Book reviews

Russia and America. The Roots of Economic Divergence. By Colin White, New York, Sydney, Croom Helm, 1987. Pp.268. £30.00.

Mixed race children. A Study of Identity. By Anne Wilson, Allen and Unwin, London, 1987. Pp.x + 230. $29.95(pb).

What Gifts Engender. Social Relations and Politics in Mendi Highland Papua New Guinea. By Rena Lederman, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1986. Pp. xii + 291. A$108.00.

Celtic Papers. Third International Conference on Minority Languages. Multilingual Matters : 32, edited by Gearoid Mac Eoin, Anders Ahlquist and Donncha O hAodha, Clevedon, Philadelphia, Multilingual Matters Ltd., 1987. pp.146. £19.50.

Key Issues in Bilingualism and Bilingual Education. By Colin Baker, Clevedon, Philadelphia, Multilingual Matters, 1988. pp.x + 222. £8.95.

The Cultural Construction of Race. Edited by Marie de Lepervanche and Gillian Bottomley, Sydney Studies in Society and Culture, University of Sydney, 1988. Pp.139, n.p.s.

Racial Theories. By Michael Banton, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Pp. xix + 181. $25.00.

Sectarian Violence: The Liverpool Experience, 1819–1914: An Aspect of Anglo‐Irish History. By Frank Neal, Manchester Unity Press. 1988. Pp.xii + 272. $137.00.

Analyzing Intercultural Communication, Studies in Anthropological Linguistics 1. Edited by K. Knapp, W. Enninger and A. Knapp‐Potthoff. Berlin, New York, Amsterdam, Moutdon de Gruyter, 1987. Pp. viii + 319.

Intergrammar: Toward an Integrative Model of Verbal, Prosodic and Kinesic Choices in Speech, Studies in Anthropological Linguistics 2. H. Arndt nd R.W. Janney. Berlin, New York, Amsterdam, Mouton de Gruyter. 1987. Pp. xvi + 458.

Mistaken Identity. Multiculturalism and the Demise of Nationalism in Australia. By Stephen Castles, Mary Kalantzis, Bill Cope and Michael Morrissey. Sydney, Pluto Press, 1988. Pp. 152. $14.95

Migrant Hands in a Distant Land. Australia's Post‐War Immigration. By Jock Collins. Sydney, Pluto Press, 1988. Pp. ix + 302 $19.95.