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Books reviewed: Sinclair, Karen, Maori Times, Maori Places: Prophetic Histories Farrer, James, Opening Up: Youth Sex Culture and Market Reform in Shanghai Pacific Affairs: An International Review of Asia and the Pacific, Volume 75, No. 2 De Blij, H.J. and Muller, Peter O., Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts Kuby, Michael, Harner, John and Gober, Patricia, Human Geography in Action Tolliday, Steven (ed.), The Economic Development of Modern Japan, 1945–1995: From Occupation to the Bubble Economy Frost, Alan and Samson, Jane (eds.), Pacific Empires: Essays in Honour of Glyndwr Williams [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book 'Readings in Cultural Geography,' edited by P.L. Wagner and M.W. Mikesell.

Reviews several books. 'Human geography: Issues for the 21st century,' by P. Daniels, M. Bradshaw, D. Shaw and J. Sideway; 'Doing fieldwork. Geographical Review,' edited by D. DeLyser and P.F. Starrs; 'Geographical voices: Fourteen autobiographical essays,' edited by P.R. Gould and F.R. Pitts; 'Transformations in Hungary: Essays in economy and society,' edited by P. Meusburger and H. Jons.

Reviews the books `The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography,' edited by James M. Rubenstein, `Human Geography: Places and Regions in Global Context,' by Paul L. Knox and Sallie A. Marston and `Human Geography in Action,' by Michael Kuby, John Harner and Patricia Gover.

Reviews the book "Human Geography: A Welfare Approach," by David M. Smith.

Agnew, J., Livingstone, A. and Rogers, A., editors, 1996: Human geography-an essential anthology Aho, J.A. 1990: The politics of righteousness: Idaho Christian patriotism Alexander, T. 1996: Unravelling global apartheid: an overview of world politics Butlin, R.A. and Roberts, N., editors, 1995: Ecological relations in historical times: human impact and adaptation Clark, D. 1996: Urban world/global city Crampton, R. and Crampton, B. 1996: Atlas of eastern Europe in the twentieth century Crush, J., editor, 1995: Power of development Dmitrieva, P. 1996: Regional development: the USSR and after Earle, C., Mathewson, K. and Kenzer, M.S., editors, 1996: Concepts in human geography Graham, S. and Marvin, S. 1996: Telecommunications and the city; electronic spaces, urban places Grove, R.H. 1996: Green imperialism. Colonial expansion, tropical island Edens and the origins of environmentalism, 1600-1860 Harris, N. and Fabricus, I., editors, 1996: Cities and structural adjustment Hirsch, E. and O'Hanlon, M., editors, 1995: The anthropology of landscape: perspectives on place and space Johnson, S. 1995: The politics of population: the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo 1994 Keeling, D.J. 1996: Buenos Aires; global dreams, local crises King, R., editor, 1995: Mass migration in Europe, the legacy and the future Kresl, P.K. and Gappert, G., editors, 1995: North American cities and the global economy Latouche, S. 1996: The westernization of the world Le Heron, R.B. and Pawson, E.J., editors, 1996: Changing places: New Zealand in the nineties Mason, D. 1995: Race and ethnicity in modern Britain Nierop, T. 1994: Systems and regions in global politics Patton, M. 1996: Islands in time: island sociogeography and Mediterranean prehistory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book `Human Geography: An Essential Anthology,' edited by John Agnew, Alisdair Rogers and david N. Livingstone.

Reviews the book `Human Geography: Society, Space and Social Science,' edited by D. Gregory, R. Martin and G. Smith.

Reviews the book `Human geography: Society, space and social science,' edited by D. Gregory, R. Martin, et al.

Reviews the book `Human Geography: An Essential Anthology,' edited by J. Agnew, D.N. Livingstone and A. Rogers.

Reviews the book 'Human Geography: Behavioural Approaches,' by D.J. Walmsley and G.J. Lewis.

Reviews the book `Human Geography: Society, Space, and Social Science,' by Derek Gregory and Ron Martin and Graham Smith. Attention paid to human geography and diversities; Explaination of both sections of the book.

Reviews the book `A Human Geography: An Essential Anthology,' edited by J. Agnew.

Reviews the book `Human Geography. Society, Space and Social Science,' edited by Derek Gregory, Ron Martin and Graham Smith.

Reviews the book `Human Geography,' by William Norton.

Reviews the book 'Human Geography,' 2nd edition, by A.V. Perpillou.

Reviews the books "Geography and Population: Approaches and Applications," edited by John I. Clarke and "Human Geography: Behavioural Approaches," by D.J. Walmsley and G.J. Lewis.

Reviews the book "Human Geography: Issues for the 21st Century," edited by Peter Daniels, Michael Bradshaw, Denis Shaw and James Sidaway.

Reviews several books on human geography. 'Territory: The Claiming of Space,' First Edition by David Storey; 'Alternative Geographies,' First Edition by John Rennie Short, 'Human Geography: Landscapes of Human Activities,' Sixth Edition by Jerome D. Fellmann, Arthur and Judith Getis.

Reviews the book `Human Geography. An Essential Anthology,' edited by John Agnew, David N. Livingstone and Alasdair Rogers.

This substantial book attempts an examination of the causal relationships between inequality, the spatial organisation of society and social structure. The addition of these themes to geographical research has undoubtedly added valuable new insights into spatial patterns and explanatory spatial analyses. Smith claims that a welfare approach will lead to a more relevant human geography. This inevitably poses several questions which are only partially answered. For instance, the explanation that the rise of radical geography was associated with, and probably linked to, the years of the "pollution crises" and of "crises in the cities" implies a fashion-oriented discipline lacking in substantive philosophical development. In other words, there is more than a hint that radical geographers switched to a new trend or used that opportunity to further other ends. The value of adding a welfare dimension is not in dispute, what can be challenged is the notion that it offers a satisfactory integrated and relevant totality of human geography. The varied, more traditional, components of, and approaches to, human geography, may not necessarily permit an integrated approach but they were not irrelevant. Moreover. the variety of approach was a healthy stimulant to thought and research, whilst neatly avoiding the dangers of a form of academic uniformity which could emerge under the Liberalism label. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "Human Geography," Book One, by J. Russell Smith.