Vol 6, No 1 (1999)

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2458/jpe.v6i1

Table of Contents

Articles

Are Knudsen
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1-30
Evan R. Ward
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31-56
Aldemaro Romero, Susanna Chilbert, M.G. Eisenhart
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57-78
Jane W. Gibson
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79-101

Book Reviews

Remaking Women: Feminism and Modernity in the Middle East by edited by Lila Abu-Lughod. Princeton: Princeton University Press (1998). Review Essay by Fadwa El Guindi
Fadwa El Guindi
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1-10
Encounters with Nature: Essays by Paul Shepard, edited by Florence R. Shepard, with an Introduction by David Petersen. Washington DC: Island Press (1999). Reviewed by Eric Katz
Eric Katz
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11-15
Community and Political Thought Today, edited by Peter Augustine Lawler and Dale McConkey, Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers (1998). Reviewed by Robert Bradley
Robert Bradley
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15-18
Environmental Anthropology: From Pigs to Policies, by Pat Townsend. Mayfield, IL: Waveland Press (2000). Reviewed by Edward Liebow
Edward Liebow
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18-21
Disaster Hits Home: New Policy for Urban Housing Recovery, by Mary C. Comerio (1999) Berkeley: University of California Press. Reviewed by Susanna M. Hoffman
Susanna M. Hoffman
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21-27
Human Demography and Disease, by Susan Scott and Christopher Duncan (1998) New York: Cambridge University Press. Reviewed by Robert D Hoppa
Robert D. Hoppa
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27-29
Coalitions Across the Class Divide: Lessons from the Labor, Peace, and Environmental Movements, by Fred Rose. Ithaca: Cornell University Press (2000). Reviewed by Vincent Lyon-Callo
Vincent Lyon-Callo
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29-32
Peasant Dreams & Market Politics. Labor Migration and the Russian Village, 1861-1905. by Jeffrey Burds. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press (1998). Reviewed by Don K. Rowney
Don K. Rowney
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32-35
Nationalism, Localism, and the Role of Intervention: A View of Rural Mexico Rural Revolt in Mexico: U. S. Intervention and the Domain of Subaltern Politics, edited by Daniel Nugent, foreword by William C. Roseberry. Durham, NC: Duke University Press (1998). Reviewed by David Stea
David Stea
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35-40
Crossing Borders. Changing Social Identities in Southern Mexico, by Kimberly M. Grimes. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press (1998). Reviewed by Pablo Vila
Pablo Vila
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40-45
International Management of the Environment: Pollution Control in North America, by Emmett N. Lombard. Westport, CT: Praeger (1999). Reviewed by Glen Atkinson
Glen Atkinson
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45-46
Political Ecology, Mountain Agriculture, and Knowledge in Honduras, by Kees Jansen (1998). Reviewed by Michael Paolisso
Michael Paolisso
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47-49
Chinnagounder’s Challenge: The Question of Ecological Citizenship (1999), by Deane Curtin. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Reviewed by Dave Howland
Dave Howland
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49-51
Consequences of Cultivar Diffusion. Leonard Plotnicov and Richard Scaglion, editors. Pittsburgh: Ethnology Monographs, no. 17, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh (1999). Reviewed by Laurence C. Becker
Laurence C. Becker
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52-55
Requiem for Nature, by John Terborgh (1999) Washington, DC: Island Press. Reviewed by Kathryn L. Michaud
Kathryn L. Michaud
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55-57
Citizenship and Indigenous Australians: Changing Conceptions and Possibilities, edited by Nicolas Peterson and Will Sanders (1999). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Reviewed by Michèle D. Dominy
Michèle D. Dominy
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57-60
Middle Eastern Women and the Invisible Economy, Richard A. Lobban, Jr., editor (1998), Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida. Reviewed by Paula Holmes-Eber
Paula Holmes-Eber
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60-62
The Populist Paradox: Interest Group Influence and The Promise of Direct Legislation (1999), by Elisabeth R. Gerber. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Reviewed by Luther P. Gerlach
Luther P. Gerlach
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62-64
Critical Masses: Citizens, Nuclear Weapons Production, and Environmental Destruction in the United States and Russia, by Russell J. Dalton, Paula Garb, Nicholas P. Lovrich, John C. Pierce and John M. Whitely. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1999. Review by Michael D. Mehta
Michael D. Mehta
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65-68
Environmentally Sustainable Economic Development, by Asayehgn Desta, Westport, CT: Praeger (1999). Reviewed by Robert K. Schaeffer
Robert K. Schaeffer
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68-70
The Ultimate Resource - 2 (revised edition). By Julian L. Simon. 1996. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Reviewed by Peter Harries-Jones
Peter Harries-Jones
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70-75
Beyond Borders: Remaking Cultural Identities in the New East and Central Europe. Edited by Lazlo Kurti and Juliet Langman (1997) Boulder, CO, Westview Press. Reviewed by E. L. Cerroni-Long
E. L. Cerroni-Long
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75-78
A Claim to Land by the River: A Household in Senegal 1720-1994. By Adrian Adams and Jaabe So, 1996. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Reviewed by Olga F. Linares
Olga F. Linares
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78-82
Sociology, Environmentalism, Globalization, by Steven Yearley. London: SAGE Publications (1996). Reviewed by Peter S. Wenz
Peter S. Wenz
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82-84
Global Governance: Drawing Insights from the Environmental Experience. Oran R. Young, editor. Cambridge: The MIT Press (1998). Reviewed by John H. Bodley
John H. Bodley
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85-87
The Gendered Terrain of Disaster: Through Women ’s Eyes, Edited by Elaine Enarson and Betty Hen Morrow, Westport CT: Praeger Press, 1998. Reviewed by Pamela S. Showalter
Pamela S. Showalter
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87-91
Missing Persons: A Critique of Personhood in the Social Sciences, by Mary Douglas and Steven Ney, Berkeley: University of California Press, (1998). Reviewed by Karen A. Curtis
Karen A. Curtis
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92-94
High technology and low-income communities: Prospects for the positive use of advanced information technology, Donald Schön, Bish Sanyal, and William Mitchell, eds. Cambridge: MIT Press, (1999). Reviewed By David Hakken
David Hakken
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94-99
Law and the Environment: A Multidisciplinary Reader. Edited by Robert V Percival and Dorothy C. Alevizatos, Temple University Press, 1997. Reviewed by Lynn A. Robbins
Lynn A. Robbins
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99-101
In the Society of Nature: A Native Ecology in Amazonia by Philippe Descola. 1994 (paperback 1996). Cambridge: University of Cambridge Press. Reviewed by William H. Fisher
William H. Fisher
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101-106
Militant Labor in the Philippines, by Lois A. West. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1997. Reviewed by Patricio N. Abinales
Patricio N. Abinales
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107-110
Ultimate Security: The Environmental Basis of Political Stability by Norman Myers (1996) Washington, DC: Island Press. Reviewed by K. Mark Leek
K. Mark Leek
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110-112
Envisioning Ecotopia: The U.S. Green Movement and the Politics of Radical Social Change, by Kenn Kassman, Westport, CT: Praeger, 1998. Reviewed by Bron Taylor
Bron Taylor
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113-114
Historical Ecology in the Pacific Islands: Prehistoric Environmental and Landscape Change. Edited by Patrick V. Kirch and Terry L. Hunt, New Haven: Yale University Press (1997). Reviewed by Charles J. Stevens
Charles J. Stevens
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115-119
Myths of Ethnicity and Nation: Immigration, Work and Identity in the Belize Banana Industry, by Mark Moberg, Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1997. Reviewed by Anne Sutherland
Anne Sutherland
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119-121
Growth Management for a Sustainable Future: Ecological Sustainability as the New Growth Management Focus for the 21st Century, by Gabor Zovanyi, Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1998. Reviewed by Holly Stallworth
Holly Stallworth
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121-123
Critical Masses: Opposition to Nuclear Power in California, 1958-1978, by Thomas Raymond Wellock. The University of Wisconsin Press, 1998. Reviewed by Paula Garb
Paula Garb
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123-125
The Political Ecology of Bananas: Contract Farming, Peasants, and Agrarian Change in the Eastern Caribbean. By Lawrence S. Grossman. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press (1998). Reviewed by Mark Moberg
Mark Moberg
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125-128
Tracing the Veins: Of Copper, Culture and Community from Butte to Chuquicamata. by Janet L. Finn. Berkeley: University of California Press (1998). Reviewed by Judy Root Aulette
Judy Root Aulette
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128-130
The Ecology of Practice: Studies of Food Crop Production in Sub-Saharan West Africa, A. Endre Nyerges, editor, Food and Nutrition in History and Anthropology series, Volume 12, Gordon and Breach Publishers; 1997. Reviewed by Wendy Wilson Fall
Wendy Wilson Fall
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130-132
The Anthropology of Infectious Disease: International Health Perspectives, edited by Marcia C. Inhorn and Peter J. Brown. Amsterdam: Gordon and Breach Publishers, 1997. Reviewed by Barbara Herr Harthorn
Barbara Herr Harthorn
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132-135
U.S. Land and Natural Resources Policy: A Public Issues Handbook. Gary C. Bryner. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1998. Reviewed by Robert H. Winthrop
Robert H. Winthrop
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136-138
Deep Environmental Politics: The Role of Radical Environmentalism in Crafting Environmental Policy, by Phillip F. Cramer, Westport, CT: Praeger Books (1998). Reviewed by Gregory V. Button
Gregory V. Button
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139-140
Living Under Contract. Edited by Peter D. Little and Michael J. Watts. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press (1994). Reviewed by John Magistro
John Magistro
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141-144
Fishcamp: Life on an Alaskan Shore. By Nancy Lord. Washington, DC: Island Press, 1997. Reviewed by Craig Mishler
Craig Mishler
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145-146
The Making of Belize: Globalization in the Margins. By Anne Sutherland. Westport, CT: Bergin and Garvey, 1998. Reviewed by Laurie Kroshus Medina
Laurie Kroshus Medina
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146-148
Financing Change: The Financial Community, Eco-efficiency, and Sustainable Development. By S. Schmidheiny and F. Zorraqu’n, with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (1996) Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. Reviewed by Jerry A. Moles
Jerry A. Moles
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149-153
Inuit, Whaling, and Sustainability, by Milton M.R. Freeman, Lyudmila Bogolovskaya, Richard A. Caulfied, Ingmar Egede, Igor I. Krupnik, and Marc G. Stevenson. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press (1998). Reviewed by Grete K. Hovelsrud-Broda
Grete K. Hovelsrud-Broda
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154-156
At the Crossroads: Mexico and U.S. Immigration Policy, edited by Frank D. Bean, Rodolfo O. de la Garza, Bryan R. Roberts, Sidney Wientraub Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield (1997). Reviewed by James Loucky
James Loucky
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157-160
Tobacco Culture. Farming Kentucky’s Burley Belt, by John van Willigen and Susan Eastwood, Louisville: University Press of Kentucky, (1998). Reviewed by Susan L. Andreatta
Susan L. Andreatta
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160-162
The Cultures of Globalization, Frederic Jameson and Masao Miyoshi, editors, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1998. Reviewed by C.A. Bowers
C.A. Bowers
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165-168
Calculating Risks: The Spatial and Political Dimensions of Hazardous Waste Policy, by James T. Hamilton and W. Kip Viscusi, 1999, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Reviewed by Douglas L. Anderton
Douglas L. Anderton
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169-172
Property Relations: Renewing the Anthropological Tradition, edited by C. M. Hann. 1998. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Reviewed by Stephen Gudeman
Stephen Gudeman
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172-176
Rural China Takes Off: Institutional Foundations of Economic Reform, by Jean C Oi Berkeley: University of California Press, Berkeley (1999). Reviewed by David S G Goodman
David S. G. Goodman
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176-178
Business, Commerce, and Social Responsibility: Beyond Agenda. By Richard H. Reeves-Ellington and Adele Anderson. 1997. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press. Reviewed by Daniel P. Dolan
Daniel P. Dolan
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179-181
Which Home Do We Protect? The Challenge of Protecting Endangered Species and Property. A Review Essay on Private Property and the Endangered Species Act, edited by Jason F. Shogren. (1998). Austin: University of Texas Press. Reviewed by Richard Castelnuovo
Richard Castelnuovo
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181-185
The Green Republic: A Conservation History of Costa Rica, by Sterling Evans (1999) University of Texas Press: Austin.
Susan Stonich
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186-188
Capitalism: An Ethnographic Approach, Daniel Miller, Oxford, UK: Berg Publishers, 1997. Reviewed by Josiah McC. Heyman
Josiah McC. Heyman
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188-190
The National Environmental Policy Act: An Agenda for the Future, by Lynton Keith Caldwell, Indiana University; Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998. Reviewed by Diane Austin
Diane Austin
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190-192
On China’s Villages, Rural industries and Technology Development: A Review Essay with Special Reference to Technology Development in Rural Industries. A Study of China’s Collectives. Reviewed by By Dipak R. Pant
Dipak R. Pant
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193-199
Deep Environmental Politics: The Role of Radical Environmentalism in Crafting Environmental Policy, by Phillip F. Cramer, Westport, CT: Praeger Books (1998). Reviewed by Gregory V. Button
Gregory V. Button
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199-201
The Evolution of Inequality: War, State Survival, and Democracy in Comparative Perspective, by Manus I. Midlarsky (1999), Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. Reviewed by Patricia Kachuk
Patricia Kachuk
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201-203
Remaking Micronesia: Discourses on Development In a Pacific Territory, 1944-1982. By David Hanlon. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, (1998). Reviewed by E. Robert Statham, Jr.
E. Robert Statham Jr.
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203-206
Recent Books on Environment, Conflict and Security
Richard A. Matthew
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206-213
How to Create and Nurture a Nature Center in Your Community by Brent Evans and Carolyn Chipman-Evans, (1998) Austin: University of Texas Press. Reviewed by Matthew Oppenheim
Matthew Oppenheim
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213-216
Adaptation to Malaria: The Interaction of Biology and Culture. Edited by Lawrence S. Greene and Maria Enrica Danubio. New York: Gordon and Breach. 1997. Review by Kevin M. Kelly
Kevin M. Kelly
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216-218