Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this issue The Luck of the Irish: How a Shipload of Convicts Survived the Wreck of the Hive to Make a New Life in Australia. By Babette Smith (Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2014), pp. xi + 292. Illustrations, notes, index. AU$32.99 (pb). Sir Charles Lilley: Premier and Chief Justice of Queensland. By J.M. Bennett (Sydney: The Federation Press, 2014), xvii + 365 pp, AU$64.95 (hb). Visions of Colonial Grandeur: John Twycross at Melbourne's International Exhibitions, Melbourne. By Charlotte Smith and Benjamin Thomas (Melbourne: Museum Victoria, 2014), AU$39.95 (pb). The Europeans in Australia: Volume Three: Nation. By Alan Atkinson (Sydney: UNSW Press, 2014), pp.xxii + 505. AU$49.95 (pb). Broken Nation: Australians in the Great War. By Joan Beaumont (Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2013), 656 pp. AU$55.00 (hb). ISBN 9781741751383. Anzac: The Unauthorised Biography. By Carolyn Holbrook (Sydney: UNSWPress, 2014), AU$34.99 (pb). The Spy Catchers: The Official History of ASIO 1949–1963, Vol. 1. By David Horner (Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2014), pp.710. AU$59.99 (hb). Taking God to School: The End of Australia's Egalitarian Education. By Marion Maddox (Crow's Nest: Allen and Unwin, 2014), pp. xxiii + 248. A$29.99 (pb). Murray Gleeson: The Smiler. By Michael Pelly (Sydney: The Federation Press, 2014), pp. v + 280. Sixteen photographs. AU$59.95 (hb). Lessons in Governing: A Profile of Prime Ministers' Chiefs of Staff. By R.A.W. Rhodes and Anne Tiernan (Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 2014), pp. vii + 263. $59.99 (pb). He Who Must Be Obeid: the Untold Story. By Kate McClymont and Linton Besser (North Sydney: Vintage Books, 2014), pp.425, $34.99 (pb). Tony Windsor: The Biography. By Ruth Rae (Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin, 2014), ISBN 9781743319253. AU$35.00 (pb). Australian History in 7 Questions. By John Hirst (Collingwood, Vic., Black Inc., 2014), 218 pp. ISBN 978‐1‐86395‐670‐3. AU$24.99 (pb). Visiting the Neighbours: Australians in Asia. By Agnieszka Sobocinska (Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, 2014), AU$34.99 (pb). Changing Times: New Zealand Since 1945. By Jenny Carlyon and Diana Morrow (Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2013), NZ$45.00 (pb), available in Australia through InBooks. Making Micronesia: A Political Biography of Tosiwo Nakayma. By David Hanlon (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2014), pp. xiv + 313. Four Maps. US$55.00 (hb). Malthus: The Life and Legacy of an Untimely Prophet. By Robert J. Mayhew (Cambridge, MA and London: Belknap, 2014), pp. 284. AU$46.95 (hb), available in Australia through Footprint Books. The Life of R. H. Tawney: Socialism and History. By Lawrence Goldman (London, New York: Bloomsbury, 2014, pp. xiv + 411. £65.00 (hb). Ten Cities that Made an Empire. By Tristram Hunt (London: Allen Lane, 2014). £25.00 (hb). Britain and the International Committee of the Red Cross, 1939–1945. By James Crossland (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), pp.xiv + 269. ISBN 978‐1‐137‐39955‐7. £60.00 (hb). The Tories: from Winston Churchill to David Cameron. By Timothy Heppell (London: Bloomsbury, 2014), AU$39.99 (pb); and Revolt on the Right: Explaining Support for the Radical Right in Britain. By Robert Ford and Matthew Goodwin (Abingdon: Routledge, 2014), $29.99 (pb). The French Revolution and the Birth of Electoral Democracy. By Melvin Edelstein (Farnham, Surrey and Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2014), pp. XV + 365. Five maps. £80. Vodka Politics. Alcohol, Autocracy, and the Secret History of the Russian State. By Mark Lawrence Schrad (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2014), pp.xvii + 492. US$35.00. Iran and the United States: An Insider's View of the Failed Past and the Road to Peace. By Seyed Hossein Mousavian (London: Bloomsbury, 2014) $45 (hb). Hard Times in the Marvelous City: From Dictatorship to Democracy in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro. By Bryan McCann (Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2014), pp.ix + 249. Eight Maps. Nineteen Photographs. Paper AU$24.95. Library Cloth Edition AU$89.95. Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400–1750: Cavalry, Guns, Government and Ships. By Kaushik Roy (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2014), AU$130.00 (hb). The Company and the Shogun: the Dutch Encounter with Tokugawa Japan. By Adam Clulow (New York: Columbia University Press, 2014), xi, 262 pp. + notes, bibliography, index; maps, figures. ISBN: 978‐0‐231‐1648‐3. AU$79.00 (hb), available in Australia through Footprint Books. Gender and Global Justice. Edited by Alison M. Jaggar (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2014), pp.223. £16.99 (pb). Historians Debate the Rise of the West. By Jonathan Daly (London and New York: Routledge, 2015) 978‐1‐138‐77480‐3. AU$63.99 (pb). Transnationalizing the Public Sphere. Edited by Kate Nash (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2014), pp. 168 9PB £12.99.     

New Labour: what's published is what counts

Books reviewed in this article:
Barrett-Brown, M. and Coates, K. (1996) The Blair Revelation: Deliverance for Whom?
Blackburn, R. and Plant, R. (eds) (1999) The Labour Government's Constitutional Reform Agenda.
Blair, T. (1996) New Britain: My Vision of a Young Country.
Brivati, B. and Bale, T. (eds) (1997) New Labour in Power: Precedents and Prospects.
Crewe, I., Gosschalk, B. and Bartle, J. (1998) Political Communications: Why Labour Won the General Election of 1997
Denver, D., Fisher, J., Cowley, P. and Pattie, C. (1998) British Elections and Parties Review, Volume 8: The 1997 General Election.
Driver, S. and Martell, L. (1998) New Labour: Politics after Thatcherism.
Ellison, N. (1994) Egalitarian Thought and Labour Politics: Retreating Visions.
Gamble, A. and Wright, T. (1999) The New Social Democracy.
Geddes, A. and Tonge, J. (eds) (1997) Labour's Landslide: The British General Election 1997.
Giddens, A. (1998) The Third Way: the Renewal of Social Democracy.
Hay, C. (1999) The Political Economy of New Labour: Labouring under False Pretences?
Hazell, R. (ed.) (1999) Constitutional Futures: A History of the Next Ten Years.
Jones, T. (1996) Remaking the Labour Party: From Gaitskell to Blair.
Shaw, E. (1996) The Labour Party Since 1945.
Taylor, G. (1997) Labour's Renewal? The Policy Review and Beyond.
Thompson, N. (1996) Political Economy and the Labour Party: The Economics of Democratic Socialism 1884–1995.
Worcester, R. and Mortimore, R. (1999) Explaining Labour's Landslide.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
Collier, Simon and Sater, William (1996), A History of Chile, 1808–1994
Bulmer-Thomas, Victor (1994), The Economic History of Latin America Since Independence
Ramirez, Susan Elizabeth (1996), The World Upside Down: Cross Cultural Contact and Conflict in Sixteenth-Century Peru
Mundy, Barbara, E. (1996), The Mapping of New Spain: Indigenous Cartography and the Maps of the Relaciones Geograficas
Davis, Darien J., ed., (1995) Slavery and Beyond: The African Impact on Latin America and the Caribbean
Meade, Terasa A., (1997), 'Civilizing' Rio: Reform and Resistance in a Brazilian City, 1889–1930
Schneider, Ronald M. (1996), Brazil: Culture and Politics in a New Industrial Powerhouse
Coutinho, Mauricio (1996) The Brazilian Fiscal System in the 1990s: Equality and Efficiency Under Inflationary Conditions
Jelin, Elizabeth and Hershberg, Eric (eds.) (1996), Human Rights, Citizenship and Society in Latin America
Chalmers, Douglas A., Vilas, Carlos M., Hite, Katherine, Martin, Scott B., Piester, Kerianne and Segarra, Monique (1997), The New Politics of Inequality in Latin America: Rethinking participation and representation
Costa, Sergio (1997), Dimensionen der Demokratisierung: Offentlichkeit, Zivilgesellschaft und likale Partizipation in Brasilien .
Little, Walter and Posada-Carbo, Eduardo (eds.) (1996), Political Corruption in Europe and Latin America.
Linkogle, Stephanie (1996), Gender Practice and Faith in Nicarague: Constructing the Popular and Making 'Common Sense'
Prevost, Gary and Vanden, Harry E. (eds) (1997), The Undermining of the Sandinista Revolution     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
Collier, Simon and Sater, William (1996), A History of Chile, 1808–1994
Bulmer-Thomas, Victor (1994), The Economic History of Latin America Since Independence
Ramirez, Susan Elizabeth (1996), The World Upside Down: Cross Cultural Contact and Conflict in Sixteenth-Century Peru
Mundy, Barbara, E. (1996), The Mapping of New Spain: Indigenous Cartography and the Maps of the Relaciones Geograficas
Davis, Darien J., ed., (1995), Slavery and Beyond: The African Impact on Latin America and the Caribbean
Meade, Terasa A., (1997), 'Civilizing' Rio: Reform and Resistance in a Brazilian City, 1889–1930
Schnieder, Ronald M. (1996), Brazil: Culture and Polities in a New Industrial Powerhouse
Coutinho, Mauricio (1996), The Brazilian Fiscal System in the 1990s: Equality and Efficiency Under Inflationary Conditions
Jelin, Elizabeth and Hershberg, Eric (eds.) (1996), Human Rights, Citizenship and Society in Latin America
Chalmers, Douglas A., Vilas, Carlos M., Hite, Katherine, Martin, Scott B., Piester, Kerianne and Segarra, Monique (1997), The New Politics of Inequality in Latin America: Rethinking participation and representation
Costa, Sergio (1997), Dimensionen der Demokratisierung: Offentlichkeit, Zivilgesellschaft und likale Partizipation in Brasilien
Little, Walter and Posada-Carbo, Eduardo (eds.) (1996), Political Corruption in Europe and Latin
Linkogle, Stephanie (1996), Gender Practice and Faith In Nicaragua: Constructing the Popular and Making 'Common Sense'
Prevost, Gary and Vanden, Harry E. (eds) (1997), The Undermining of the Sandinista Revolution     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Melville, Elinor G.K. (1997), A Plague of Sheep: Environmental Consequences of the Conquest of Mexico Pérez, Louis A. Jr; (1998), The War of 1898: The United States and Cuba in History and Historiography. Topik, Steven C. and Wells, Allen (eds.) (1998), The Second Conquest of Latin America: Coffee, Henequen, and Oil during the Export Boom 1850–1930 Berke, Phillip R. and Beatley, Timothy (1997), After the hurricane: linking recovery to sustainable development in the Caribbean Randall, Stephen, J. and Mount, Graeme, S. (1998), The Caribbean Basin an international history Richard Wilson (1995), Maya Resurgence in Guatemala: Q'eqchi' Experiences Judith N. Zur (1998). Violent Memories: Mayan War Widows in Guatemala Stillwaggon Eileen (1998), Stunted Lives, Stunted Economies: Poverty, Disease and Underdevelopment Dye, Alan (1998), Cuban Sugar in the Age of Mass Production: Technology and the Economics of the Sugar Central, 1899–1929 Dominguez Jorge, I. (1997), Democratic Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean Simon, J. (1997), Endangered Mexico — An Environment on the Edge Taylor, L. (1998), Citizenship, Participation and Democracy — Changing Dynamics in Chile and Argentina Bantjes, Adrian A. (1998) As If Jesus Walked on Earth: Cardenismo, Sonora and the Mexican Revolution Cleary, Edward L. and Stewart-Gambino, Elizabeth (eds.) (1997), Power, Politics and Pentecostals in Latin America John Holloway and Eloina Peláez (eds) (1998), Zapatista! Reinventing Revolution in Mexico Marta Durán de Huerta Patiño and Massimo Boldrini (1998), Acteal: Navidad en el Inflerno Carolina Mariá de Jesus (1997), I'm Going to Have a Little House: The Second Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus: (Casa de Alvenaria: Diario de uma ex-favelada Gordon, E. (1998), Disparate Diasporas: Identity and Politics in an African–Nicaraguan Community Tobias, Hecht (1998), At Home In The Street: Street Children of Northeast Brazil Duncan, Green (1998), Hidden Lives: Voices of Children in Latin America and the Caribbean Torres-Saillant, S. (ed.) (1997), Caribbean Poetics: Toward an Aesthetic of West Indian Literature Folgarait, Leonard (1998), Mural Painting and Social Revolution in Mexico Taylor, Chris (1998), The Beautiful Game: a Journey Through Latin American Football Wilson, Larman C. and Dent, David W. (1998), Historical Dictionary of Inter-American Organizations     

'New Scottish politics, new texts required'

Books reviewed in this article:
D. Denver, J. Mitchell, C. Pattie, and H. Bochel, Scotland Decides: The Devolution Issue and the Scottish Referendum
G. Hassan, and C. Warhurst, (eds) A Different Future: A Moderniser's Guide to Scotland
G. Hassan, and C. Warhurst, (eds) The New Scottish Politics: TheFirst Year of the Scottish Parliament
P. Lynch, Scottish Government and Politics: An Introduction
J. McFadden, and M. Lazarowicz, The Scottish Parliament: An Introduction
B. Tylor, The Scottish Parliament
A. Wright, (ed.) Scotland: The Challenge of Devolution     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
Rodriguez, Victoria E. and Ward, Peter M. (eds) (1995), Opposition Government in Mexico
Brysk, Alison (1994), The Politics of Human, Rights in Argentina: Protest, Change and Democratization
Serrano, Sol (1994), Universidad y Nación: Chile en el Siglo XIX
Puryear, Jeffrey M. (1994), Thinking Politics: Intellectuals and Democracy in Chile, 1973–1988
Rein, Raanan (trans. Martha Grenzcback) (1993), The Franco-Perón Alliance: Relations Between Spain and Argentina, 1946–1955
Amaral, Samuel and Plotkin, Mariano Ben (eds) (1993), Perih: del exilio al poder
Weaver, Frederick Stirton (1994), Inside the Volcano: the History and Political Economy of Central America
Schulz, Donald E. and Schulz, Deborah Sundloff (1994), The United States, Honduras, and the Crisis in Central America
Domínguez, Jorge, Pastor, Robert and Worrell, Delisle (eds) (1993), Democracy in the Caribbean: Political, Economic and Social Perspectives
Ridgeway, James (ed.) (1994), The Haiti Files: Decoding the Crisis
Aedo, Cristian and Larranaga, Oswaldo (eds) (1994), Social Service Delivery Systems: an Agenda for Reform
Ocampo, Jose Antonio and Steiner, Roberto (eds) (1994), Foreign Capital in Latin America
Salazar-Carrillo, Jorge (1994), Oil and Development in Venezuela during the Twentieth Century
Painter, James (1994), Bolivia and Coca: A Study in Dependency
Meyers, William K. (1994), Forge of Progress, Crucible of Revolt. The Origins of the Mexican Revolution in La Comarca Lagunera, 1880–1911
McCreery, David (1994), Rural Guatemala 1760–1940
Brotherson, Gordon (1992), The Book of the Fourth World: Reading the Native Americas through their Literature     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: The González de la Rocha, Mercedes (1994), The Resources of Poverty: Women and Survival in a Mexican City Roosevelt, Anna (ed) (1994), Amazonian Indians from Prehistory to the present: Anthropological Perspectives Bastian, Jean-Pierre (1994), Le Protestantisme an Amérique Latine: une approche socio-historique Weiss, Judith A. et al (1993), Latin American Popular Theatre; the First Five centuries Versényi, Adam (1993), Theatre In Latin American: Religion, Politics and Culture from cortés to the 1980s Cloudsley, peter(1993), A Survey of Music in Peru, British museum Foweraker, Joe (1995), Theorizing Social Movements Jonas, Susanne and McCaughan, Edward J. (eds) (1994), Latin America Faces the 21st Century: Reconstructing a Social Justice Agenda Maingot, Anthony P. (1994), The United States and the Caribbean Martz, John D. (ed)(1995), United States Policy in Latin America: a Decade of Crisis and Challenge Niblo, Stephen R. (1995), War, Diplomacy, and Development: the United States and Mexico, 1938–1954 Craske, Nikki (1994), Corporatism Revisited: Salinas and the Reform of the Popular Sector Harvey, Neil and Serrno, Mónica(eds)(1994), Party Politics in “An Uncommon Democracy”, Political Paties and Elections in Mexico Cook, Maria Lorena, Middlebook, Kevin J. and Molinar Horcasitas, Juan (eds) (1994), The Politics of Economic Restructuring: State-Society Relations and Regime Change in Mexico Joseph, Gilbert M. and Nugent, Daniel (eds) (1994), Everyday Forms of State Formation: Revolution and the Negotiation of Rule in Modern Mexico Dunkerley, James (1994), The Pacification of Central America Spoor, Max (1995), The State and Domestic Agriculture Markets in Nicargua Vilas, Carlos M. (1995), Between Earthquakes and Volcanoes: Market, State, and the Revolutions in Central America Goodman, Louis W., Mendelson Forman, Johanna Naím, Moíses, Tulichin, Joseph S. and Gary (eds) (1995), Lessons of the Venezuelan experience Rosen, Fred and McFadyen, Deidre (eds) (1995), Free trade and Economic Restructuring in Latin America: a NACLA Reader Kagami Mitsuhiro (1995) The voice of east asia Development Implication for America     

Book Reviews

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     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Bray, Warwick (ed. (1994), The Meeting of Two Worlds: Europe and the Americas 1492–1650 Marcus, Joyce (1992), Mesoamerican Writing Systems: Propaganda, Myth, and History in Four Ancient Civilizations Cervantes, Fernando (1994), The Devil in the New World: The Impact of Diabolism in New Spain Patch, Robert W. (1993), Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan 1648–1812 Melville, Elinor G. K. 1994), A Plague of Sheep: Environmental Consequences of the Conquest of Mexico Minchom, Martin (1994), The People of Quito, 1690–1810: Change and Unrest in the Underclass Ward, Christopher (1994), Imperial Panama: Commerce and Conflict in Isthmian America, 1550–1800 Gootenberg, Paul (1994), Imagining Development: Economic Ideas in Peru's ‘Fictitious Prosperity’ of Guano, 1840–1880 Jacobsen, Nils (1993) Mirages of Transition: The Peruvian Altiplano, 1780–1930 Hales, Charles R. (1994), Resistance and Contradiction: Miskitu Indians and the Nicaraguan State, 1894–1987 Silva, Eduardo (trans. Moyra Ashford) (1993), Prince of the People: The Life and Times of a Brazilian Free Man of Colour Barthélémy, Gérard and Girault, Christian (eds) (1993), La République haitienne: etat des lieux et perspectives Lal, Brij V., Munro, Doug and Beechert, Edward D. (eds) (1993), Plantation Workers: Resistance and Accommodation Nugent, Stephen (1993), Amazonian Cuboclo Society: an Essay on Invisibility and Peasant Economy Whitten, Dorothea S. and Whitten, Norman E. (eds) (1993), Imagery and Creativity. Ethnoaesthetics and Art Worlds in the Americas Peterson, Jeanette Favrot (1993), The Paradise Garden Murals of Malinalco: Utopia and Empire in Sixteenth-century Mexico Britton, John A. (ed.) (1994), Molding the Hearts and Minds: Education, Communications, and social Change in Latin America Martin, Christopher (1994) Schooling in Mexico, Staying in or Dropping Out Salinas Meza, René (1993), Elideario femenino chileno, entre la tradicióny la modernidad. Siglos XVIII al XX Kuppers, Gaby (ed.) (1994), Compañeras: Voices from the Latin American Women's Movement Lomnitz-Adler, Claudio (1993), Exits from the Labyrinth: Culture and Ideology in the Mexican National Space Lowenthal, Abraham F. and Burgess, Katrina (eds) (1993), The California-Mexico Connection Browne, Harry (1994), For Richer, For Poorer: Shaping US-Mexican Integration Cornelius, Wayne A., Craig, Ann L. and Fox, Jonathan (eds) (1994), Transforming State-Society Relations in Mexico: the National Solidarity Strategy De la Peña, Sergio and Wilkie, James (1994), La estadística económica en México. Los orígenes Bulmer Thomas, Victor, Craske, Nikki and Serrano, Monica (eds) (1994), Mexico and the North American Free Trade Agreement: Who Will Benefit? Aspe, Pedro (1993), Economic Transformation: The Mexican Way Sanchez, Manuel and Corona, Rossana (eds) (1993), Privatisation in Latin America Conitrot, Adolfo and Junco, Silva (eds) (1993), Macroeconomic Conditions and Trade Liberalisation Bacha, Edmar L. (ed.) (1993), Savings and Investment Requirements for the Resumption of Growth in Latin America Bernecker, Walther L. and Tobler, Hans Werner (eds) (1993), Development and Underdevelopment in America Baer, Werner and Tulchin, Joseph S. (eds) (1993), Brazil and the Challenge of Economic Reform Payne, Leigh A. (1994), Brazilian Industrialists and Democratic Change Furley, Peter A. (ed.)(1994), The Forest Frontier: Settlement and Change in Brazilian Roraima Rock, David (ed.) (1994), Latin America in the 1940s: War and Postwar Transitions Selbin, Eric (1993), Modern Latin American Revolutions Morley, Morris H. (1994), Washington, Somoza and the Sandinistas: State and Regime in US Policy Toward Nicaragua, 1969–1981 Liss, Sheldon B. (1994) Fidel! Castro's Political and social Thought Gills, B., Rocamora, J. and Wilson, R. (eds) (1993), Low Intensity Democracy: Political Power in the New World Order Manzetti, Luigi (1993), Institutions, Parties and Coalitions in Argentine Politics     

Book reviews

Canache, Damarys and Kulisheck, Michael (eds.) (1998), Reinventing Legitimacy: Democracy and Political Change in Venezuela. Mauceri, Philip (1998), State under Siege: Development and Policy Making in Peru. Ruth Berins Collier (1999), Paths Toward Democracy: The Working Class and Elites in Western Europe and Soth America. Sommer, Doris (ed.) (1999), The Places of History: Regionalism Revisited in Latin America. Rodr1Hguez‐Luis, Julio (ed.) (1999), Re‐Reading JoseHMartiH: One Hundred Years Later. Taylor, William B. (1996), Magistrates of the Sacred: Priests and Parishioners in Eighteenth‐Century Mexico. Purnell, Jennie. (1999), Popular Movements and State Formation in Revolutionary Mexico: The Agraristas and Cristeros of Michoacan. Evans, Sterling (1999), The Green Republic: A Conservation History of Costa Rica. Arthur, Charles and Dash, Michael (eds.) (1999), A Haiti Anthology: Libete. Sheahan, John (1999), Searching for a Better Society: The Peruvian Economy from 1950. Lesser, Je4rey (1999), Negotiating National Identity: Immigrants, Minorities, and the Struggle for Ethnicity in Brazil. Hanchard, Michael (ed.) (1999), Racial Politics in Contemporary Brazil. Brooke, Larson (1998), Cochabamba, 1550–1900: Colonialism and Agrarian Transformation in Bolivia. Gilderhus, Mark T. (2000), The Second Century: U.S.+Latin American Relations Since 1889. Palermo, Vicente and Novaro, Marcos (1996), Pol1Htica y poder en el gobierno de Menem. Tedesco, Laura (1999), Democracy in Argentina: Hope and Disillusion. Owensby, Brian P. (1999), Intimate Ironies: Modernity and The Making of Middle‐Class Lives in Brazil. Field, Les W. (1999), The Grimace of Macho Raton Artisans, Identity and Nation in Late 20th Century Western Nicaragua. Pichon, Francisco, Uquillas, Jorje and Frechione, John (eds.) (1999), Traditional and Modern Natural Resource Management in Latin America. Wilson, Fiona (ed.) (1999), Violencia y Espacio Social: Estudios Sobre Conflicto y Recuperacion. Koonings, Kees and Kruijt, Dirk (eds.) (1999), Societies of Fear. The Legacy of Civil War, Violence and Terror in Latin America.     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
Hassig Time, History and Belief in Aztec and Colonial Mexico
Baskes Indians, Merchants, and Markets: A Reinterpretation of the Repartimiento and Spanish-Indian Economic Relations in Colonial Oaxaca, 1750–1821
Caldeira City of Walls: Crime, Segregation, and Citizenship in São Paulo
Caulfield In Defense of Honor: Sexual Morality, Modernity, and Nation in Early-Twentieth-Century Brazil
Earle Rumours of Wars: Civil Conflict in Nineteenth-Century Latin America
Clarke Class, Ethnicity, and Community in Southern Mexico: Oaxaca's Peasantries
Jones and Munck, (eds) Cultural Politics in Latin America
CEDLA FRONTERAS: Towards A Borderless Latin America
Tulchin and Garland Social Development in Latin America. The Politics of Reform
Paley Marketing Democracy: Power and Social Movements in Post-Dictatorship Chile
Crabtree and Whitehead (eds) Towards Democratic Viability: The Bolivian Experience
Bailey and Godson (eds) Organized Crime and Democratic Governability: Mexico and the U.S.–Mexican Borderlands
Adams Dollar Diplomacy: United States Economic Assistance to Latin America
Smith (ed.) Democracy and International Relations: Critical Theories/Problematic Practices
Angell, Lowden Thorpe Decentralizing Development: The Political Economy of Institutional Change in Colombia and Chile
Itzigsohn Developing Poverty: The State, Labor Market Deregulation, and the Informal Economy in Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic
Nencel Ethnography and Prostitution in Peru
Potter Deeper than Debt: Economic globalisation and the poor     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: García Canclini, Nestor (trans. Christopher L. Chiappari and Silvina L. López (1995), Hybrid Cultures: Strategies for Entering and Leaving Modernity Beverley, John, Oviedo, José and Aronna, Michael (eds) (1995), The Postmodernism Debate in Latin America Stuempfle, Stephen (1996), The Steelband Movement: the Forging of a National Art in Trinidad and Tobago Browning, Barbara (1995) Samba: Resistance in Motion Vargas, Lucila (1995), Social Uses and Radio Practices: the Use of Participatory Radio by Ethnic Minorities in Mexico Paranagua, Paulo Anntonio (ed.) (1995), Mexican Cinema Valderrama Fernández, Ricardo and Escalante Gutierrez, Carmen (original eds), Gelles, Paul H. and Martinez Escobar, Gabriela (translation, annotations and revised glossary) (1996) Andean Lives: Gregorio Condori Mamani and Asunta Quispe HuamPn Hendrickson, Carol (1995) Weaving Identities: Construction of Dress and Self in a Highland Guatemala Town Morales, Edmundo (1995) The Guinea Pig: Healing, Food, and Ritual in the Andes Brandon, George. (1993), Santeria from Africa to the New World: the Dead Sell Memories Peña, Milagros (1995) Theologies and Liberation in Peru: the Role of Ideas in Social Movements Lovell, W. George (1995) A Beauty that Hurts: Life and Death in Guatemala Starn, Orin, Degregori, Carlos Ivan and Kirk, Robin (eds) (1995), The Peru Reader: History, Culture, Politics Bethell, Leslie (ed.) (1996) Cambridge History of Latin America. Vol. 10. Latin America since 1930: Ideas, Culture and Society Helg, Aline (1995) Our Rightful Share: the Afro-Cuban Struggle for Equality, 1886–1912 Brunk, S. (1995), Emiliano Zapata: Revolution and Betrayal in Mexico Di Tella, Torcuato S. (1996) National Popular Politics in Early Independent Mexico, 1820–1847 Mallon, Florencia E. (1995), Peasant and Nation: the Making of Postcolonial Mexico and Peru Posada-Garbó, Eduardo (1996) The Colombian Caribbean: a Regional History, 187&1950 Joseph, Gilbert M. and Szuchman, Mark D. (eds) (1996), I Saw a City Invincible: Urban Portraits of Latin America Walter, Richard J. (1994), Politics and Urban Growth in Buenos Aires: 191&1942 Kleinpenning, Jan M. G. (1995), Peopling the Purple Land: a Historical Geography of Rural Uruguay, 1500–1915 Avellaneda, José Ignacio (1995), The Conquerors of the New Kingdom of Granada Craig, Alan K. and West, Robert C. (eds) (1994), In Quest of Mineral Wealth. Aboriginal and Colonial Mining and Metallurgy in Spanish America Velázquez, Primo Feliciano (1995, 3rd edition), Codex Chimalpopoca Bierhorst, John (1992) History and Mythology of the Aztecs: the Codex Chimalpopoca Nickson, R. Andrew (1995), Local Government in Latin America Smith, Hazel (1995), European Union Foreign Policy and Central America Bresser Pereira, Luiz C. (1996), Economic Crisis and State Reform in Brazil: Toward a New Interpretation of Latin America Camp, Roderic Ai (1993), Political Recruitment Across Two Centuries: Mexico, 1884–1991 Mainwaring, Scott and Scully, Timothy R. (eds) (1995), Building Democratic Institutions: Party Systems in Latin America Haggard, Stephan and Kaufman, Robert R. (1995), The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions Ryan, David (1995), US-Sandinista Diplomatic Relations: Voice of Intolerance Hall, Linda B. (1995), Oil, Banks and Politics: the United States and Postrevolutionary Mexico, 1917–1924 Philip, George (1994), Political Economy of International Oil Jones, Richard C. (1995), Ambivalent Journey: US Migration and Economic Mobility in North Central Mexico Dosal, Paul J. (1993), Doing Business with the Dictators: a Political History of United Fruit in Guatemala, 1899–1944 Jenkins, Rhys (1995), Trade Liberaiisation and Manufacturing in Bolivia Frenkel, Roberto (ed.) (1994), Strengthening the Financial Sector in the Adjustment Process Morley, Samuel A. (1995) Poverty and Inequality in Latin America: the Impact of Adjustment and Recovery Lustig, Nora (ed.) (1995) Coping with Austerity: Poverty and Inequality in Latin America Pattullo, Polly (1996) Last Resorts: the Cost of Tourism in the Caribbean Murray, Douglas L. (1995) Cultivating Crisis: the Human Cost of Pesticides in Latin America Chevalier, Jacques M. and Buckles, Daniel (1995) A Land Without Gods: Process Theory, Maldevelopment and the Mexican Nahuas Peritore, N. Patrick and Galve-Peritore, Ana Karina (eds) (1995), Biotechnology in Latin America: Politics, Impacts and Risks Stewart, Douglas I. (1994), After the Trees: Living on the Transamazon Highway Simonian, Lane (1995), Defending the Land of the Jaguar: a History of Conservation in Mexico Bose, Christine E. and Acosta-Belén, B. Edna (eds) (1995), Women in the Latin American Development Process Alatorre, Javier, Careaga Gloria, Jusidman, Clara, Salles, Vania, Talamante, Cecilia and Townsend, John (1994), Las mujeres en la pobreza, El Colegio de Mexico and Grupo Interdisciplinario sobre Mujer Johnston, Francis E. and Low, Setha M. (1995), Children of the Urban Poor: the Sociocultural Environment of Growth, Development, and Malnutrition in Guatemala Schneider, Cathy Lisa (1995), Shantytown Protest in Pinochet's Chile Fiddian, Robin (ed.) (1995), Garcia Márquez Marzan, Julio (1995), The Numinous Site: the Poetry of Luis Palés Matos O'Connell, Joanna (1995), Prospero's Daughter: the Prose of Rosario Castellanos Bergman, Emilie L. and Smith, Paul Julian (eds) (1995), ¿Entiendes?: Queer Readings, Hispanic Writings Agosín, Marjorie (ed.) (1995) A Dream of Light and Shadow: Portraits of Latin American Women Writers Halperin Donghi, Tulio, Jaksié, Iván, Kirkpatrick, Gwen, and Masiello, Francine (eds) (1994), Sarmiento, Author of a Nation     

Political Culture, Konrad Adenauer, and the Reunification of Germany: an Attempt at Sorting Out a Number of Problems in a Current Debate.

Alfred Heuss, Versagen und Verhaengnis, Vom Ruin deutscher Geschichte und ihres Verstaendnisses (Failure and Disaster, On the Ruin of German History and its Comprehension), Berlin: Siedler, 1984, 213 pp.; Herbert Ammon and Theodor Schweisfurth, Friedensvertrag, Deutsche Konfoederation, Europaeisches Sicherheitssystem (Peace Treaty, German Confederacy, European Security System), Starnberg: IBF Verlag, 1985, 95 pp.;
Hans-Peter Schwarz, Die gezaehmten Deutschen, von der Machtbesessenheit zur Machtvergessenheit (The Tamed Germans, From the Obsession with Power to the Oblivion of Power), Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, 1985, 191 pp.;
Hans-Peter Schwarz, Adenauer, Der Aufstieg: 1876–1952 (Adenauer, The Rise: 1876–1952). Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, 1986, 1021 pp.;
Dieter Blumenwitz and Boris Meissner (eds.), Die Uebenvindung der europaeischen Teilung und die deutsche Frage (The Surmounting of the Division of Europe and the German Question), Cologne: Verlag Wissenschaft und Politik, 1986, 143 pp.;
Wolfgang Seiffert, Das ganze Deutschland, Perspektiven der Wiedervereinigung (The Whole Germany, Perspectives of Re-Unification), Munich-Zurich: Piper, 1986, 377 pp.     

Book Reviews

Forschungsdesign in der Politikwissenschaft: Probleme ‐ Strategien ‐ Anwendungen : Gschwend, Thomas und Frank Schimmelfennig (Hrsg.) Direkte Demokratie: Bestandsaufnahmen und Wirkungen im internationalen Vergleich : Freitag, Markus und Uwe Wagschal (Hrsg.) Switzerland and the European Union: A Close, Contradictory and Misunderstood Relationship : Church, Clive H. (ed.) Der Assoziationsversuch der Schweiz mit der EWG 1961‐1963: Ein Lehrstück schweizerischer Europapolitik : Zbinden, Martin und Dieter Freiburghaus (Hrsg.) Hutlose Bürschchen und halbreife Mädels: Protest und Polizei in der Schweiz : Tackenberg, Marco und Dominique Wisler Full Disclosure: The Perils and Promise of Transparency : Fung, Archon, Graham, Mary and David Weil (eds.) Recht als Handlungsressource kommunaler Industrieansiedlungspo‐litik : Breunung, Leonie und Hubert Treiber     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Stokes, Doug (2005) America's Other War: Terrorizing Colombia. Helmke, Gretchen (2005) Courts under Constraints: Judges, Generals, and Presidents in Argentina. Wood, Andrew Grant (ed.) (2004) On the Border: Society and Culture between the United States and Mexico. Ochoa, Gilda L. (2004) Becoming Neighbors in a Mexican American Community: Power, Conflict and Solidarity. Yashar, Deborah J. (2005) Contesting Citizenship in Latin America: The Rise of Indigenous Movements and the Postliberal Challenge. Herrera, Robinson A. (2003). Natives, Europeans, and Africans in Sixteenth‐Century Santiago de Guatemala. Butler, Matthew (2004) Popular Piety and Political Identity in Mexico's Cristero Rebellion: Michoacán, 1927–1929. Whitehead, Neil L. and Wright, Robin (eds) (2004) In Darkness and Secrecy: The Anthropology of Assault Sorcery and Witchcraft in Amazonia. Richard, Nelly (2004) The Insubordination of Signs: Political Change, Cultural Transformation and Poetics of the Crisis Richard, Nelly (2004) Masculine/Feminine: Practices of Difference Steven Palmer and Ivan Molina (eds) (2004). The Costa Rica Reader: History, Culture, Politics.     

The Struggle over Turkish Village Coffeehouses (1923–45)

D.I. Soyfyer, in his Krakh Sionistskikh tyeoriy, The Bankruptcy of the Zionist Theories (Dniyepropyetrovsk: Promin's Press, 1980; 192 pp.)

A.B. Doyev's Sovryemyenniy Iudaizm i Sionizm, Contemporary Judaism and Zionism (Frunze: Kirgizstan Press, 1983; 68 pp.)

Myedzhdunarodniy Sionizm: istoriya i politika (sbornik statyey), International Zionism – History and Politics: A Collection of Articles (Moscow: Nauka Press for the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, 1977; 176 pp.)

Zionism: Enemy of Peace and Social Progress. Volume 2 of this work (1983)

I. Zvyagelskaya (authoress of a book in Russian on the Israeli military élite in politics), entitled ‘Who Is Obstructing the Settlement of the Middle East Conflict’ (pp. 137–68).

Ye. Dmitriyev (a prolific writer on the Arab‐Israel conflict), entitled ‘Zionist Ideas as Reflected in Israeli Government Policy on A Middle East Settlement in the Early 1980s’ (pp. 205–19).

Felitsia Langer is an Israeli Jewish lawyer, close to the leaders of the Israel Communist Party, who specializes in defending Arabs suspected of terrorism before the Israeli Courts. Her Oni moi brat'ya, They Are My Brethren (Moscow: Progress Press, 1979; 192 pp.)

Gorst’ rodnoy zyemli: Sovryemyennaya Palyestinskaya novyella, A Handful of the Fatherland Earth: Contemporary Palestinian Stories (Moscow: Progress Press, 1981; 312 pp.),

This Leitmotif is set by the title of the first story, ‘Return to Haifa’ (pp. 21–64) by Ghassan Kanafani (1936–73),

Ghassan Kanafani and entitled Lyudi pod solntsyem, People under the Sun (Moscow: Raduga Press, 1984; 343 pp.)

Put’ k miru na Blidzhnyem Vostokye, The Road to Peace in the Near East (Moscow: Myedzhdunarodniye Otnoshyeniya Press, 1974; 248 pp.)

Ye. Dmitriyev and V. Ladyeykin includes a chapter on ‘The Arab People of Palestine’ (pp. 55–74).

A.P. Barishyev, entitled Blidzhniy Vostok: problemi mira na rubyedzhye 80‐kh godov, The Near East: Problems of Peace at the Threshold of the 80s (Moscow: Znaniye Press, 1979; 64 pp.).

L.L. Vol'nov, Livanskiy dnyevnik, Lebanese Diary (Moscow: Political Literature Press, 1980; 96 pp.).

U vrat Vostoka: Ochyerki o Livanye, At the Gate of the East: Essays on Lebanon (Moscow: Misl’ Press, 1982; 112 pp.),

Liban: ekho agressii, Lebanon: Echo of the Aggression (Moscow: Political Literature Press, 1984; 112 pp.).

M. Ye. Hazanov's OON i Blidzniyevostochniy krizis, The United Nations Organisation and the Near‐Eastern Crisis (Moscow: Myedzhdunarodniye Otnoshyeniya Press, 1983; 176 pp.),

Hazanov's book is Palyestinskaya problyema: Dokumyenti OON, myedzhdunarodnikh organizatsiy i konfyeryentsiy, The Palestinian Problem: Documents of the UN, International Organisations and Conferences (Moscow: Progryess Press, 1984; 240 pp.).

D. Sokolov, entitled ‘Palyestinskaya tragyediya i istoki Palyestinskogo dvidzyeniya soprotivlyeniya (1917–1949 gg.)’,

‘The Palestinian Tragedy and the Origins of the Palestinian Resistance Movement, 1917–1949’ (Palyestinskiy Sbornik, Vol. 26 (89), 1978, pp. 3–21).

(Palyestinskiy Sbornik, Vol. 27 (90), 1981, pp. 3–22.)

Ye. Dmitriyev, is entitled Palyestinskiy uzyel: k voprosu ob uryegulirovanii Palyestinskoy problyemi, The Palestinian Knot: Towards the Question of Settlement of the Palestinian Problem (Moscow: Myedzhdunarodniye Otnoshyeniya Press, 1978; 304 pp.).

al‐Qadiyya al‐Filastiniyya: al‐'Udwan wa‐'l‐muqawama wa‐subul al‐taswiya, The Palestinian Problem: Aggression, Resistance, Means of Resolution (Moscow: 1983; 230 pp. Oriental Studies in the USSR, 3).

The Palestine Problem: Aggression, Resistance, Ways of Settlement (Moscow: ‘Social Sciences Today’ Editorial Board, 1984; 277 pp. Oriental Studies in the USSR, 9).     

'The environment in international relations'

Books reviewed in this article:
Desai, U. (ed.), Ecological Policy and Politics in Developing Countries:Economic Growth, Democracy, and Environment
Elliott, L. M., The Global Politics of the Environment
Hayward, T., Political Theory and Ecological Values
Homer-Dixon, T. F., Environment, Scarcity, and Violence
Jameson, F. and Miyoshi, M. (eds), The Cultures of Globalization
Kuetting, G., Environment, Society and International Relations:Towards More Effective International Environmental Agreements
Litfin, K. T. (ed.), The Greening of Sovereignty in World Politics
Maguire, D. C. and Rasmussen, L. L., Ethics for a Small Planet:New Horizons on Population, Consumption, and Ecology
McGinnis, M. V. (ed.), Bioregionalism
Renner, M., Fighting for Survival: Environmental Decline, SocialConflict and the New Age of Insecurity
Schaeffer, R. K. (ed.), Understanding Globalization: The SocialConsequences of Political, Economic, and Environmental Change
Weiss, E. B. and Jacobson, H. K. (eds), Engaging Countries:Strengthening Compliance with International Environmental Accords
Young, O. R. (ed.), Global Governance: Drawing Insights from theEnvironmental Experience     

Book Reviews

Geschichte des politischen Denkens: Ein Handbuch : Brocker, Manfred (Hrsg.) Les sciences sociales en mutation : Wieviorka, Michel (dir.), avec la collaboration Debarle, d'Aude et jo‐celyne ohana The End of Sovereignty? A Transatlantic Perspective : Eaton, David ed.) Aktivierung oder Apathie? Eine empirische Analyse zu den Zusam‐menhängen zwischen der Mitgliedschaft in Freiwilligenorganisationen und politischem Engagement en der Schweiz : Erlach, manuel von National Identity and the Varieties of Capitalism: The Danish Experience : Campbell, John L., Hall, John A. und Ove K. Pedersen (Hrsg.)     

Book Reviews

Book Reviews in this article:
Brading, D. A. (1994), Church and State in Bourbon Mexico, the Diocese of Michoách 1749–181O)
Andrien, Kenneth J. and Johnson, Lyman L. (eds) (1994), The Political Economy of Spanish America in the Age of Revolution, 1750–1850
Wolfe, Joel (1993), Working Women, Working Men: São Paul0 and the Rise of Brazil's Industrial Working Class, 1900–1955
Florescano, Enrique (trans. Albert G. Bork with the assistance of Kathryn R. Bork) (1994), Memory, Myth, and Time in Mexico: from the Aztecs to Independence
Brumfiel, Elizabeth M; and Fox, John W. (eds) (1994), Factional Competition and Political Development in the New World
Arnold, Dean E. (1993), Ecology and Ceramic Production in an Andean Community
Weber, David J. and Rausch, Jane M. (eds) (1994), Where Cultures Meet: the Frontier in Latin American History
Anderson, Leslie E. (1994), The Political Ecology of the Modem Peasant
Rakowski, Cathy A. (ed.) (1994), Contrapunto: the Informal Sector Debate in Latin America
Linz, Juan J. and Valenzuela, Arturo (eds) (1994), The Failure of Presidential Democracy
Geddes, Barbara (1994), Politician's Dilemma: Building State Capacity in Latin America
Guzman Bouvard, Marguerite 1994), Revolutionizing Motherhood: the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
Rodriguez, Jeanette (1994), Our Lady of Guadalupe. Faith and Empowerment Among Mexican-American Women
Menton, S. (1993), Latin America's New Historical Novel
Jörgensen, Beth (1994), Engaging Dialogues: the Writing of Elena Poniatowska
Taylor, kathy 1994), The New Narrative of Mexico: Subversions of History in Mexican Fiction