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The Making of the New Japan: Reclaiming the Political Mainstream by Yasuhiro Nakasone. Translated and annotated by Lesley Connors Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 1999. ISBN: 0–7007–1246–1, xii + 256 pp. Hardcover, £30.00     

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Ronald Wixman, Language Aspects of Ethnic Patterns and Processes in the North Caucasus (University of Chicago Department of Geography. Research Paper No. 191). Chicago, 1980, 243 pp.     

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Veronica Doubleday, Three Women of Herat. London: Jonathan Cape, 1988, ix + 222 pp., glossary, illustrative chapter headings, colour photographs; L12.95. ISBN 0–224–02440‐X.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Petras, James, and Henry Veltmeyer. Cardoso's Brazil: A Land for Sale.
Font, Mauricio, and Anthony Spanakos, eds., with Christina Bordin. Reforming Brazil.
Livingstone, Grace. Inside Colombia: Drugs, Democracy, and War.
MacLeod, Dag. Downsizing the State: Privatization and the Limits of Neoliberal Reform in Mexico.
Shadlen, Kenneth C. Democratization Without Representation: The Politics of Small Industry in Mexico.
Armony, Ariel C. The Dubious Link: Civic Engagement and Democratization.     

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Books reviewed in this article: Sieder, Rachel (ed.) (1995), Impunity in Latin America Berger, Mark T. (1995), Under Northern Eyes: Latin American Studies and U.S. Hegemony in the Americas, 1898–1990 Tulchin, Joseph S. with Bernice (eds) (1995) The Consolidation of Democracy in Latin America Norden, Deborah L. (1996) Military Rebellion in Argentina: Between Coups and Consolidation McAdam, Andrew (1996) Antonio F. Cafiero: El Renovador Gibson, Edward (1996) Class and Conservative Parties, Argentina in Comparative Perspective Lewis, Colin and Szusterman, Celia (eds) (1996), Argentina: Foreign Relations and the New Foreign Policy Agenda Randall, Laura (ed.) (1996), Reforming Mexico's Agrarian Reform Tortolero Villasenor, Alejandro (1995), De la coa a la máquina de vapor: actividad agrícola e innovación tecnolbgica en las haciendas mexicanas, 1880–1914 Costa, Hélio da (1995), Em busca da memoria: comissão de fábrica, partido e sindicato no pósguerra Arom, Silvia M. and Ortoll, Servando (eds) (1996) Riots in the Cities: Popular Politics and the Urban Poor in Latin America, 1765–1910 Smith, Courtney A. (1995), Socialist Transformation in Peripheral Economies: Lessons from Grenada Purcell, Susan Kaufman and Simon, Francoise (eds) (1995) Europe and Latin America in the World Economy Nazmi, Nader (1996), Economic Policy and Stabilization in Latin America Lavrin, Asuncion (1995) Women, Feminism, and Social Change in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, 1890–1940 Besse, Susan K. (1996), Restructuring Patriarchy: the Modernization of Gender Inequality in Brazil, 1914–1940 Molyneux, Maxine (1996), State, Gender and Institutional Change in Cuba's ‘Special Period’: the Federack de Mujeres Cubanas Townsend, Janet G. in collaboration with Arrevillaga, Ursula, Bain, Jennie, Cancino, Socorro, Frenk, Susan F., Pacheco, Silvana and Perez, Elia (1995), Women's Voices from the Rainforest Painter, M. and Durham, W.H. (eds) (1995), The Social Causes of Environmental Destruction in Latin America Meyer, Doris (ed.) (1995), Reinterpreting the Spanish American Essay: Women Writers of the 19th and 20th Centuries Levinson, Brett (1996) Secondary Moderns: Mimesis, History, and Revolution in Lezama Lima's “American Expression” Pérez de Mendiola, Marina (ed.) (1996), Bridging the Atlantic: Toward a Reassessment of Iberian and Latin American Cultural Ties Katra, William H. (1996) The Argentine Generation of 1837: Echeverria, Alherdi, Sarmiento, Mitre James, C.L.R. (ed. Anna Grimshaw) (1996) Special Delivery. The Letters of C.L.R. James to Constance Webb, 1939–48 Cowley, John (1996), Carnival, Canboulay and Calypso: Caribbean Traditions in the Making Cole, Richard R. (ed.) (1996) Communication in Latin America: Journalism, Mass Media, and Society Langer, Erick and Jackson, Robert H. (eds) (1995) The New Latin American Mission History Hoberman, Louisa Schell and Socolow, Susan Migden (eds) (1996) The Countryside in Colonial Latin America Andrien, Kenneth J. (1995), The Kingdom of Quito, 1690–1830: the State and Regional Development Cornblit, Oscar (1995) Power and Violence in the Colonial City: Oruro from the Mining Renaissance to the Rebellion of Tupac Amaru (1740–1782) O'Brien, Thomas, F. (1996), The Revolutionary Mission: American Business in Latin America, 1900–1945 Frye, David (1996) Indians into Mexicans: History and identity in a Mexican Town Paternosto, César (1996), The Stone and the Thread: Andean Roots of Abstract Art     

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Book reviewed in this article: BESOZZI, Claudio (2001). Illegal, legal ‐ egal? Zu Entstehung, Struktur und Auswirkungen illegaler Märkte. GOTTRAUX, Philippe, Pierre‐Antoine SCHORDERET und Bernard VOUTAT (2000) La science politique suisse à l'épreuve de son histoire. MARTY, Frank (2001). Managing International Rivers, Problems, Politics, Institutions. MATHIEU, Lilian (2001). Mobilisation de prostituées. RITTBERGER, Volker (2001). German Foreign Policy Since Unification, Theories and Case Studies. HOFFMANN‐NOWOTNY, Hans‐Joachim (2001). Das Fremde in der Schweiz. Ergebnisse soziologischer Forschung.     

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Book reviewed in this article: MAKING THE BICENTENAR: A Special Issue of Australian Historical Studies, Vol. 23, No. 91 (October 1988) Edited by S. Janson and S. Macintyre. GOOD MEN AND TRUE: The Aboriginal Police of the Port Phillip district 1937–1853 By Marie Hansen Fels. THE MAKING OF THE ABORIGINES By Bain Attwood. RACE RELATIONS INCOLONIAL QUEENSLAND: A History of Exclusion, Exploitation and Extermination By Raymond Evans, Kay Saunders & Kathryn Cronin. THE PRESS IN COLONIAL QUEENSLAND: A Social and Political History 1845–75 By Denis Cryle. JAMES SMITH. The Making of a Colonial Culture By Lurline Stuart. COURAGE A GRACE: A Biography of Dame Mary Gilmore By W. H. Wilde. BREAKER MORANT AND THE BUSHVELDT CARBINEERS Edited by Arthur Davey. BLOCKADE: The Queensland Loans Affair 1920 to 1924 By Tom Cochrane. THE LABOUR EXPERIMENT By Stuart Macintyre. DISPLACED PERSONS: CALWELL'S NEW AUSTRALIANS By Egon Kunz. LOCATIN AUSTRALIA'S PAST: A Practical Guide to Writing Local History By The Local History Coordination Project. AUSTRALIA IN MIND: Thirteen Influential Australian Thinkers By Mark Thomas. AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL FACTS By I. McAllister. M. Mackerras, A. Ascui, and S. Moss. AUSTALIA'S POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS By D. Aitkin, B. Jinks and J. Warhurst. POLITICS IN AUSTRALIA Edited by Rodney Smith and Lex Watson. AUSTRALIAN STUDIES: A Survey Edited by James Walter. THE RISE OF COLONIAL NATIONALISM: Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa First Assert Their nationalities Edited by John Eddy and Deryck Schreuder. THE IDEAL SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES. The Foundation of Modern New Zealand Society 1850–1900 By Miles Fairburn. ANTACTICA'S FUTURE: CONTINUITY OR CHANGE? Edited by R. A. Herr, H. R. Hall and M. G. Haward. PLES BLONG INUI: Solomon Islands: The Past Four Thousand Years Edited by Hugh Laracy NAMIBIA 1884–1984: Readings in Namibia's History and Society SOUTH AFRICA BELONGS TO US: A History of the African National Congress By Francis Meli. DEMOCRACY AND PARTICIPATION IN ANTHENS By R. K. Sinclair. THE POLITICS OF PROGRESS: The Origins and Development of the Commerical Republic 1600–1835 By Hiram Caton. MODERNIZATION FRUSTRATED. The Politics of Industrial Decline in Britain Since 1900 By Scott Newton and Dilwyn Porter. SELLING THE STATE: Privatisation in Britain By Cento Veljanovski with Mark Bentley. PRIVATISATION: Theory, Practice and Choice By Madsen Pirie. BRITAIN AND THE FALKLANDS WAR By Lawrence Freedman. NORTHERN IRELAND SINCE 1968 Paul Arthur and Keith Jeffrey. VLASOV AND THE RUSSIAN LIBERATION MOVEMENT: Soviet reality and Emigre Theories By Catherine Andreyev. UNDERSTANDING SOVIET SOCIETY Edited by Michael Paul Sacks and Jerry G. Pankhurst. THE JEWS IN POLAND Edited by Chimen Abramsky, Maciej Jachimczyk and Antony Polonsky. THE GERMAN STUDENT CORPS IN THE THIRD REICH By R. S. G. Weber. GERMANY, AMERICA, EUROPE: FORTY YEARS OF GERMAN FOREIGH POLICY By Wolfram F. Hanrieder. THE MAFIA OF A SICILIAN VILLAGE, 1860–1960. A Study of Violent Peasant Entrepreneurs By Anton Blok. CINA AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: Participation in Non-governmental Organizations Since 1971 By Gerald Chun. THE ORIGINS OF THE VIETMAN WAR By Anthony Short. COLD WAR ON CAMPUS: A Study of the Politics of Organizational Control By Lionel S. Lewis. HISTORY OF THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. Volume II. The Test of War 1950–1953. By Doris M. Condit. THE POSTMODERN PRESIDENT: The White House Meets the World By Richard Rose. RICH AND POOR COUNTRIES: Consequences of International Economic Disorder By Hans W. Singer and Javed A. Ansari. AGINS AND POLITICAL LEAERSHIP Edited by Angus McIntyre. IN THE AGE OF THE SMART MACHINE: The Future of Work and Power By Shoshana Zuboff. INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION Edited by Ramesh Thokur. ARMS CONTROL By Michael J. Sheehan MEN, MACHINES AND WAR Edited by Ronald Haycock and Keith Neilson. THE POLITICS OF SCANDAL: Power and Process in Liberal Democracies Andrei S. Markovits and Mark Silverstein. THE RULE OF LAW: Foundations of Constitutional Democracy By Geoffrey de Q. Walker. TRADITIONS OF LIBERALISM: Essays on John Locke, Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill Edited by Knud Haakonssen. LIBERALISMS: Essays in Political Philosophy By John Gray. HUMAN RIGHTS Edited by Peter Davies. THE BITTERSWEET CENTURY: Speculations on Modern Science and American Democracy By Paul N. Goldstene. BIOLOGY AND FREEDOM: An Essay on the Implications of Human Ethology By S. A. Barnett. POWER, MODERNITY AND SOCIOLOGY: Selected Sociological Writings By Raymond Aron XPLANATION IN SOCIAL HISTORY By Christopher Lloyd.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Omar Encarnación, The Myth of Civil Society: Social Capital and Democratic Consolidation in Spain and Brazil.
Maria Guadalupe Moog Rodrigues, Global Environmentalism and Local Politics: Transnational Advocacy Networks in Brazil, Ecuador, and India.
Todd Eisenstadt, Courting Democracy in Mexico: Party Strategies and Electoral Institutions.
Luis Rubio and Susan Kaufman Purcell, eds., Mexico Under Fox.
Kevin J. Middlebrook, ed., Dilemmas of Political Change in Mexico.
Katrina Burgess, Parties and Unions in the New Global Economy.     

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Books reviewed: Grandin, Greg (2004) The Last Colonial Massacre: Latin America in the Cold War. Domínguez, Francisco and Guedes de Oliveira, Marcos (eds) (2004) Mercosur: Between Integration and Democracy Shadlen, Kenneth (2004) Democratization without Representation. The Politics of Small Industry in Mexico. Garreton, Manuel Antonio (2003) Incomplete Democracy. Political Democratization in Chile and Latin America. Bennett, Vivienne, Dávila‐Poblete, Sonia and Nieves Rico, María (eds) (2005) Opposing Currents: The Politics of Water and Gender in Latin America. Schneider, Ben Ross (2004) Business Politics and the State in Twentieth‐Century Latin America. de Ferranti, David, Perry, Guillermo E., Ferreira, Francisco H.G. and Walton, Michael (2004) Inequality in Latin America: Breaking with History? Van Oss, A.C. (2003) Church and Society in Spanish America. Florescano, Enrique and García Acosta, Virginia (eds) (2004) Mestizajes tecnológicos y cambios culturales en México. Weiner, Richard (2004) Race, Nation, and Market: Economic Culture in Porfirian Mexico. Dawson, Alexander S. (2004) Indian and Nation in Revolutionary Mexico. Newcomer, Daniel (2004) Reconciling Modernity: Urban State Formation in 1940s León, Mexico. Olsen, Margaret (2004) Slavery and Salvation in Colonial Cartagena de Indias. Larson, Brooke (2004) Trials of Nation Making: Liberalism, Race, and Ethnicity in the Andes. Christiansen, Tanja (2004) Disobedience, Slander, Seduction, and Assault: Women and Men in Cajamarca, Peru, 1862–1900. Watanabe, John M. and Fischer, Edward F. (eds) (2004) Pluralizing Ethnography: Comparison and Representation in Maya Cultures, Histories, and Identities. Knab, Timothy (2004) The Dialogue of Earth and Sky: Dreams, Souls, Curing, and the Modern Aztec Underworld. Kuss, Malena (ed) (2004) Music in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Encyclopedic History, Volume 1, Performing Beliefs: Indigenous Peoples of South America, Central America and Mexico. Burgos, Raúl (2004) Los gramscianos argentinos: cultura y política en la experiencia de Pasado y Presente. Dorfman, Ariel (2004) Other Septembers, Many Americas: Selected Provocations 1980–2004.     

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Book reviewed in this article: BUSCH, Andreas (2003). Staat und Globalisierung. Das Politikfeld Banken‐regulierung im internationalen Vergleich. Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, 300 Seiten. LE GALES, Patrick (2003). Le retour des villes européennes.Sociétés urbaines, mondialisation, gouvernement et gouvernance. Paris: Presses de sciences po, 454 Pages. ROSENBROCK, Rolf und Thomas GERLINGER (2004). Gesundheitspolitik: eine systematische Einführung. Bern, Göttingen: Huber, 320 Seiten. ZURBRIGGEN, Ludwig (2004). CVP und die soziale Mitte ‐ Soziales Kapital, Koalitionen und Symbolische Praxis der CVP. Zürich, Chur: Rüegger, 303 Seiten.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Inside Terrorism, by Bruce Hoffman.
Decade of Transition: Eisenhower, Kennedy, and the Origins of the American-Israeli Alliance, by Abraham Ben-Zvi.
Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness, by Rashid Khalidi.
The Dream Palace of the Arabs: A Generation's Odyssey, by Fouad Ajami.
Saudi-Iranian Relations 1932-1982, by Saeed M. Badeeb.
Monuments of Syria: An Historical Guide, by Ross Bums.
Syria Today, by Jean Hureau.
Central Asia Meets the Middle East, edited by David Menashri.     

Book Reviews

Russia in Asia

Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings: 1589–1605. 2 vols. Edited by W. E. D. Allen. Cambridge, published for the Hakluyt Society, 1972. Pp. xxxii+640. Bibliog. Illus. Maps. Index. £7.60.

Turkestan Zwischen Russland und China. By Baymirza Hayit. Amsterdam, Philo Press, 1971. Pp. 414. Bibliog. Index.

The Rise of Russia in Asia. By David J. Dallin. Hamden, Conn., Archon Books, 1971 (Yale UP 1949). Pp. 293. Map. Bibliog. Index. $9.50.

Soviet Russia and the Far East. By David J. Dallin. Hamden, Conn., Archon Books, 1971 (Yale UP 1948). Pp. 398. Map. Bibliog. Index. $12.25.

Middle East

Sayyid Jamal ad‐Din “al‐Afghani”. A Political Biography. By Nikki R. Keddie. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, University of California Press, 1972. Pp. xvii+479. Portrait. Bibliog. Index. $20.

In Search of Omar Khayyam. By Ali Dashti. Translated by L. P. Elwell‐Sutton. London, Allen &; Unwin, 1971. Pp. 276. Bibliog. Index. £3.50.

Al‐Manar English‐Arabic Dictionary: By Hasan S. Karmi. Longman, Librairie du Liban. £3.00.

The Oxford English‐Arabic Dictionary of Current Usage. Ed. N. S. Doniach. OUP, 1972. £12.00.

The Role of Government in the Industrialisation of Iraq 1950–65. By Ferhang Jalal. London, Frank Cass and Co., 1972. Pp. 12+142. Bibliog. Index. £3.50.

Egypt: Imperialism and Revolution. By Jacques Berque. London, Faber, 1972. Pp. 736. Maps. Illus. Glossary. Index. £15.00.

The British in Egypt. By Peter Mansfield. London, Weidenfeld. £3.50.

Shah Diz of Isma'ili Fame: Its Siege and Destruction. By Caro Owen Minasian. London, Luzac, 1971. Pp. 74+52 plates. Maps. Index £4.50.

The Sub Continent

The Terrorist. Translated from the Sindhi by H. T. Lambrick. London, Ernest Benn, 1972. Pp. 246. Sketch‐maps. £2.50.

The India We Left. By Humphrey Trevelyan. London, Macmillan, 1972. Pp. 255. Illus. Map. Index. £3.95.

Socialism in India (1919–1939). Edited by B. R. Nanda. Delhi, Vikas Publications, 1972. Pp. 299. Bibliog. Index. Rs.35.

The Transfer of Power, 1942–7. Volume 3: Reassertion of Authority, Gandhi's Fast, and the Succession to the Viceroyalty. Edited by Nicholas Mansergh and E. W. R. Lumby. London, HMSO, 1971. Pp. 1182. Illus. Map. Index. £10.

The East Pakistan Tragedy. By Prof. L. F. Rushbrook Williams. London, Tom Stacey, 1972. Pp. 140. £2.80.

From Crisis to Crisis: Pakistan 1962–1969. By Herbert Feldman. Oxford University Press, 1972. Pp. 340. Index. £5.50.

Company Drawings in the India Office Library. By Mildred Archer. London, HMSO, 1972. Pp. 298. Illus. Index. £4.50.

Southeast Asia

An Introduction to Southeast Asian Politics. By J. R. E. Waddell. Sydney, John Wiley &; Sons, 1972. Pp. 305. Maps. Bibliog. Index.

Singapore in Southeast Asia: an Economic and Political Appraisal. By Iain Buchanan. London, Bell, 1972. Pp. 336. Maps. Illus. Index. £3.65.

Singapore's People's Action Party: its History, Organization and Leadership. By Pang Cheng Lian. Oxford University Press. 1971. Pp. 87. Bibliog. Index. £2.10.

Politics in a Plural Society. By R. K. Vasil. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, 1971. Pp. ix+338. Tables. Bibliog. Index. £3.20.

The Malaysian General Election of 1969. By R. K. Vasil. Singapore, Kuala Lumpur. Oxford University Press, 1972. Pp. ix+114. Tables. Bibliog. Index.

The Ship of Sulaiman. Translated from the Persian by John O'Kane. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1972. Pp. x+250. £3.75.

The Straits Settlements 1826–67. By C. M. Turnbull. London, Athlone Press, 1972. Pp. 10+428. Maps. Bibliog. Index. £5.50.

China

The Southern Expansion of the Chinese People: Southern fields and southern ocean. By C.P. FitzGerald. Barrie and Jenkins, London, 1972. Pp. xxi+220. £4.

China and the Overseas Chinese: a study of Peking's changing policy, 1949–1970. By Stephen FitzGerald. Cambridge University Press, 1972. Pp. xii+268. £5.90.

Military and Political Power in China in the 70s. Edited by William W. Whitson. New York, Praeger; London, Pall Mall Press, 1972. Pp. 390. $20.

Geography

The Changing Map of Asia. Edited by W. G. East, O. H. K. Spate and Charles A. Fisher. London, Methuen, 1971. Fifth edition. Pp. xvi+678. Maps. Tables. Index. £5.75.

Asia, East by South: A Cultural Geography. By J. E. Spencer and William L. Thomas. New York, London, Sydney and Toronto, John Wiley &; Sons, 1971. Second edition. Pp. xv+669. Maps. Bibliog. Index. £7.25.

East Asia. China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam. Geography of a Cultural Region. By Albert Kolb. Transl. C. A. M. Sym. London, Methuen, 1971. Pp. xvi+591. Maps. Tables. Bibliog. Index. £8.50.

China's Changing Map. National and Regional Development, 1949–71. By Theodore Shabad. London, Methuen, 1972. Revised edition. Pp. xiii+370. Maps. Tables. Bibliog. Index. £5.00.

India &; Pakistan. Land, People and Economy. By O. H. K. Spate and A. T. A. Learmouth. London, Methuen (University Paperbacks), 1972. Third edition. Pp. xxxiii+439. Maps. Tables. Index. £2.50.

India, Pakistan &; Ceylon. The Regions. By O. H. K. Spate, A. T. A. Learmonth and B. H. Farmer. London, Methuen (University Paperbacks), 1972. Third edition. Pp. xxvii+455. Maps. Tables. Index. £2.50.