horst Siebert, Economics of the Environment. Ownership Threshold
George Sternlieb and James W. Hughes, The Future of Rental Housing. Going with the Flow
David L. Brown and John M. Wardwell, eds., New Directions in Urban-Rural Migration: The Population Turnaround in Rural America. Energy, Marine, and Water Resources
Chennat Gopalakrishnan, Natural Resources and Energy: Theory and Policy. Eat Your Lawn
Robert Rodale, Our Next Frontier: A Personal Guide for Tomorrow's Lifestyle. American Odyssey
Mark Kramer, Three Farms: Making Milk, Meat, and Money from the American Soil. Also of Interest
Jeffrey I. Chapman, Proposition 13 and Land Use: A Case Study of Fiscal Limits in California. J. P. Cole, The Development Gap: A Spatial Analysis of World Poverty and Inequality. W. L. L'Esperance, The Structure and Control of a State Economy. Frank J. Popper, The Politics of Land-Use Reform. Ira M. Robinson, Canadian Urban Growth Trends: Implications for a National Settlement Policy, Human Settlement Issues, vol. 5. Frederick Steiner, The Politics o f New Town Planning: The Newfields, Ohio Story.     

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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