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Book reviewed in this article: THE THIRD WORLD revolution. By Fred J. Carrier ON CAPITALIST UNDERDEVELOPMENT. By André Gunder Frank THE HISTORY OF THE COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, 1948–1972. By Sir William Rendell THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF AFRICA, VOL. IV: FROM c.1600 TO c.1790. Edited by Richard Gray COLONIALISM IN AFRICA 1870–1960, VOLUME 4: THE ECONOMICS OF COLONIALISM. Edited by Peter Duignan and L. H. Gann trading in west Africa 1840–1920. By P. N. Davies CHIEFS AND CLERICS: THE HISTORY OF ABDUL BOKARKAN AND FUTA TORO 1853–1891. By David Robinson SAINTS AND POLITICIANS: ESSAYS IN THE ORGANISATION OF A SENEGALESE PEASANT SOCIETY. By Donal B. Cruise O Brien DOMESTIC SLAVERY IN WEST AFRICA, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE SIERRA LEONE PROTECTORATE, 1896–1927. By John Grace ASANTE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: THE STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF A POLITICAL ORDER. By Ivor Wilks A history ofthe igbo people. By Elizabeth Isichei A history OF south and central AFRICA. By Derek Wilson KINGS AND KINSMEN: EARLY MBUNDU STATES IN ANGOLA. By Joseph c. Miller THE RISE OF AFRIKANERDOM: POWER, APARTHEID, AND THE AFRIKANER CIVIL religion. By T. Dunbar Moodie president PAUL KRUGER: A biography. By Johannes Meintjes SMUTS: A reappraisal. By Bernard Friedman SURVIVAL IN TWO WORLDS: MOSHOESOE OF LESOTHO 1786–1870, by Leonard Thompson ZULU zion and some swazi zionists. By Bengt Sundkler EAST AFRICA AND THE ORIENT: CULTURAL SYNTHESES IN PRE‐COLONIAL TIMES. Edited by H. N. Chittick and R. I. Rotberg DARK COMPANIONS: THE AFRICAN CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN EXPLORATION of east Africa. By Donald Simpson HISTORY OF EAST AFRICA, VOLUME III. Edited by D. A. Low and Alison THE CRITICAL PHASE IN TANZANIA, 1945–1968: NYERERE AND THE EMERGENCE OF A soclallst strategy. By Cranford Pratt AN ECONOMIC HISTORY OF KENYA AND UGANDA 18110–1970. By R. M. A. van Zwanenberg COLONIAL RULE AND THE KAMBA: SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE KENYA HIGHLANDS 1889–1939 the traditional history of the jie of Uganda. By John Lamphear the venture of islam. By Marshall G. S. Hodgson WAR, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. Edited by v. J. Parry and M. E. Yapp OIL AND EMPIRE: BRITISH POLICY AND MESOPOTAMIAN OIL 1900–1920. By Marian Kent CAPYAIN SHAKESPEAR: A PORTRAIT. By H. v. F. Winstone IN THE ANGLO‐ARAB LABYRINTH: THE MCMAHON‐HUSAYN CORRESPONDENCE AND its interpretations 1914–1939. By Elie Kedourie THE LOCAL ROOTS OF INDIAN POLITICS: ALLAHABAD 1880–1920. By C. A. Bayly HAR DAYAL, HINDU REVOLUTIONARY AND RATIONALIST. By Emily c. Brown THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS AND THE RAJ 1929–1942. By B. R. Tomlinson JAWAHARLAL NEHRU, A BIOGRAPHY, VOLUME 1: 1889–1947. By Sarvepalli Gopal THE TRANSFER OF POWER, 1942–7, VOLUME V: 1 SEPTEMBER 1944–28 JULY 1945 THE DREAM OF LHASA: THE LIFE OF NIKOLAY PRZHEVALSKY (1839–88), EXPLORER OF CENTRAL ASIA By Donald Rayfield THE McMAHON LINE AND AFTER. By Parshotam Mehra. London: Macmillan CHINA AND INNER ASIA FROM 1368 TO THE PRESENT DAY. By Morris Rossabi INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE HISTORY FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO 1912. By Bodo Wieth‐off the opium war 1840–1842. By Peter Ward Fay the opium war. By Brian Inglis yeh ming‐ch'en, viceroy of liang kuang 1852–8. By J. Y. Wong RUSSIA AND THE ROOTS OF THE CHINESE REVOLUTION, 18961911. By Don c THE CORRESPONDENCE OF G. E. MORRISON, VOLUME 1: 1895–1912. Edited by Lo Hui‐min PEKING POLITICS, 1918–1923: FACTIONALISM AND THE FAILURE OF CONSTITUTIONALISM. By Andrew J A history of korea. By William E. Henthorn. London VLADIVOSTOK UNDER RED AND WHITE RULE: REVOLUTION AND COUNTERREVOLUTION IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST 1920–1922. By Canfield F. Smith THE KURIL ISLANDS: RUSSO‐JAPANESE FRONTIER IN THE PACIFIC. By John J. Stephan THE TIDE AT SUNRISE: A HISTORY OF THE RUSSO‐JAPANESE WAR 1904–1905. By Denis and Peggy Warner. London A SOCIAL BASIS FOR PREWAR JAPANESE MILITARISM: THE ARMY AND THE RURAL COMMUNITY. By Richard J. Smethurst DIPLOMATS IN CRISIS: UNITED STATES‐CHINESE‐JAPANESE RELATIONS, 1919–1941. Edited by Richard Dean Burns and Edward M. Bennett SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY: ESSAYS PRESENTED TO D. G. E. HALL. Edited by C. D. Cowan and O. W. Wolters THE KINGDOM OF JOHOR, 1641–1728. By Leonard Y. Andaya IMPERIAL BRITAIN IM SOUTH‐EAST ASIA. By Nicholas Tarling. THE JOURNALS OF J. W. W. BIRCH, FIRST BRITISH RESIDENT TO PERAK, 1874–1875. Edited and Introduced by P. L. Burns. BRITISH POLICY AND THE NATIONALIST MOVEMENT IN BURMA, 1917–1937. By Albert D. Moscotti. Honolulu the communist insurrection in malaya, 1948–60. By Anthony Short vietnam. By Hugh Higgins ISLANDS AND EMPIRES: WESTERN IMPACT ON THE PACIFIC AND EAST ASIA. By Ernest S. Dodge. POPULAR UPRISINGS IN THE PHILIPPINES, 1840–1940. By David R. Sturtevant. London the life of captain james cook. By J. C. Beaglehole. THE THREE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN COOK. By Frank Paluka. PETER DILLON OF VANIKORO, CHEVALIER OF THE SOUTH SEAS. By J. w. Davidson THE MAJESTY OF COLOUR: A LIFE OF SIR JOHN BATES THURSTON TRIUMPH OF THE NOMADS: A HISTORY OF ANCIENT AUSTRALIA. By Geoffrey Blainey ABORIGINES IN WHITE AUSTRALIA: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE ATTITUDES AFFECTING OFFICIAL POLICY AND THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE, 1697–1973. Edited by Sharman N. Stone THE IMAGE OF AUSTRALIA: BRITISH PERCEPTION OF THE AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY FROM THE EIGHTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. By Crauford D. W. Goodwin MEDIEVAL THE EMPEROR JULIAN. By Robert Browning THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. By Michael Grant THE BRITISH HEROIC AGE. By Nora Chadwick FAMULUS CHRISTI: ESSAYS IN COMMEMORATION OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF THE VENERABLE BEDE. Edited by Gerald Bonner SCANDINAVIAN YORK AND DUBLIN: THE HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF TWO RELATED viking kingdoms, volume I. By Alfred P. Smyth. THE BULGARIANS: FROM PAGAN TIMES TO THE OTTOMAN CONQUEST. By D. M. Lang THE CRUCIBLE OF EUROPE: THE NINTH AND TENTH CENTURIES IN EUROPEAN HISTORY. By Geoffrey Barraclough. London: Thames and Hudson LATE‐MEDIEVAL ENGLAND, 1377–1485. Compiled by Delloyd J. Guth DEUTSCHLAND IM SPÄTEN MITTELALTER (‘DEUTSCHE GESCHICHTE, III’). By Joachim Leuschner. Göttingen MAITHIAS CORVINUS, KAISER FRIEDRICH III. UND DAS REICH: ZUM HUNYADISCHHABSBURGISCHEN GEGENSATZ IM DONAURAUM. By Karl Nehring CULTURAL ASPECTS OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE: ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF PAUL OSKAR kristeller. Edited by Cecil H. Clough EUROPEAN WITCH TRIALS: THEIR FOUNDATIONS IN POPULAR AND LEARNED CULTURE, 1300–1500. By Richard Kieckhefer THE COMING OF THE BOOK: THE IMPACT OF PRINTING 1450–1800. By L. Febvre and H.‐J. Martin. Translated by D. Gerard THE STRUGGLE FOR STABILITY IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE. By T. K. Rabb WITCHCRAFT IN FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND: THE BORDERLANDS DURING THE REFORMATION By E. William Monter DER DEUTSCHE BAUERNKRIEG, 1524–1526. Edited by H.‐U Wehler CHARLES V: ELECTED EMPEROR AND HEREDITARY RULER. By Manuel Fernandez Alvarez JOHN CALVIN: A BIOGRAPHY. By T. H. L. Parker TRUMPETER OF GOD: A BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN KNOX. By w. Stanford Reid ELIZABETHAN POPISH RECUSANCY IN THE INNS OF COURT. By G. de C. Parmiter ELIZABETHAN LIFE: HOME, WORK AND LAND. By F. G. Emmison RIVAL EMPIRES OF TRADE IN THE ORIENT, 1600–1800. By Holden Furber THE EXCHANGE OF CHRISTENDOM: THE INTERNATIONAL ENTREPOT AT DOVER, 1622–1651. By J. S. Kepler LES FRANCAIS ET L'ARMÉE SOUS LOUIS XIV: DAPRÈS LES MÉBMOIRES DES INTENDANTS, 1697–1689. By André Corvisier WALES IN EIGHEENTH CENTURY. Edited by Donald Moore essays ON ADAM smith. Edited by Andrew S. Skinner and Thomas Wilson the philosophes and the people. By Harry G. Payne THE JANSENISTS AND THE EXPULSION OF THE JESUITS FROM FRANCE, 1757–1765. By Dale Van Kley DAS ÖSTERREICHISCHE EINRICHTUNGSWERK IN GALIZIEN (1772–1790). By Horst Glassl THE MAKING OF THE MODERN BRITISH DIET. Edited by Derek Oddy and Derek Miller COKE OF NORFOLK: A FINANCIAL AND AGRICULTURAL STUDY 1707–1842. By R. A. C. Parker ENGLISH FOX HUNTING: A HISTORY. By Raymond Carr THE CONTENTIOUS TITHE. THE TITHE PROBLEM AND ENGLISH AGRICULTURE, 1750–1850. By Eric J. Evans RELIGION AND SOCIETY IN INDUSTRIAL ENGLAND: CHURCH, CHAPEL AND SOCIAL change 1740–1914. By Alan D. Gilbert LORD LIVERPOOL'S ADMINISTRATION: THE CRUCIAL YEARS, 1815–1822. By J. E. Cookson CANNING: POLITICIAN AND STATESMAN. By Peter Dixon INVESTMENT IN RAILWAYS IN BRITAIN 1820–1844: A STUDY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAPITAL MARKET. By M. c. Reed the british machine tool industry, 1850–1914. By Roderick Floud THE DOMESTIC REVOLUTION: THE MODERNISATION OF HOUSEHOLD SERVICE IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE 1820–1920. By Theresa M. McBride THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE CREATION OF THE MODERN IRISH STATE, 1878–1886. By Emmet Larkin RACISM AND EMPIRE: WHITE SETTLERS AND COLORED IMMIGRANTS IN THE BRITISH self‐governing colonies, 1830–1910, By Robert A. Huttenback THE LION'S SHARE: A SHORT HISTORY OF BRITISH IMPERIALISM 1850–1970. By Bernard Porter LAND, PEOPLE AND POLITICS: A HISTORY OF THE LAND QUESTION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, 1878–1952. By Roy Douglas CRISIS AND CONTROVERSY: ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF A. J. P. TAYLOR. Edited by Alan Sked and Chris Cook A SHORT HISTORY OF THE LIBERAL PARTY 1900–1976. By Chris Cook the evolution of the victoria cross. By M. J. Crook STRATEGY WITHOUT SLIDE‐RULE: BRITISH AIR STRATEGY, 1914–1939. By Barry D. Powers BRITAIN AND THE ORIGINS OF THE NEW EUROPE 1914–1918. By Kenneth J. Calder DAMNED ENGLISHMAN: A STUDY OF ERSKINE CHILDERS (1870–1922). By Tom Cox THE DIARIES OF A CABINET MINISTER, VOLUME 1: MINISTER OF HOUSING, 1964–66. By Richard Crossman