Book Reviews

THE CLACKAMAS , by Jana HarrisWASHINGTON CYCLE , by Les WhittenWALKING AWAY , by H. R. Coursen AMERICAN POLITICS: THE PROMISE OF DISHARMONY . Samuel P. HuntingtonAMERICA NOW . Marvin HarrisPOETRY AND THE SOCIOLOGICAL IDEA . J. P. Ward , BLACK ENGLISH AND THE MASS MEDIA . Walter M. BraschMANLIKE MONSTERS ON TRIAL: EARLY RECORDS AND MODERN EVIDENCE , ed. by Majorie M. Halpin and Michael M. AmesCAVORTING ON THE DEVILS FORK: THE PETE WHETSTONE LETTERS OF C.F.M. NOLAND . Leonard Williams, ed.IMAGES OF THE MEXICAN AMERICAN IN FICTION AND FILM . By Arthur G. PettitBENJAMIN LEE WHORF: LOST GENERATION THEORIES OF MIND, LANGUAGE, AND RELIGION . By Peter C. RollinsTHE FEMALE HERO IN AMERICAN AND BRITISH LITERATURE . By Carol Pearson and Katherine PopeBOTH SIDES OF THE OCEAN: A BIOGRAPHY OF HENRY ADAMS AND HIS FIRST LIFE 1838–1862 . By Edward ChalfantMESMERISM AND THE AMERICAN CURE OF SOULS . By Robert C. Fuller , THE SELF‐MADE MAN IN MEJI JAPANESE THOUGHT: FROM SAMURAI TO SALARY MAN . By Earl H. Kinmonth , THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE ELEPHANT MAN . By Michael Howell and Peter FordTHE NECESSITY FOR RUINS . By John B. JacksonAN EMPIRE FOR THE MASSES . By William H. SchneiderNOBODY SPEAKS FOR ME: SELFPORTRAITS OF AMERICAN WORKING CLASS WOMENBy Nancy SeiferANATOMY OF AN ILLNESS AS PERCEIVED BY THE PATIENT . By Norman CousinsCONFESSIONS OF A CONSERVATIVE . By Garry Wills