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Companion and commentary on Alfred Wallace: Charles H. Smith, James T. Costa and David Collard (eds): An Alfred Russel Wallace companion. This is followed by "Wallace and the "Preter-normal"", a chapter that discusses in some detail Wallace's controversial adoption of spiritualism. Chapter 6 discusses "The main influences shaping Wallace's Views on Human Evolution", emphasising the "two-stage theory of human evolution" hinted at earlier, also discussing Wallace's dislike of the colonial system. [Extracted from the article]

It has seldom been out of print, and in 2015 I The Annotated Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace, i edited by John Van Wyhe appeared, updating the itinerary, and bringing the journey to life for the modern reader: it also points out Wallace's occasional errors. While, Wallace maintained, early hominids might have evolved through the agency of natural selection, as Flannery puts it: "The unique "social and sympathetic" capacities arising from advanced mental development set humans apart and freed them from the tyranny of natural selection" (16). Chapter five, "Wallace's Integrated World" seeks to reveal the essential unity of Wallace's thought. An Appendix reprints three of Wallace's most significant papers, including the one read as part of the joint Darwin-Wallace presentation to the Linnean Society in 1858, so that the evolution of his ideas can be traced. [Extracted from the article]

Books Reviewed Darby, John and Ginty, Roger Mac (eds), CONTEMPORARY PEACEMAKING: conflict, violence and peace processes , (MICHAEL PUGH), 465 Dobson, Alan P., US ECONOMIC STATECRAFT FOR SURVIVAL 1933–1991: of sanctions, embargoes and economic warfare Cortright, David and Lopez, George A. (eds), SMART SANCTIONS: targeting economic statecraft , (T. CLIFTON MORGAN), 466 Klinghoffer, Arthur Jay and Klinghoffer, Judith Apter, INTERNATIONAL CITIZENS’ TRIBUNALS: mobilizing public opinion to advance human rights , (BASAK CALI), 467 Wallensteen, Peter, UNDERSTANDING CONFLICT RESOLUTION: war, peace and the global system Barash, David P. and Webel, Charles P., PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES , (ALAN BULLION), 468 Lennon, Alexander T. J. (ed.), CONTEMPORARY NUCLEAR DEBATES: missile defense, arms control, and arms races in the twenty-first century , (ANDREW BUTFOY), 469 Rubin, Barry and Rubin, Judith Colp (eds), ANTI-AMERICAN TERRORISM AND THE MIDDLE EAST: a documentary reader , (MARWAN J. AL-KABALAN), 469 Howe, Herbert M., AMBIGUOUS ORDER: military forces in African states , (PAUL WILLIAMS), 470 Harrod, Jeffrey and O’Brien, Robert (eds), GLOBAL UNIONS? Theory and strategies of organized labour in the global political economy , (ANDREAS BIELER), 471 Fry, Michael Graham, Goldstein, Erik and Langhorne, Richard (eds), GUIDE TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND DIPLOMACY , (CAMPBELL CRAIG), 472 Hall, Rodney Bruce and Biersteker, Thomas J. (eds), THE EMERGENCE OF PRIVATE AUTHORITY IN GLOBAL GOVERNANCE , (JEAN-CHRISTOPHE GRAZ), 473 Stone, Randall W., LENDING CREDIBILITY: the International Monetary Fund and the post-communist transition , (PETIA A. KOSTADINOVA), 473 Hirst, Paul, WAR AND POWER IN THE 21[sup ST] CENTURY , (MARTIN SHAW), 474 Held, David and McGrew, Anthony, GLOBALIZATION/ANTI-GLOBALIZATION , (MIKE MARINETTO), 475 Levering, Ralph B., Pechatnov, Vladimir O., Botzenhart-Viehe, Verena and Edmondson, C. Earl, DEBATING THE ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR: American and Russian perspectives , (DAVID S. PAINTER), 475 Barrett, Scott, ENVIRONMENT AND STATECRAFT: the strategy of environmental treaty-making , (PATRICK MARK ARMSTRONG), 476 Smith, Jackie and Johnston, Hank (eds), GLOBALIZATION AND RESISTANCE: transnational dimensions of social movements , (NEIL STAMMERS), 477 Homer-Dixon, Thomas F., ENVIRONMENT, SCARCITY AND VIOLENCE , (EUGENE K. B. TAN), 478 Mary, Buckley and Cummings, Sally N. (eds), KOSOVO: perceptions of war and its aftermath , (GER DUIJZINGS), 478 MacQueen, Norrie, UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING IN AFRICA SINCE 1960 , (WALTER DORN), 479 Riordan, Shaun, THE NEW DIPLOMACY , (GEOFFREY WISEMAN), 480 DeSombre, Elizabeth R., THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT AND WORLD POLITICS: international relations for the 21[sup st] century , (ROBERT FALKNER), 481 Thakur, Ramesh and Schnable, Albrecht (eds), UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS: ad hoc missions, permanent engagements , (WENDY LAMBOURNE), 481 Jones, R.J. Barry (ed.), ROUTLEDGE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY , (PHILIP G. CERNY), 482 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Books Reviewed: David B. Lindenmayer and Jerry F. Franklin, Conserving Forest Biodiversity: a Comprehensive, Multiscaled Approach John Dargavel, Diane Hart and Brenda Libbis (eds), Perfumed Pineries: Environmental History of Australia's Callitris Forests M. Cotter, B. Boyd and J. Gardiner (eds), Heritage Landscapes: Understanding Place and Communities Clem Tisdell (ed.), The Economics of Tourism Arthur J. Conacher (ed.), Land Degradation D.M.J.S. Bowman and S.L. Farrer (eds), Measuring and Imagining: Exploring Centuries of Australian Landscape Change Fiona J. Dyer, Martin C. Thoms and Jon M. Olley (eds), The Structure, Function and Management Implications of Fluvial Sedimentary Systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Books reviewed: G. Worboys, M. Lockwood and T. De Lacey, Protected Area Management — Principles and Practice Martin Doornbos, Ashwani Saith and Ben White (eds.), Forests: Nature, People, Power Marwan A. Hassan, Olav Slaymaker and Simon M. Berkowicz (eds.), The Hydrology-Geomorphology Interface: Rainfall, Floods, Sedimentation, Land Use M. Stone (ed.), The Role of Erosion and Sediment Transport in Nutrient and Contaminant Transfer Thomas J.R. Jenkin, Place, Image and Environmental Conflict: World Heritage and the Lake Eyre Basin P. Leadbeter, N. Gunningham and B. Boer (eds.), Environmental Outlook No. 3: Law and Policy T.M. Swanson and S. Johnston, Global Environmental Problems and International Environmental Agreements: the Economics of International Institution Building B. Pritchard and P. McManus (eds.), Land of Discontentment: the Dynamics of Change In Rural and Regional Australia L.R. Goldman (ed.), Social Impact Analysis: an Applied Anthropological Manual B. Badcock and A. Beer, Home Truths: Property Ownership and Housing Wealth in Australia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Books reviewed: G. Garrod and K.G. Willis Economic Valuation of the Environment: Methods and Case Studies . D. Pearce Economics and Environment. Essays on Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development . A. Gilpin Dictionary of Environmental Law . H. Lithwick and Y. Gradus (eds) Developing Frontier Cities: Global Perspectives, Regional Contexts . A. Holt-Jensen Geography: History and Concepts. A Student’s Guide . P. Ayres Mawson a Life . J. N. Rayner Dynamic Climatology: Basis in Mathematics and Physics [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book 'Enlightenment Geography: The Political Languages of British Geography, 1650-1850,' by Robert J. Mayhew.

The article reviews the book "Curious Minds: The Discoveries of Australian Naturalists" by Peter Macinnis.

The article reviews the book "Cruise Tourism in Polar Regions," edited by Michael Lück, Patrick T. Maher, and Emma J. Stewart.

The article reviews the book "Tourism and Change in Polar Regions," edited by C. Michael Hall and Jarkko Saarinen.

The article reviews the book "Map-Making, Landscapes and Memory: A Geography of Colonial and Early Modern Ireland, c.1530-1750," by William J. Smyth.

The article reviews the book "All Possible Worlds: a History of Geographical Ideas," 4th Edition, by Geoffrey J. Martin.

The article reviews the book "The Commerce of Cartography: Making and Marketing Maps in Eighteenth-Century France and England," by Mary Sponberg Pedley.

The article reviews the book "Putting Science in Its Place: Geographies of Scientific Knowledge," by David N. Livingstone.

Reviews the book "Geography: Discipline, Profession and Subject since 1870: An International Survey," edited by Gary S. Dunbar.

A review is presented of the DVD "We of the Never Never," directed by Igor Auzins and starring Angela Punch McGregor and Arthur Dignam.