Book reviews

Review Symposium: Cross‐Cultural Roots of Minority Child Development. P.M. Greenfield & R. R. Cocking (Eds.). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1994. 431 pp. $89.95, $39.95 (paper).

Understanding Practice. S. Chaiklin and J. Lave (Eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. 414 pp. $59.95.     

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THE NEW COMMUNITY NETWORKS: WIRED FOR CHANGE. D. Schiller. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1996. Reviewed by John G. McNutt.

THE WIRED NEIGHBORHOOD. S. Doheny-Farina. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996. Reviewed by John G. McNutt.

HEALTH ONLINE. Tom Ferguson. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1996, $17 US, $23 Canada. Reviewed by Jerry Finn.

COMPUTERIZATION AND CONTROVERSY: VALUE CONFLICTS AND SOCIAL CHOICES, 2nd Edition. Edited by Rob King. San Diego: Academic Press, 1996, 961 pages, $44.95, paperback. Reviewed by Mona Acker.

VIRTUAL INDIVIDUALS, VIRTUAL GROUPS: HUMAN DIMEN SIONS OF GROUPWARE AND COMPUTER NETWORKING. J. A. Oravec. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996, ISBN: 0-521-45493-X, $49.95, hardback Reviewed by Goutham M. Menon.

COMPUTER RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: A GUIDE TO EXPLORING TODAY'S ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY, Second Edition. The Alliance for Technology Access. Alameda, CA: Hunter House, 336pages, $17.95, paperback. Reviewed by Peggy Quinn.     

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RECLAIMING THE BODY IN CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY. By Thomas Ryan (Ed.). New York: Paulist Press, 2004, 179 pp., $16.95 (paper). Reviewed by David Derezotes.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH CHILDREN'S RIGHTS. By Martin Guggenheim. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005. 306 pp., $27.95. Reviewed by Anne E. Schneiders.

COMPENDIUM OF THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH. By Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Washington, DC: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2005. 446pp., $24.95 (paper). Reviewed by Reverend Eugene Cahouet.     

Book reviews

The Significance of Schooling: Life‐Journeys in an African Society. Robert Serpell, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. 361 pages, $59.95.

Response to Patricia M. Greenfield's Review of The Significance of Schooling: Life‐Journey's in an African Society

Artifical Experts: Social Knowledge and Intelligent Machines. H. M. Collins. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 1990. 266 pages, $15.95 (paper).     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: The American Grocery Store: The Business Evolution of an Architectural Space, by James M. Mayo. (Contributions in American History, No. 150). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1993, 304 pages. Cloth, $59.95 Supermarkets Transformed: Understanding Organizational and Technological Innovations by John P. Walsh. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1993, 184 pages. Cloth $36.00. The Agricultural and Food Sector in the New Global Era, edited by Alessandro Bonanno. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company, 1933, 203 pages. Paper, $12.95. Gay Cops, by Stephen Leinen. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1993, 245 pages. Cloth, $22.95. The Death of Meaning, by George V. Zito. London and Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993, 162 pages. Cloth, $49.95 For Democracy: The Noble Character and Tragic Flaws of the Middle Class, by Ronald M. Glassman, William H. Swatos, Jr., and Peter Kivisto. (Contributions in Sociology, No. 105.) Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1993, 174 pages. Cloth, $49.95. AIDS and Accusation: Haiti and the Geography of Blame, by Paul Farmer. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992, 338 pages. Paper; $13.00. Paying the Piper: Causes and Consequences of Art Patronage, edited by Judith Huggins Balfe. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1993, 336 pages. Paper. Thinking Critically About Research on Sex and Gender, by Paula J. Caplan and Jeremy B. Caplan. New York: Harper Collins, 1994, 125 pages. Paper, $10. Bourdieu: Critical Perspectives, edited by Craig Calhoun, Edward LiPluma, and Moishe Postone. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1993, 288 pages. Cloth, $49.95; paper, $16.95. Provisional Irish Republicans: An Oral and Interpretive History, by Robert W. White. (Contributions in Political Science, No. 309.) Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993, 206 pages. Cloth, $55.00. Risky Business: The Political Economy of Hollywood, by David F. Prindle. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993, 189 pages. Cloth, $49.95. The Constant Flux: A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Societies, by Robert Erikson and John H. Goldthorpe. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992, 429 pages, Paper, $19.95. Social Theory and Social Policy: Essays in Honor of James S. Coleman, edited by Aage B. Sbrensen and Seymour Spilerman. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993, 272 pages. Cloth, $59.95. Painful Inheritance: Health and the New Generation of Fatherless Families, by Ronald J. Angel and Jacqueline L. Angel. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1993, 264 pages. Cloth, $52.00; paper, $19.95     

BOOK REVIEWS

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LESBIAN LEGAL THEORY REMAINS UNDOMESTICATED. SAPPHO GOES TO LAW SCHOOL: FRAGMENTS IN LESBIAN LEGAL THEORY. Robson, Ruthann. NY: Columbia University Press, 1998, 303 pp., $17.50 paper, ISBN 0-231-10561-4; $49.50 cloth, ISBN 0-231-10560-6. Reviewed by Martha T. Zingo.

TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT POLITICS, THE INTERLOCKING NATURE OF OPPRESSIONS, RESISTANCE AND THE VALUE OF BLACK LESBIAN LIVES. THE TRUTH THAT NEVER HURTS: WRITINGS ON RACE, GENDER, AND FREEDOM, Smith, Barbara. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1998. Reviewed by Kim Vaz.

LESBIAN COUPLES ARE FAMILIES, TOO. THE LESBIAN FAMILY LIFE CYCLE (2nd Ed.). Slater, Suzanne. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1999, Hardcover, $25.00; Paperback, $14.95. Reviewed by Anna Myers.

THE MANY FACES OF ANNE. FEMALE FORTUNE: LAND, GENDER AND AUTHORITY: THE ANNE LISTER DIARIES AND OTHER WRITINGS 1833-36. Liddington, Jill. New York: Rivers Oram Press, 1998, $50. Reviewed by Mary Eichbauer.

THE EVOLUTION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION: EMBRACING A FAMILY PERSPECTIVE. LESBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL IDENTITIES IN FAMILIES: PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES. Patterson, Charlotte J., and Anthony R. D'Augelli (Eds.). New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Reviewed by Phillip Hammack.

TRU ADVENTURES. CHIMNEY ROCK BLUES. McClellan, Janet. Naiad Press,Inc., 1999, $11.95. Reviewed by Ann E. Maloney.

WIDENING THE LENS. MARGARET MEAD AND RUTH BENEDICT: THE KINSHIP OF WOMEN. Lapsley, Hilary. University of Massachusetts Press, 1999, $39.95 cloth. Reviewed by Kimberly F. Balsam.

GAY AND LESBIAN RELATIONSHIPS: COMMITMENT, CEREMONIES, AND MARRIAGE. FROM THIS DAY FORWARD: COMMITMENT, MARRIAGE, AND FAMILY IN LESBIAN AND GAY RELATIONSHIPS. Stiers, Gretchen A. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999, $24.95. Reviewed by Robin E. Roy.

ROMANCING THE GENERATION GAP. DAWN OF THE DANCE. Martin, Marianne K. Tallahassee, FL: The Naiad Press,Inc., 1999, $11.95. SILVER THREADS. Denison, Lyn. Tallahassee, FL: The Naiad Press,Inc., 1999, $11.95. Reviewed by Margaret Soenser Breen.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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WOMEN AND SCHIZOPHRENIA. Edited by David J. Castle, John McGrath, and Jayashri Kulkarni, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, 151 pages, $32.00 paper. Reviewed by Dana Becker.

TREATING PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA & PTSD. Edited by John P. Wilson, Matthew J. Freidman and Jacob D. Lindy. New York: The Guilford Press, 2001. Reviewed by Katharine Myer.     

Book reviews

Distributed Cognitions: Psychological and Educational Considerations. Gavriel Salomon (Ed.), Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993. 275 pages, $49.95.

The Computer as Medium. Peter Bøgh Andersen, Berit Holmqvist, & Jens F. Jensen (Eds.), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 495 pages. $54.95.     

Young Malinowski

Roy Ellen, Ernest Gellner, Grazyna Kubica, Janusz Mucha (eds). Malinowski between two worlds: the Polish roots of an anthropological tradition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1988. xxv, 261pp., illustrations, appendices, bibliography, index. $85.00 (hardback) ISBN 0 521 34566 9.

Robert J. Thornton and Peter Skalnik (eds). The early writings of Bronislaw Malinowski (trans. Ludwik Krzyzanowski). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1993. xv, 324pp., notes, bibliography, index. $120.00 (hardback) ISBN 0521 38300 5.

Daniel Gerould (ed. and trans.). The Witkiewicz reader. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. 1992. xiii, 359pp. illustrations, appendix, biographical notes, select bibliography. US$59.95 (hardback) ISBN 0 8101 0980 8; US$22.50 (paper) ISBN 0 8101 0994 8.     

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IN THE NAME OF THE FAMILY: RETHINKING FAMILY VALUES IN THE POSTMODERN AGE. Judith Stacey. Boston: Beacon Press, 1996, 194 pp., ISBN 0-8070-0432-4, $22.00 hardcover. Reviewed by Valerie S. Mannis.

CONFESSIONS OF A LOST MOTHER. Elisa M. Barton. Baltimore, MD: Gateway, 1996, 157 pp., ISBN 0-9650795-0-3, $14.95 paper. Reviewed by Karen Schmid.

THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD: THE LEAST DETRIMENTAL ALTERNATIVE. Joseph Goldstein, Albert J. Solnit, Sonja Goldstein, and the late Anna Freud. New York: The Free Press, 1996, 311 pp., ISBN 0-684-82337-3, $35.00 hardcover. Reviewed by Renee Garfinkel.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Indians ‘R’ Us? Culture and Genocide in Native North America, by Ward Churchill. Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press, 1994, 382 pages. Cloth, $39.95; paper, $14.95. Ending the Cold War at Home: From Militarism to a More Peaceful World Order, by Sam Marullo. New York: Lexington Books, 1993, 275 pages. Cloth, $29.95. The Homeless, by Christopher Jencks. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1994, 161 pages. Cloth, $17.95. Careers and Creativity: Social Forces in the Arts, by Harrison C. White. Boulder, CO: Westview, 1993, 256 pages. Cloth, $55.00; paper, $16.95. Race and the City: Work, Community, and Protest in Cincinnati, 1820–1970, edited by Henry Louis Taylor Jr. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1993, 308 pages. Cloth, $44.95. The Rope, the Chair, and the Needle: Capital Punishment in Texas, 1923–1990, by James W. Marquart, Sheldon Ekland-Olson, and Jonathan R. Sorensen. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1994, 275 pages. Cloth, $24.95. Gangbangs and Drive-bys: Grounded Culture and Juvenile Gang Violence, by William B. Sanders. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1994, 195 pages. Cloth, $35.95; paper $17.95. Goodness Personified: The Emergence of Gifted Children, by Leslie Margolin. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1994, 156 pages. Cloth, $55.00. Public Reactions to Nuclear Waste: Citizens’Views of Repository Siting, edited by Riley E. Dunlap, Michael E. Kraft, and Eugene A. Rosa. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1993, 332 pages. Cloth, $49.95; paper, $24.95. Commodity Chains and Global Capitalism, edited by Gary Gereffi and Miguel Korzeniewicz. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1994, 334 pages. Cloth, $56.00; paper, $22.95. The Farm Labor Movement in the Midwest: Social Change and Adaptation among Migrant Farmworkers, by W. K. Barger and Ernesto M. Reza. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1994, 235 pages. Cloth, $35.00; paper, $15.95.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Sociology Responds to Fascism , edited by Stephen P. Turner and Dirk Käsler. London and New York: Routledge, 1992, x + 261 pages. Cloth, $69.95.
The Professionalization of Psychology in Nazi Germany , by Ulfried Geuter. Translated by Richard J. Holmes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992, xxi + 335 pages. Cloth, $54.95.
Binding Passions: Tales of Magic, Marriage, and Power at the End of the Renaissance , by Guido Ruggiero. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, 286 pages. Paper, $18.95.
Family, Church, and Market: A Mennonite Community in the Old and the New Worlds , Z850-Z930, by Royden K. Loewen. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1993, 370 pages. Cloth, $42.50; paper, $19.95.
A History of Race Relations Research: First Generation Recollections , edited by John H. Stanfield 11. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1993, 286 pages. Cloth, $46.00; paper, $23.95.
Full Pews and Empty Altars: Demographics of the Priest Shortage in United States Catholic Dioceses , by Richard A. Schoenherr and Lawrence A. Young, with the collaboration of Tsan-Yuang Cheng. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1993, 460 pages. Cloth, $65.00; paper, $19.95.
Money and the Modern Mind , by Gianfranco Poggi. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993, 228 pages. Cloth, $30.00.     

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SPIRITUALITY AND THE BLACK HELPING TRADITION IN SOCIAL WORK. By Elmer P. Martin and Joanne M. Martin.Washington, DC: National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Press, 2002. 296 pp. $39.99 (paper). Reviewed by Sandra Edmonds Crewe.

THE DHARMA OF JESUS: GEORGE M. SOARES-PRABHU. Edited by Francis Xavier D'Sa, Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2003. 296 pp. $30.00 (paper). Reviewed by Edward R. Canda.

UNDERSTANDING POVERTY. Edited by Sheldon H. Danziger and Robert H. Haveman, New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001. 566 pp. $55.00 (hard), $24.95 (paper). Reviewed by Edward J. Ryle

MODERN PSYCHOLOGY AND ANCIENT WISDOM: PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALING PRACTICES FROM THE WORLD'S RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS. By Sharon G. Mijares. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press, Inc. 2003. 259 pp., $49.95(hard), 29.95(paper). Reviewed by David Derezotes     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Working-Class Women in the Academy: Laborers in the Knowledge Factory , edited by Michelle M. Tokarczyk and Elizabeth A. Fay. Amherst, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press, 1993, 321 pages. Cloth, $45.00; paper, $18.95.
My Tears Spoiled My Aim and Other Reflections on Southern Culture , by John Shelton Reed. Columbia, Missouri, and London: University of Missouri Press, 1993, 148 pages. Cloth, $17.95.
Declining Fortunes: The Withering of the American Dream , by Katherine S. Newman. New York: Basic Books, 1993, 257 pages. Cloth, $23.00.
The Critical Mass in Collective Action: A Micro-Social Theory , by Gerald Marwell and Pamela Oliver. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993, 206 pages.
Forgotten Places: Uneven Development in Rural America , edited by Thomas A. Lyson and William A. Falk. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1993, 278 pages. Cloth, $35.00; paper, $14.95.
Money Talks: Corporate PACs and Political Influence , by Dan Clawson, Alan Neustadtl, and Denise Scott. New York: Basic Books, 1992, 272 pages. Cloth, $25.00; paper, $13.00.
Justification and Application: Remarks on Discourse Ethics , by Jurgen Habermas. Translated by Ciaran P. Cronin. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1993, 197 pages. Cloth, $24.95.
Race in North America: Origin and Evolution of a Worldview , by Audrey Smedley. Boulder, Colorado: Westview, 1993, 340 pages. Cloth, $48.50.     

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TANGLED RELATIONSHIPS: MANAGING BOUNDARY ISSUES IN THE HUMAN SERVICES. By Frederic G. Reamer. New York: Columbia University Press 2001. 214 pp. $45.00 (hard), $22.50 (paper). Reviewed by Patricia O'Donnell, DSW

SPIRITUALITY WITHIN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE. Edited by Mary Van Hook, Beryl Hugen, and Marian Aguilar. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Press, 2001. 300 pp. $43.95. Reviewed by Chris Stewart, PhD

SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE: DECISION CASES WITH TEACHING NOTES. Edited by T. Laine Scales, Terry A. Wolfer, David A. Sherwood, Diana R. Garland, Beryl Hugen, and Sharon Pitman. Alexandria, VA: Council on Social Work Education, 2002. 219 pp. $29.95 (paper). Reviewed by Michael J. Sheridan

THEINVISIBLECARINGHAND:AMERICANCONGREGATIONS AND THE PROVISION OF WELFARE. By Ram A. Cnaan, with Stephanie C. Boddie, Femida Handy, Gaynor Yancey, and Richard Schneider. New York: New York University Press, 2002. 328 pp. $60 (hard), $19.50 (paper)., Reviewed by Bruce D. Friedman

UNDERSTANDING POVERTY Edited by Sheldon H. Danziger and Robert H. Haveman. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001. 566 pp. $55.00 (hard), $24.95 (paper). Reviewed by Edward J. Ryle     

Illegal use—a pilot study

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MOTHERS AND FATHERS SPEAK Norma Tracey (1993), Apollo Books, Sydney. 235pp. $25.00 (paper)

STRUCTURAL SOCIAL WORK Robert Mullaly (1993), McLelland and Stewart Inc., Toronto, Canada. 240pp. $40.00 approx. (paper)

HUMAN SERVICES PRACTICE, EVALUATION AND COMPUTERS Paula Nurius and Walter Hudson (1993), Brooks/Cole Publishing, Pacific Grove, California. $82.95 (paper)

UNDERSTANDING AGEING: IMAGES, ATTITUDES AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Simon Biggs (1993), Open University Press, Buckingham. 195pp, $45.00 (paper)

A GUIDE TO PSYCHOLOGICAL PRACTICE IN GERIATRIC LONG-TERM CARE Peter A. Lichtenberg (1994), The Haworth Press, NY. 209pp, $US34.95 (paper)

OPTIONS FOR THE ELDERLY AND THOSE WHO CARE FOR THEM Glenda Banks (1994), Hale &; Iremonger, Sydney. 175pp, $16.95 (naner)     

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INDEPENDENT LIVES: SPINSTERS AND LESBIANS. Franzen, Trisha. New York: New York University Press, 1996. Reviewed by Monisha Pashupati and Progga Choudhury.

RUSSIA'S SAPPHO: SOPHIA PARNOK: THE LIFE AND WORK OF RUSSIA'S SAPPHO. Burgin, Diana Lewis. New York: New York University Press, New York, 1994. Reviewed by Rochelle G. Ruthchild.

RULES, RESPECT, TELLING THE TRUTH: SKIN: TALKING ABOUT SEX, CLASS & LITERATURE. Allison, Dorothy. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1994. Reviewed by Lynda J. Ames.

WOMEN AND MURDER IN THE COUNTRY: OUT OF THE NIGHT. Bruyer, Kris. Naiad Press, Inc., 1996. Reviewed by Myra Betschild.

WOMEN AND MURDER IN THE COUNTRY: HOODED MURDER. Van Dyke, Annette. Naiad Press, Inc., 1996. Reviewed by Myra Betschild.

A PRECIOUS COMMODITY FOR LESBIAN SCHOLARSHIP: THE FAMILY SILVER: ESSAYS ON RELATIONSHIPS AMONG WOMEN. Krieger, Susan. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. Reviewed by Mickey Eliason.

LOVE BETWEEN WOMEN: AN UNLOVELY VIEW: LOVE BETWEEN WOMEN: EARLY CHRISTIAN RESPONSES TO FEMALE HOMOEROTICISM. Brooten, Bernadette J. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Reviewed by Anne L. Clark.

BABE, WE HARDLY KNEW YA: BABE: THE LIFE AND LEGEND OF BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS. Cayleff, Susan. Urbana, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1995. Reviewed by Pat Griffin.

MORE GENDERED THAN THOU: THE FEMME MYSTIQUE. Newman, Lesléa (Ed.). Boston: Alyson Press, 1995. Reviewed by Beverly Burch.

“AN ISLE OF DYS-TOP-IA”: SEP-A-RA-TISM AND WOMEN'S COMMUNITY. Shugar, Dana R. University of Nebraska Press, 1995. Reviewed by R. Amy Elman.

MURDER AND MONOGAMY: LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DIE. Scoppettone, Sandra. NY: Little, Brown. Reviewed by Jane Futcher.

SEXUALITY AND IDENTITY: CONFLICTS BETWEEN MARRIAGE AND LESBIAN AUTONOMY: AND THEN I MET THIS WOMAN: PREVIOUSLY MARRIED WOMEN'S JOURNEYS INTO LESBIAN RELATIONSHIPS. Cassingham, Barbee J. MA, and Sally M. O'Neil, PhD. Mother Courage Press, 1993. Reviewed by Caitlin Morris.

LESBIAN OR QUEER?: THE ANGEL AND THE PERVERTS. Delarue-Mardrus, Lucie. New York: New York University Press, 1930, 1995 (reprint). Reviewed by Gabriele Griffin.

THE FICTION OF ELIZABETH BOWEN: SEXUAL/TEXTUAL POLITICS: ELIZABETH BOWEN: A REPUTATION IN WRITING. hoogland, renée c. New York and London: New York University Press, 1994. Reviewed by Paulina Palmer.

CELEBRATING TOMBOYS: TOMBOYS! TALES OF DYKE DERRING-DO. Yamaguchi, Lynne and Karen Barber (Eds.). Los Angeles: Alyson, 1995. Reviewed by Karen M. Jordan.

PASSIONATE FRIENDSHIPS AND “DOLL RACKETS”: MATERNAL JUSTICE: MIRIAM VAN WATERS AND THE FEMALE REFORM TRADITION. Freedman, Estelle B. University of Chicago Press, 1996. Reviewed by Hilary Lapsley.

“WE STILL HAVE QUESTIONS”: GAY AND LESBIAN STUDENTS: UNDERSTANDING THEIR NEEDS. Besner, Hilda F., and Charlotte J. Spungin. Washington, DC: Taylor & Francis Publishers, 1995. Reviewed by Jan Donley.

GAY AND LESBIAN FAMILIES-MOVING BEYOND THE PATRIARCHY: LESBIANS AND GAYS IN COUPLES AND FAMILIES: A HANDBOOK FOR THERAPISTS. Laird, Joan and Robert-Jay Green (Eds.). Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1996. Reviewed by Amy Banks.

RADICAL REDUX: TOO QUEER: ESSAYS FROM A RADICAL LIFE. Brownworth, Victoria A. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1996. Reviewed by Lynda Goldstein.

ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT: AND SAY HI TO JOYCE: THE LIFE AND CHRONICLES OF A LESBIAN COUPLE. Price, Deb, and Joyce Murdoch. Doubleday, 1995. Reviewed by Ellen Cole.

LOOKING FOR THE LESBIAN SUBJECT: HETEROSEXUAL PLOTS AND LESBIAN NARRATIVES. Farwell, Marilyn R. New York: New York University Press, 1996. Reviewed by Rosemary Hennessy.

THE MATERNAL MYSTERY :BABY, IT'S COLD. Maiman, Jaye. FL: Naiad Press, 1996. Reviewed by J.A. Myers.

SEEKING SAFETY BEYOND THE WALLS: AMNESTY. Blum, Louise A. Boston: Alyson Publications, Inc., 1995. Reviewed by Amy J. Ojerholm.

JENIFER LEVIN'S “LESBIAN EROS”: LOVE AND DEATH & OTHER DISASTERS, STORIES 1977-1995. Levin, Jenifer. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1996. Reviewed by Annette Van Dyke.

REDEFINING LESBIAN FICTION: TASTING LIFE TWICE: LITERARY LESBIAN FICTION BY NEW AMERICAN WRITERS. Levy, E.J. (Ed.). Avon Books, 1995. Reviewed by Margaret Kissam Morris.

A RODEO ROMANCE: NOW & THEN. Hayes, Penny. Naiad Press, 1996. Reviewed by Nicki Thorogood and Jane Franklin.     

Book reviews

The Transformation of Virginia, 1740–1790. Rhys Isaac>. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. 1982. xxxii, 451pp. $29.50 & $9.95.

After Africa. Extracts from British Travel Accounts and Journals of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries concerning the Slaves, their Manners, and Customs in the British West Indies. Introduced and edited by Roger D. Abrahams and John F. Szwed, assisted by Leslie Barker and Adrian Stackhouse. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. 1983. ix, 444 pp. £10.95 (Pp); £40.00 (Cl).

Another Dimension‐to the Black Diaspora: Diet, Disease, and Racism. Kenneth F. Kiple and Virginia Himmelsteib King. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1981. xix, 295pp. $29.95.

New People: Miscegenation and Mulattoes in the United States. Joel Williamson. New York: The Free Press. 1980. xvi + 221pp. Notes and index. $16.95.     

Book Reviews

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The Reign of Tiberius. By Frank Burr Marsh. Oxford University Press, New York, 1931. 344 pp. Reviewed by Sterling Tracy.

Schemes for the Federation of the British Empire. By Seymour Ching-Yuan Cheng. Columbia University Press (Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law, no. 335), New York, 1931. 313 pp. $5.25.

Land Problems and Policies in the African Mandates of the British Commonwealth. By Nick P. Mitchell. (University Studies, no. 2) Louisiana State University Press. Baton Rouge, 1931. 155 pp. $2.00. Reviewed by Charles F. Mullett.

French Mercantilist Doctrines before Colbert. By Charles Wolsey Cole. Richard R. Smith, Inc. New York, 1931. xiv, 243 pp. $2.50. Reviewed by Summerfield Baldwin.

Story of Near East Relief. By James L. Barton. New York. Macmillan Co., 1930. Pp. xxii, 479. $2.50. Reviewed by A. O. Sarkissian.

The Diaries of John Bright, 1811-1889. Edited by R. A. J. Walling. William Morrow &; Co., New York, 1931. Reviewed by Sarah A. Wallace.

Latters of John III, King of Portugal, 1521-1557. The Portuguese Text edited with an introduction by J. D. M. Ford. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1931. xxx, 408 pp. Illus.

A History of Spanish Literature. By Ernest M$eArim$eAe. Translated, Revised, and Enlarged by S. Griswold Morley. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1930. xv, 635 pp. Illus. $4.

Meet the Spaniards. In which Spain is seen primarily through the Life of the Spanish People. By Henry Albert Phillips. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1931. 330 pp. Illus. $3.

Silver Seas and Golden Cities. A J oyons Journey through Latin Lands. By Frances Parkinson Keyes. Horace Live-right, New York, 1931. ix, 333 pp. Illus. $3.50. Reviewed by A. Curtis Wilgus.

The Cambridge History of the British Empire. Edited by J. Holland Rose, A. P. Newton, and A. Benians. Vol. vi, Canada and Newfoundland. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1930. Pp. xxi, 939. $9.50. Reviewed by A. Gordon Dewey.

Industrial Evolution. By N. S. B. Gras. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1930. 259 pp. Reviewed by Shepherd B. Clough.

The Children of Mu. By James Churchward. Ives Washburn, New York, 1931. 266 pp. Illus. $3. The History of the Maya from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. By Thomas Gann and J. Eric Thompson. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1931. x, 264. pp. Illus. $2.50.

The Magic and Mysteries of Mexico, or the Arcane Secrets and Occult Lore of the Ancient Mexicans and Maya. By Lewis Spence. David McKay Company, Philadelphia, 1931. 288 pp. Illus. $6. Reviewed by A. Curtis Wilgus.