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Books reviewed: Martin Mulligan and Stuart Hill, Ecological Pioneers: A Social History of Australian Ecological Thought and Action Edited by Bruce Kaye, Tom Frame, Colin Holden and Geoff Treloar, Anglicanism in Australia: A History Colin Holden, Church in a Landscape: A History of the Diocese of Wangaratta Mary Anne Jebb., Blood, Sweat and Welfare: A History of White Bosses and Aboriginal Pastoral Workers David Philips, William Augustus Miles (1796–1851): Crime, Policing, and Moral Entrepreneurship in England and Australia Compiled by Alison Hoyle for State Records of South Australia, Ancestors In Archives: A Guide for Family Historians to South Australia's Government Archives Julie Carr, The Captive White Woman of Gippsland: In Pursuit of the Legend Keith Pescod, Good Food, Bright Fires & Civility: British Emigrant Depots of the 19th Century B.W. Higman, Domestic Service in Australia Joanne Scott, Ross Laurie, Bronwyn Stevens and Patrick Weller, The Engine Room of Government: The Queensland Premier's Department, 1859–2001 Edited by Ann Millar, The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate: Vol. 1 1901–1929 M.D. Johnson, Australia, New Zealand and Federation 1883–1901. By Ged Martin. Ian Ward, Edited by John M. Moses and Christopher Pugsley, The German Empire and Britain's Pacific Dominions, 1871–1919: Essays on the Role of Australia and New Zealand in World Politics in the Age of Imperialism Edited by Martyn Lyons and John Arnold, A History of the Book in Australia 1891–1945 Anna Green, British Capital, Antipodean Labour. Working the New Zealand Waterfront, 1915–1951 George Davies, The Occupation of Japan: The Rhetoric and the Reality of Anglo–Australasian Relations 1939–1952 Tim Rowse, Obliged to be Difficult. Nugget Coombs’ Legacy in Indigenous Affairs Ian Hancock, John Gorton: He Did It His Way Don Watson, Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: A Portrait of Paul Keating PM Mark Finnane, When Police Unionise: the Politics of Law and Order in Australia Bob Carr, Thoughtlines: Reflections of a Public Man Edited by Paul Nursey–Bray and Carol Lee Bachi, Left Directions: Is There a Third Way? Sinclair Dinnen, Law and Order in a Weak State: Crime and Politics in Papua New Guinea Ann Turner, Historical Dictionary of Papua New Guinea, Asian/Oceanian Historical Dictionaries No. 37 Kerry Howe, Nature, Culture and History: the “Knowing” of Oceania W.J. Mander, Alan P.F. Sell, et al., The Dictionary of Nineteenth–Century British Philosophers Manning Clark (Edited by Dymphna Clark, David Headon and John Williams), The Ideal of Alexis de Tocqueville R.B. Rose, Tribunes and Amazons: Men and Women of Revolutionary France, 1789–1871 Ian Hunter, Rival Enlightenments: Civil and Metaphysical Philosophy in Early Modern Germany Maiken Umbach (Ed.), German Federalism: Past, Present, Future Judith Keene, Fighting for Franco: International Volunteers in Nationalist Spain During the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939 R.J.B. Bosworth, Mussolini Edited by John P. McCormick, Confronting Mass Democracy and Industrial Technology: Political and Social Theory from Nietzsche to Habermas Agnes Heller, A Theory of Modernity Douglas R. Holmes, Integral Europe: Fast–Capitalism, Multiculturalism, Neofascism Rogan Kersh, Dreams of a More Perfect Union     

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Book reviewed in this article: POLITICAL DISCOURSE: Explorations in Indian and Western Political Thought. Women And Peace Through The Polls. Australian Public Opinion On National Security Issues. Why Oppose Racism. Public Enterpiuse And National Development. Selected Essays. Public Power And Public Administration. The Italians In Australia. Capital Labour On The Kimberley Diamond Fields 1871–1890. Culture, Identity, And Politics. The French Reconnaissance. Baudin In Australia 1801–1803. Gordon Chalk: A Political Life. A Very Small Insurance Policy: The Politics of Australian Involvement in Vietnam, 1954–1967. All The Way: Australia's road to Vietnam. A Documentary History Of Queensland. The Archibald Paradox: A Strange Case Of Authorship. Rail Transport And Australian Federalism. The War Despatches Of Kenneth Slessor, Official Australian Correspondent 1940–1944. Between Two Nations: The Indonesia-Papua New Guinea border and West Papua Nationalism. Highlanders And Foreigners In The Upper Ramu. The Kainantu area 1919–1942. Politics And Power In The Usa. Politics And Culture In Early Modern Europe: Essays in Honour of H.G. Koenigsberger. AN Edwardian Meed-Doubles: The Bosanquets versus the Webbs: Study in British Social Policy 189&1929. Feminism And Democracy. Women's Suffrage And Reform Politics in Britain. 1900–1918. Perestroika: New Thinking For Our Country and the World. Revisionmsm And Emplre: Socialist Imperialism in Germany 1897–1914. Bernstein To Brandt. A Short History of German Social Democracy. Population, Labour And Century Germany. Migration In 19Th And 20Th Century Germany. Einfeuhrung In Fragen An Die Geschichtswissenschaet In Deutschland Nach Hitler 1945–1950. Deutschlands Eneuerung 1945–1950. Der Krieg Und Die Schriiwsteller. Der Kriegsroman Der Weimarer Republik. Exil Und Engagement. Deutsche Schriftsteller Im Frankreich Der Dreissiger Jahre. The Ideological Origins Of Nazi Imperialism. Three Faces Of Imperialism; British And American Approaches To Asia and Africa 1870–1970. Saladm And The Fall Of Jerusalem.     

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Books reviewed: Peter Chapman, general editor, Historical Records of Australia: Resumed Series III, Despatches and Papers Relating to the History of Tasmania, Volume VII. Tasmania, January–December 1828 Various authors, Edward Gibbon Wakefield and the Colonial Dream: A Reconsideration Ged Martin, Edward Gibbon Wakefield: Abductor and Mystagogue Rosamond Siemon, The Mayne Inheritance Stephen Garton, The Cost of War: Australians Return Bridget Goodwin, Keen As Mustard: Britain’s Horrific Chemical Warfare Experiments in Australia Meredith Burgmann and Verity Burgmann, Green Bans, Red Union: Environmentalism and the New South Wales Builders Labourers’ Federation Tim M. Berra, A Natural History of Australia Gregory Melleuish, The Packaging of Australia: Politics and Culture Wars Errol Cocks, Charlie Fox, Mark Brogan and Michael Lee, eds, Under the Blue Skies: The Social Construction of Intellectual Disability in Western Australia R.A. Markus, Gregory the Great and His World Caroline Litzenberger, The English Reformation and the Laity: Gloucestershire, 1540–1580 Peter Marshall, ed., The Impact of the English Reformation Tom Webster, Godly Clergy in Early Stuart England: The Caroline Puritan Movement, c. 1620–1643 Adrian Wilson, ed., Rethinking Social History: English Society 1570–1920 and its Interpretation David Alexander, Richard Newton and English Caricature in the 1790s David Taylor, The New Police in Nineteenth-Century England: Crime, Conflict and Control Bernard Lightman, ed., Victorian Science in Context Geoffrey V. Sutton, Science for a Polite Society: Gender, Culture and the Demonstration of Enlightenment Edna Hindie Lemay and Alison Patrick, Revolutionaries at Work: The Constituent Assembly, 1789–1791 Martin Kitchen, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Germany Douglas Newton, British Policy and the Weimar Republic 1918–1919 Andrei Sinyavsky, The Russian Intelligentsia Bruce Russett, No Clear and Present Danger A Skeptical View of the United States Entry into World War II Paul N. Goldstene, Revolution American Style: The Nineteen-Sixties and Beyond Vamik D. Volkan, Norman Itzkowitz and Andrew W. Dod, Richard Nixon: A Psychobiography Eric Jones, Lionel Frost and Colin White, Coming Full Circle: An Economic History of the Pacific Rim Stephen Alomes and Michael Provis, eds, French Worlds, Pacific Worlds: French Nuclear Testing in Australia’s Backyard Nicholas Tarling, Nations and States in Southeast Asia David Kelly and Anthony Reid, eds, Asian Freedoms: The Idea of Freedom in East and Southeast Asia Edmund Terence Gomez and Jomo K.S., Malaysia’s Political Economy: Politics, Patronage and Profits Martin Stuart-Fox, History of Laos Christopher Kremmer, Stalking the Elephant Kings: In Search of Laos Grant Evans, The Politics of Ritual and Remembrance: Laos Since 1975 K.L. Sharma, Social Stratification in India: Issues and Themes Vera Mackie, Creating Socialist Women in Japan: Gender, Labour and Activism, 1990–1937 Ian Bellany, The Environment in World Politics: Exploring the Limits David Shearman with Gary Sauer-Thompson, Green or Gone: Health, Ecology, Plagues, Greed and Our Future Daniel S. Geller and J. David Singer, Nations at War: A Scientific Study of International Conflict Daniel Pick, War Machine: The Rationalisation of Slaughter in the Modern Age     

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Book reviwed in this articles. The Seeds of Democracy: Early Elections in Colonial New South Wales. By M.M.H. Thompson “No Fit Place for Women”? Women in New South Wales Politics, 1856‐2006. Edited by Deborah Brennan and Louise Chappell The Hitler Club. By Gary Gumpl and Richard Kleinig Cabinet Government in Australia, 1901‐2006. By Patrick Weller Deported: A History of Forced Departures from Australia. By Glenn Nicholls Behind Closed Doors: Politics, Scandals and the Lobbying Industry. By John Warhurst Capitalist Networks and Social Power in Australia and New Zealand. By Georgina Murray Writing Party History: Papers from a Seminar held at Parliament House, Sydney, May 2006. Edited by David Clune and Ken Turner No, Prime Minister: Reclaiming Politics from Leaders. By James Walter and Paul Strangio Great Mistakes of Australian History. Edited by Martin Crotty and David Andrew Roberts Violence and Colonial Dialogue: The Australian‐Pacific Indentured Labor Trade. By Tracey Banivanua‐Mar Redefining the Pacific? Regionalism, Past, Present and Future. Edited by Jenny Bryant‐Tolalau and Ian Frazer. Builders of Empire: Freemasons and British Imperialism, 1717‐1927. By Jessica L. Harland‐Jacobs The Victorians: An Age in Retrospect. By John Gardiner Thomas Carlyle. By John Morrow Herbert Spencer and the Invention of Modern Life. By Mark Francis The Irish General Thomas Francis Meagher. By Paul R. Wylie Hitler's Bavarian Antagonist. Georg Moenius and the Allgemeine Rundschau of Munich, 1929‐1933. By Gregory Munro Legitimizing Military Rule: Indonesian Armed Forces Ideology, 1958‐2000. By Salim Said Soeharto's Armed Forces: Problems of Civil Military Relations in Indonesia. By Salim Said Democratic Accountability: Why Choice in Politics is Both Possible and Necessary. By Leif Lewin War in Human Civilization. By Azar Gat The Law of Armed Conflict: Constraints on the Contemporary Use of Military Force. Edited by Howard M. Hensel The One and the Many: Reading Isaiah Berlin. Edited by George Crowder and Henry Hardy     

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Book reviewed in this article:
The Brotherhood in Saffron: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Hindu Revivalism By W. K. Andersen andD. S. Damle
Dominance and Mobilization: Rural Politics in Western Uttar Pradesh 1930–1980 By Zoya Hasan
The State, Political Processes and Identity: Reflections on Modern India Edited by Zoya Hasan, S. N. Jha and Rasheeduddin Khan.
The Indian Ocean: Explorations in History, Commerce and Politics Edited by Satish Chandra.
The Indian Ocean and The Superpowers By Rasul 8.
The Troubled Region: Issues of Peace and Development in Southeast Asia Edited by Parimal Kumar Das.
Postwar Vietnam: Dilemmas in Socialist Development Edited by David G. Marr, and Christine P. White. Ithaca, N. Y.
Historical Dictionary of Vietnam By William J. Duiker.
Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh By Craig Baxter and Syedur Rahman.
A Culture in Search of Survival: The Phuan of Thailand and Laos By Snit Smuckarn and Kennan Dreazeale.
Filipino Politics: Development and Decay By David Wurfel.
Singapour 1959–1987: Genese d'un nouveau pays industriel By Jean-Louis Margolin
Legends of People, Myths of State: Violence, Intolerance and Political Culture in Sri Lanka and Australia By Bruce Kapferer.
John Fairbank and the American Understanding of Modern China By Paul M. Evans.
J. A. Hobson: A Reader Edited fry Michael Freeden.     

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Barry Shaw, ed., Brisbane: Corridors of Power Michael Rose, For the Record: 160 Years of Aboriginal Print Journalism John Ramsland, With Just But Relentless Discipline: A Social History of Corrective Services in New South Wales Tony Austin, Never Trust a Government Man: Northern Territory Aboriginal Policy, 1911–1939 Margaret Glass, Charles Cameron Kingston: Federation Fathers John Murdoch, Sir Joe: A Political Biography of Sir Joseph Cook Peter Golding, Black Jack McEwen: Political Gladiator Judith Brett, Political Lives Nancy Viviani, The Indochinese in Australia: From Burnt Boats to Barbecues Edmund S. K. Fung and Chen Jie, Changing Perceptions: The Attitudes of the PRC Chinese Towards Australia and China, 1989–1996 Curtis Andressen and Keichi Kumagai, Escape From Affluence: Japanese Students in Australia John Uhr and Keith Mackay, eds, Evaluating Policy Advice: Learning From Commonwealth Experience Glyn Davis, A Government of Routines: Executive Coordination in an Australian State Peter Beilharz, Imagining the Antipodes: Culture, Theory and the Visual in the Work of Bernard Smith Chris Healy, From the Ruins of Colonialism: History as Social Memory John Rickard, Australia: A Cultural History Helen Irving, To Constitute a Nation: A Cultural History of Australia’s Constitution Gerard J. DeGroot, Blighty: British Society in the Era of the Great War Walter Gratzer, ed., A Bedside Nature: Genius and Eccentricity 1869–1953 Thomas Bartlett and Keith Jeffery, eds, A Military History of Ireland William G. Naphy, ed. and trans., Documents on the Continental Reformation Andrew Bonnell, Gregory Munro and Martin Travers, eds., Power, Conscience and Opposition: Essays in German History in Honour of John A. Moses Alex Saranin, Child of the Kulaks Don Peretz and Gideon Doron, The Government and Politics of Israel Paul White and William Logan, eds, Remaking the Middle East Ian Cowman, Dominion or Decline: Anglo-American Naval Relations in the Pacific 1937–1941 Robert Buzzanco, Masters of War: Military Dissent and Politics in the Vietnam Era James H. Lebovic, Forgone Conclusions: US Weapons Acquisition in the Post-Cold War Transition Ramesh Thakur and Carlyle Thayer, eds, A Crisis of Expectations: UN Peacekeeping in the 1990s Erik Cohen, Thai Tourism, Hill Tribes and Open-ended Prostitution Rolf Torstendahl and Irmline Veit-Brause, eds, History-Making: The Intellectual and Social Formation of a Discipline P. D. A. Harvey, Mappa Mundi: The Hereford World Map Sheila Tobias, Faces of Feminism: An Activist’s Reflections on the Women’s Movement     

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David Collins: A Colonial Life. By John Currey Brisbane: Squatters, Selectors and Surveyors. (Brisbane History Group Papers No 16) Edited by Rod Fisher and Jennifer Harrison Beyond the Ladies Lounge: Australia's Female Publicans. By Clare Wright Legacies of White Australia: Race, Culture, Nation. Edited by Laksiri Jayasuriya, David Walker and Jan Gothard This War Never Ends: The Pain of Separation and Return. By Michael McKernan Keeper of the Faith: A Biography of Jim Cairns. By Paul Strangio Platypus and Parliament: The Australian Senate in Theory and Practice. By Stanley Bach Unfolding History, Evolving Identity: The Chinese in New Zealand. Edited by Manying Ip New Guinea: Crossing Boundaries and History. By Clive Moore Erasmus in the Twentieth Century: Interpretations c.1920–2000. By Bruce Mansfield Eighteenth‐Century British Erotica. Edited by Chris Mounsey and Rictor Norton London Corresponding Society, 1792–1799. Edited by Michael Davis. Robert Emmet and the Rebellion of 1798. By Ruán O'Donnell Robert Emmet and the Rising of 1803. By Ruán O'Donnell Wilhelminism and its Legacies. German Modernities and the Meanings of Reform, 1890–1930. Essays for Hartmut Pogge von Strandmann. Edited by Geoff Eley and James Retallack Divided Lives: The Untold Stories of Jewish‐Christian Women in Nazi Germany. By Cynthia A. Crane. Conqueror's Road: An Eyewitness Report of Germany 1945. By Osmar White Conflict and Compromise in East Germany, 1971–1989: A Precarious Stability. By Jeannette Z. Madarász The Tsarist Secret Police Abroad: Policing Europe in a Modernising World. By Fredric S. Zuckerman “A Problem from Hell”: America and the Age of Genocide. By Samantha Power A History of Modern India, 1480–1959. Edited by Claude Markovitz; translated by Nisha George and Maggy Hendry Power in Transition: The Peaceful Change of International Order. By Charles A. Kupchan, Emanuel Adler, Jean‐Marc Coicaud and Yuen Foong Khong Reading Humanitarian Intervention: Human Rights and the Use of Force in International Law. By Anne Orford Stories of Gay and Lesbian Immigration: Together Forever? By John Hart The Dynamics of Political Crime. By Jeffrey Ian Ross The Battle for Hearts and Minds: Using Soft Power to Undermine Terrorist Networks. Edited by Alexander T. J. Lennon The Media and Neo‐Populism: A Contemporary Comparative Analysis. Edited by Gianpietro Mazzoleni, Julianne Stewart and Bruce Horsfield     

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Books reviewed in this issue. Craig Arceneaux and David Pion‐Berlin, Transforming Latin America: The International and Domestic Origins of Change. Steven Levitsky and María Victoria Murillo, eds., Argentine Democracy: The Politics of Institutional Weakness. Benjamin Kohl and Linda Farthing, Impasse in Bolivia: Neoliberal Hegemony and Popular Resistance. Consuelo Cruz, Political Culture and Institutional Development in Costa Rica and Nicaragua: World Making in the Tropics. Carmelo Mesa‐Lago and Jorge Pérez‐López, Cuba's Aborted Reform: Socioeconomic Effects, International Comparisons, and Transition Policies. Damián J. Fernández, ed., Cuba Transnational. Paul Lawrence Haber, Power from Experience: Urban Popular Movements in Late‐Twentieth‐Century Mexico. Leslie Anderson and Lawrence Dodd, Learning Democracy: Citizen Engagement and Electoral Choice in Nicaragua, 1990‐2001. Jeremy M. Weinstein, Inside Rebellion: The Politics of Insurgent Violence.     

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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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Books reviewed in this article: Fred R. Myers, Painting Culture: The Making of an Aboriginal High Art Rebe Taylor, Unearthed: The Aboriginal Tasmanians of Kangaroo Island Daniel Marc Segesser, Empire und Totaler Krieg: Australien 1905–1918 Marilyn Lake, Faith: Faith Bandler, Gentle Activist David Goldsworthy, Losing the Blanket: Australia and the End of Britain's Empire Bridget Griffen‐Foley, Party Games: Australian Politicians and the Media from War to Dismissal Edited by Susan Ryan and Troy Bramston, The Hawke Government: A Critical Retrospective Rae Wear, Johannes Bjelke‐Petersen: The Lord's Premier Marilyn Dodkin, Bob Carr: The Reluctant Leader Edited by Michael Hogan and David Clune, The People's Choice. Electoral Politics in 20th Century New South Wales. Volume One: 1901 to 1927; Volume Two: 1930 to 1965; Volume Three: 1968 to 1999 Verity Burgmann, Power, Profit and Protest: Australian Social Movements and Globalisation Michael Goldsmith and Doug Munro, The Accidental Missionary: Tales of Elekana The State Trials 1163–1858 on CD‐ROM Catherine Hall, Civilising Subjects: Metropole and Colony in the English Imagination, 1830 – 1867 Robert Sloan, William Smith O'Brien and the Young Ireland Rebellion of 1848 Edited by Robert J. Young, Under Siege: Portraits of Civilian Life in France during World War I Robert Boyce and Joseph Maiolo, eds, The Origins of the Second World War: The Debate Continues Jürgen Tampke, Czech‐German Relations and the Politics of Central Europe: From Bohemia to the EU Rolf Steininger, Der Mauerbau: Die Westmächte und Adenauer in der Berlinkrise 1958–1963 [The Building of the Wall: The Western Powers and Adenauer in the Berlin Crisis, 1958–1963] Edited by Larry Eugene Jones, Crossing Boundaries. The Exclusion of Minorities In Germany and the United States Mark Sanders, Complicities: The Intellectual and Apartheid Michael E. Brown and ?umit Ganguly, eds, Fighting Words: Language Policy and Ethnic Relations in Asia Shigeharu Tanabe and Charles F. Keyes, eds, Cultural Crisis and Social Memory: Modernity and Identity in Thailand and Laos Asa Briggs and Peter Burke, A Social History of the Media: From Gutenberg to the Internet Sophie Bessis, trans. Patrick Camiller, Western Supremacy: Triumph of an Idea? Henry Milner, Civic Literacy. How Informed Citizens Make Democracy Work M. Anne Brown, Human Rights and the Borders of Suffering: The Promotion of Human Rights in International Politics Janna Thompson, Taking Responsibility for the Past: Reparation and Historical Injustice Philip B. Heymann, Terrorism, Freedom and Security: Winning Without War     

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Books reviewed: Thomas Nicholas and Oliver Bernhof, George Forster, A Voyage around the World John, Merritt, That Voluminous Squatter, W.E. Abbott, Wingen Stephen Hamnett and Robert Freestone, The Australian Metropolis: A Planning History David Lawrence, Kakadu: The Making of a National Park Geoffrey Bolton and Jenny Gregory, Claremont: A History Heinz, Schütte, Der Ursprung der Messer und Beile: Gedanken zum zivilisatorischen Projekt rheinischer Missionare im frühkolonialen Neuguinea (The origin of knives and axes: Reflections on the civilizing goal of Rhenish Missionaries in early colonial New Guinea) Dorothy Shineberg, The People Trade: Pacific Island Labourers and New Caledonia, 1865–1930 Judith M. Heimann, The Most Offending Soul Alive: Tom Harrisson and his Remarkable Life Victor Treadwell, Buckingham and Ireland 1616–1628. A Study in Anglo‐Irish Politics Joseph M. Levine, Between the Ancients and Moderns: Baroque Culture in Restoration England Christina and David Bewleyl, Gentleman Radical: A Life of John Horne Tooke 1736–1812 Peter Dennis and Jeffrey Grey, (eds) The 1999 Chief of Army/Australian War Memorial Military History Conference Mary Lindemann, Medicine and Society in Early Modern Europe Ian Germani and Robin Swales, Symbols, Myths and Images of the French Revolution. Essays in Honour of James A. Leith David E. Barclay and Eric D. Weitz, Between Reform and Revolution. German Socialism and Communism from 1840 to 1990 Peter Juviler, Freedom's Ordeal: The Struggle for Human Rights and Democracy in Post‐Soviet States Philip Curtin, Disease and Empire: The Health of European Troops in the Conquest of Africa Robert Aldrich and John Connell, The Last Colonies Radhika Mohanram, Black Body: Women, Colonialism and Space Mabel Lee and Michael Wilding, History, Literature and Society: Essays in Honour of S.N. Mukherjee, Sydney Studies in Society and Culture, 15 S.N. Mukherjee, Citizen Historian: Explorations in Historiography. Sydney Studies in Society and Culture, 13 Jonathan Spence, Mao Frederick C. Teiwes with Warren, Sun China's Road to Disaster, Mao, Central Politicians, and Provincial Leaders in the Unfolding of the Great Leap Forward 1955–1959 Dr Maung Maung, The 1988 Uprising in Burma. Monograph 49 Wim Stokhof and Paul van der Velde, ASEM: A Window of Opportunity Manoranjan Mohanty and Partha Math Mukherji with Olle Törnquist, People's Rights: Social Movements and the State in the Third World James Elliott, Tourism: politics and public sector management Bruce L. Benson, To Serve and Protect: Privatization and Community in Criminal Justice Alan Hunt, Governing Morals: A Social History of Moral Regulation Andrew Vincent, Political Theory: Tradition and Diversity Gerald Sider and Gavin Smith, Between History and Histories: The Making of Silences and Commemorations     

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Books Reviewed: Donald Denoon and Philippa Mein‐Smith with Marivic Wyndham, A History of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Elaine Brown, Cooloola Coast: Noosa to Fraser Island. The Aboriginal and Settler Histories of a Unique Environment Edward Duyker and Maryse Duyker, Bruny d'Entrecasteaux, Voyage to Australia and the Pacific John Molony, The Native‐Born. The First White Australians Alan Powell, Far Country: A Short History of the Northern Territory, Centenary Edition Lynn Sunderland Charlie's Book: the Life and Times of a Country Town Sherry Saggers and Dennis Gray.Dealing With Alcohol: Indigenous Usage in Australia, New Zealand and Canada Alison Palmer, Colonial Genocide Colin Dyer, A Frenchman's Walk Across the Nullarbor: Henri Gilbert's Diary, Perth to Brisbane, 1897–1899 Al Grassby and Silvia Ordonez, The Man Time Forgot. The Life and Times of John Christian Watson Peter Botsman The Great Constitutional Swindle: a Citizen's View of the Australian Constitution Joy Damousi, The Labour of Loss: Mourning, Memory and Wartime Bereavement in Australia Philip Ayres Mawson: A Life Michael McKernan.Beryl Beaurepaire Ben O'Dowd, In Valiant Company: Diggers in Battle‐Korea, 1950–51 Graham Willett Living Out Loud: a History of Gay and Lesbian Activism in Australia Susan Sheridan with Barbara Baird, Kate Borrett and Lyndall Ryan Who Was That Woman?: The Australian Woman's Weekly in the Postwar Years Lynette Russell.Colonial Frontiers: Indigenous‐European Encounters in Settler Societies Peter Dennis, 1945 War and Peace in the Pacific: Selected Essays J. W. Burrow The Crisis of Reason. European Thought, 1848–1914 Tadhg FoleyFrom Queen's College to National University: Essays on the Academic History of QCG/UCG/NUI Terry Eagleton Scholars and Rebels in Nineteenth‐Century Ireland Roy Porter.Enlightenment: Britain and the Creation of the Modern World Michael T. Davis, Radicalism and Revolution in Britain, 1775–1848: Essays in Honour of Malcolm I. Thomis Susan Thorne.Congregational Missions and the Making of an Imperial Culture in 19th‐Century England Roland Hill Lord Acton F.H.Hinsley and Alan Stripp eds Codebreakers: The Inside Story of Bletchley Park Margaret Lavinia Anderson Practicing Democracy: Elections and Political Culture in Imperial Germany Peter Monteath ed, Ernst Thälmann. Mensch und Mythos Harold Marcuse Legacies of Dachau: The Uses and Abuses of a Concentration Camp, 1933–2001 Mikhail Bakunin, Bakounine: Oeuvres Complètes Yarong Jiang and David Ashley Mao's Children in the New China: Voices from the Red Guard Generation Ann Kent, China, the United Nations, and Human Rights: The Limits of Compliance Theodore McNelly, The Origins of Japan's Democratic Constitution H.W. Arndt & Hal Hill, Southeast Asia's Economic Crisis. Origins, Lessons, and the Way Forward Nils Petter Gleditsch et al, Making Peace Pay: A Bibliography on Disarmament & Conversion Arthur L. Rosenbaum and Chae‐Jin Lee The Cold War — Reassessments Paul Boreham, Geoff Dow & Martin Leet, Room to Manoeuvre: Political Aspects of Full Employment Aynsley Kellow, International Toxic Risk Management: Ideals, Interests and Implementation Jeremy Waldron, The Dignity of Legislation Stephen White, Sustaining Affirmation: The Strengths of Weak Ontology in Political Theory     

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Books Reviewed: Gauderman, Kimberly (2003) Women's Lives in Colonial Quito. Gender, Law and Economy in Spanish America Bauer, Brian (2004) Ancient Cuzco: Heartland of the Inca Chassen‐López, Francie R. (2004) From Liberal to Revolutionary Oaxaca. The View from the South, Mexico 1867–1911 Saney Isaac (2004) Cuba: A Revolution in Motion Chomsky, Aviva, Carr, Barry and Smorkaloff, Pamela María (2004) The Cuba Reader. History, Culture, Politics Diacon, Todd A. (2004) Stringing Together a Nation: Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon and the Construction of a Modern Brazil, 1906–1930 Racine, Karen (2003) Francisco De Miranda: A Transatlantic Life in the Age of Revolution Joseph, Gilbert M. and Henderson, Timothy J. (eds) (2002) The Mexico Reader: History, Culture, Politics Guenther, Louise H. (2004) British Merchants in Nineteenth‐Century Brazil: Business, Culture, and Identity in Bahia, 1808–50 Deborah Pacini Hernandez; Fernández L'Hoeste, Héctor and Zolov, Eric (eds) (2004) Rockin' Las Americas: The Global Politics of Rock in Latin/o America Warren, Jonathan W. (2001)Racial Revolutions: Antiracism and Indigenous Resurgence in Brazil Diego, Armus (ed.) (2003) Disease in the History of Modern Latin America: From Malaria to AIDS Chasteen, John Charles (2004) National Rhythms, African Roots: The Deep History of Latin American Popular Dance Brass, Tom (ed.) (2003) Latin American Peasants Thoumi, Francisco (2003) Illegal Drugs, Economy, and Society in the Andes Ariel de Vidas, Anath (2004) Thunder Doesn't Live Here Any More. The Culture of Marginality Among the Teeneks of Tantoyuca Vellinga, Menno (ed.) (2004) The Political Economy of the Drug Industry Manz, Beatriz (2004) Paradise in Ashes: A Guatemalan Journey of Courage, Terror and Hope Lauria‐Santiago, Aldo and Binford, Leigh (eds) (2004) Landscapes of Struggle: Politics, Society, and Community in El Salvador Tussie, Diana and Botto, Mercedes (eds) (2003) El alca y las Cumbres de las Américas: ¿una nueva relación público‐privada?     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Garretón M., Manuel Antonio, and Edward Newman, eds. Democracy in Latin America: (Re)constructing Political Society.
Joseph, Gilbert M., ed. Reclaiming the Political in Latin American History: Essays from the North.
O'Dougherty, Maureen. Consumption Intensified: The Politics of Middle-Class Daily Life in Brazil.
Carey, David, Jr. Our Elders Teach Us: Maya-Kaqchikel Historical Perspectives.
Stephen, Lynn./ Zapata Lives! Histories and Cultural Politics in Southern Mexico.     

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Books reviewed: Serulnikov, Sergio (2003)Subverting Colonial Authority: Challenges to Spanish Rule in Eighteenth‐Century Southern Andes Connaughton, Brian (2003)Clerical Ideology in a Revolutionary Age. The Guadalajara Church and the Idea of the Mexican Nation (1788–1853) Palmer, Steven (2003)From Popular Medicine to Medical Populism: Doctors, Healers, and Public Power in Costa Rica, 1800–1940 Papiernik, Charles (2004)Unbroken: From Auschwitz to Buenos Aires MacLachlan, Colin M. (2003)A History of Modern Brazil: The Past Against the Future. Bulmer‐Thomas, Victor (2003)The Economic History of Latin America since Independence Silverman, Helaine and Proulx, Donald (2002)The Nasca Castro‐Klarén, Sara and Chasteen, John Charles (eds)(2003)Beyond Imagined Communities: Reading and Writing the Nation in Nineteenth‐Century Latin America Lewis, Laura A. (2003)Hall of Mirrors: Power, Witchcraft, and Caste in Colonial Mexico Hirsch, Jennifer S. (2003)A Courtship After Marriage: Sexuality and Love in Mexican Transnational Families Myers, Kathleen Ann (2003)Neither Saints nor Sinners: Writing the Lives of Women in Spanish America Sanford, Victoria (2003)Buried Secrets: Truth and Human Rights in Guatemala Warren, Kay B. and Jackson, Jean E. (eds)(2002)Indigenous Movements, Self‐Representation, and the State in Latin America Burgess, Katrina (2004)Parties and Unions in the New Global Economy Dudley, Steven (2004)Walking Ghosts: Murder and Guerrilla Politics in Colombia Jaguaribe Helio and Álvaro de Vasconcelos (eds)(2003)The European Union, Mercosul and the New World Order Saldaña‐Portillo, María Josefina (2003)The Revolutionary Imagination in the Americas in the Age of Development Trigo, Benigno (ed.)(2002)Foucault and Latin America: Appropriations and Deployments of Discursive Analysis Egan, Linda (2001)Carlos Monsiváis: Culture and Chronicle in Contemporary Mexico Weiss, Jason (2003)The Lights of Home: A Century of Latin American Writers in Paris     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: ARGUMENTS ABOUT ABORIGINES: Australia and the Evolution of Social Anthropology By L. R. Watt. ABORIGINAL SOVEREIGNTY: Reflections on Race, State and Nation By Henry Reynolds. OBSERVATIONS MADE DURING A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD Johann Reinhol Forster. PEOPLE, PLACES AND POLICES: Aspects of Queensland Administration 1859–1920 Edited by Kay Cohen and Kenneth Wiltshire. AN AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRAT: The Life, Work and Consequences of Andrew Inglis Clark Edited by Marcus Howard and James Warden. WITH LANE IN PARAGUAY: Harry Taylor of The Murray Pioneer 1873–1932 Edited, with a biographical sketch, by Don Gobbett and Malcolm Sounders. A VERITABLE DYNAMO: Lloyd Ross and Australian Labour 1901–1987 By Stephen Holt. ANZUS IN REVISION: Changing Defense Features of Australia and New Zealand in the Mid-1980s By Lieutenant Colonel Frank P. Donnini. THE 1992 PAPUA NEW GUINEA ELECTION: Change and Continuity in Electoral Politics Edited by Yaw Saffu. THE RIGHT ROAD: A History of Right-Wing Politics in Australia By Andrew Moore. POLITICS ONE Randall G. Stewart and Ian Ward. THE STATE IN QUESTION: Transformations of the Australian State Edited by Paul James. WE THE PEOPLE Edited by George Winterton. PEOPLE POLICY: Australia's Population Choices By Doug Cocks. A CONCISE HISTORY OF WORLD POPULATION By Massimo Livi-Bacci. Translated by Carl Ipsen. THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND IDEOLOGICAL POLITICS: Lord Salisbury's Referendal Theory and the Conservative Party, 1846–1922 By Corinne Comstock Weston ELIXIR OF EMPIRE: The English Public Schools, Ritualism, Freemasonry and Imperialism By P. J. Rich. NATIONALISM IN EUROPE, 1815 TO THE PRESENT: A Reader Edited by Stuart Woolf. IMPERIAL GERMANY 1867–1918: Politics, Culture, and Society in an Authoritarian State By Wolfgang J. Mommsen, translated by Richard Devesnn. FROM A ONE-PARTY STATE TO DEMOCRACY: Transition in Eastern Europe Edited by Janina Frentzel-Zagórska. THE ORDINARY AND THE EXTRAORDINARY: An Anthropological Study of Chinese Reform and the 1989 People's Movement in Beijing By Frank N. Pieke THE EGALITARIAN MOMENT: Asia and Africa 1950–1980 By Anthony Low. INDIGENOUS CAPITAL IN KENYA: The “Indian” Dimension of the Debate By Michael Cowen and Scott MacWilliam ETHICAL PRACTICE IN GOVERNMENT: Improving Organisational Management Edited by John Uhr. DEMOCRACY AND THE GLOBAL ORDER: From the Modern State to Cosmopolitan Governance By David Held. COMPARATIVE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: Studies Under the Upas Tree Edited by Anthony J. Parel and Ronald C. Keith     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Sally, Graham, (ed.) A Man about Town: The Letters of James Graham, Victorian Entrepreneur 1854‐1864 Pamela, Jeanne Fulton, (ed.) The Minerva Journal of John Washington Price: A Voyage from Cork, Ireland, to Sydney, New South Wales, 1798‐1800 Susan, Lawrence, Dolly's Creek: An Archaeology of a Victorian Goldfields Community Don, Garden, Theodore Fink. A Talent for Ubiquity John, Ritchie, (ed.) Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 15. 1940‐1980. Kem‐Pie Kay, Saunders and Roger, Daniels, (eds) Alien Justice. Wartime Internment in Australia and North America Mark, Johnston, Fighting the Enemy: Australian Soldiers and their Adversaries in World War II Frank, Bongiorno, The People's Party: Victorian Labor and the Radical Tradition Brian, Costar and Nicholas, Economou, (eds) The Kennett Revolution. Victorian Politics in the 1990s Michael, Thompson, Labor Without Class: The Gentrification of the Labor Party Ian, Hancock, National and Permanent? The Federal Organisation of the Liberal Party of Australia 1944‐1965 Ian, Cook, Liberalism in Australia John, Chesterman and Brian, Galligan, (eds) Defining Australian Citizenship: Selected Documents Sue, Richardson, (ed.) Reshaping the Labour Market: Regulation, Efficiency and Equality in Australia S., Bell, (ed.) The Unemployment Crisis in Australia: Which Way Out? Bain, Attwood and Andrew, Markus, The Struggle for Aboriginal Rights: A Documentary History Tony, Coady (ed.) Why Universities Matter John, Wiseman, Global Nation? Australia and the Politics of Globalisation Donald, Denoon, (ed.) with Stewart, Firth; Jocelyn, Linnekin; Malama, Meleisea and Karen, Nero, The Cambridge History of the Pacific Islanders Richard, Price British Society, 1680‐1880: Dynamism, Containment and Change Kathleen, Wilson, The Sense of the People: Politics, Culture and Imperialism in England, 1715‐1785 John, Brewer and Eckhart, Hellmuth, (eds) Rethinking Leviathan: The Eighteenth‐Century State in Britain and Germany Jörn, Rüsen, (ed.) Westliches Geschichtsdenken. Eine interkulturelle Debatte John B., Hattendorf, (ed.), with a foreword by Paul Kennedy Naval Strategy and Policy in the Mediterranean. Past, Present and Future Jean‐Claude, Favez,, (eds and trans by John and Beryl Fletcher) The Red Cross and the Holocaust István, Deák; Jan T., Gross and Tony, Judt, (eds) The Politics of Retribution in Europe: World War II and its Aftermath Peter, Grose, Operation Rollback: America's Secret War Behind the Iron Curtain Hira, Sing, (foreword by André Béteille) Colonial Hegemony and Popular Resistance. Princes, Peasants and Paramount Power Martin, Doornbos and Sudipta, Kaviraj, Dynamics of State Formation, India and Europe Compared. Indo‐Dutch Studies on Development Alternatives, 19 Marie‐Claire, Bergère, (Janet Lloyd trans) Sun Yat‐Sen Sherman, Cochran, (ed.) Inventing Nanjing Road: Commercial Culture in Shanghai, 1900‐1945 Frederick C., Teiwes with Warren, Sun, China's Road to Disaster, Mao, Central Politicians, and Provincial Leaders in the Unfolding of the Great Leap Forward 1955‐1959 Richard J., Aldrich, Intelligence and the War against Japan: Britain, America and the Politics of Secret Service Dr Maung, Maung, The 1988 Uprising in Burma. Monograph 49 Manoranjan, Mohanty and Partha, Math Mukherji with Olle, Törnquist, (eds) People's Rights: Social Movements and the State in the Third World Diane B., Paul, The Politics of Heredity: Essays on Eugenics, Biomedicine and the Nature‐Nurture Debate Joseph, Hamburger, John Stuart Mill on Liberty and Control April, Carter and Geoffrey, Stokes, (eds) Liberal Democracy and its Critics: Perspectives in Contemporary Political Thought Judith N., Shklar, (ed. by Stanley Hoffmann and Dennis F. Thompson) Redeeming American Political Thought Jennifer, Platt, A History of Sociological Research Methods in America: 1920‐1960     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: BRISBANE: The First Thirty Years By W. Ross Johnston. BELYANDO SHIRE: A History of Clermont and District By Dan O'Donnell. AUSTRALIAN HISTORY IN NEW SOUTH WALES 1888 to 1938 By Brian H. Fletcher. HAULING THE LOADS: A History of Australia's Working Horses and Bullocks By Malcolm J. Kennedy. WHAT'S LEFT: Memoirs of an Australian Communist By Eric Aarons. A LAST CALL OF EMPIRE: Australian Aircrew, Britain and the Empire Air Training Scheme By John McCarthy. DEPENDENT ALLY: A Study in Australian Foreign Policy By Coral Bell. MUNICH TO VIETNAM: Australia's Relations with Britain and the United States since the 1930s Edited by Carl Bridge. THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN WORLD HISTORY: Essays in World History Series By Peter N. Stearns. BRITISH PUBLIC OPINION: A Guide to the History and Methodology of Political Opinion Polling By Robert M. Worcester. REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE, 1770–1880 By François Furet, translated by Antonia Nevill. THE FRENCH FOREIGN OFFICE AND THE ORIGINS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 1898–1914 By M. B. Hayne. GERMANY AND THE APPROACH OF WAR IN 1914 By V. R. Berghahn. DIE DDR-GESCHICHTSWISSENSCHAFT AUF DEM WEG ZUR DEUTSCHEN EINHEIT: Luther, Friedrich II und Bismarck als Paradigmen politischen Wandels By Jan Herman Brinks. THE ANATOMY OF THE NUREMBERG TRIALS By Telford Taylor. THE GERMAN LEFT: Red, Green and Beyond By Andrei S. Markovits and Philip S. Gorski, LEBANON: FIRE AND EMBERS: A History of the Lebanese Civil War By Dilip Hiro. PATRIARCH: George Washington and the New American Nation By Richard Norton Smith. NEW TOWNS IN THE NEW WORLD: Images and Perceptions of the Nineteenth-Century Urban Frontier By David Homer. BETWEEN FREEDOM AND SUBSISTENCE: China and Human Rights By Ann Kent. BROTHER NUMBER ONE: A Political Biography of Pol Pot By David Chandler. THE BURMA-THAILAND RAILWAY Edited by H. Nelson and G. McCormack. GOVERNING THE JAPANESE ECONOMY By Kyoko Sheridan. NANMIN [Refugee] Edited by Takashi Koto and Takashi Miyajima, ESTRANGED DEMOCRACIES: India and the United States 1941–1991 By Dennis Kux, PACKAGING THE PAST? Public Histories Edited by John Richard and Peter Spearritt. NUCLEAR PRESENT G. Burns. Metuchen, N.J. ATOMIC AUSTRALIA A. Cawte. WHITE, MALE & MIDDLE CLASS: Explorations in Feminism & History By Catherine Hall. INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS By Geoffrey Ponton and Peter Gill. POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN AN AGE OF CONSTRAINT: Bureaucratic Politics Under Hawke and Keating By Colin Campbell S.J. and John Halligan. SOCIAL SCIENCES IN AUSTRALIA: An Introduction By Chilla Bulbeck. RACE, POLITICS, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Community Perspectives Edited by James Jennings. THE RISE OF HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY By Dennis Smith. SOCIAL MEMORY By James Fentress and Chris Wickham.