Book reviews

The Furthest Shore: Images of Terra Australis from the Middle Ages to Captain Cook by William Eisler. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp.xii + 180. £45.00. ISBN 0–521–39268–3.

Anatomy of a Naval Disaster: The 1746 French Expedition to North America by James Pritchard. Montreal and Kingston: McGill‐Queen's University Press, 1995. Pp.xvi + 318, illustrations. £17.95 (hardback). ISBN 0–7735–1325–6.

Manila Ransomed: The British Assault on Manila in the Seven Years War by Nicholas Tracy. Exeter: Exeter University Press, 1995. Pp. + 158, illustrations. £14.95 (paperback). ISBN 0–85989–426–6.

The Life of Adam Smith by Ian Simpson Ross. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995. Pp.xxviii + 495. £25.00. ISBN 0–19–828821–2.

Indentured Labor in the Age of Imperialism, 1834–1922 by David Northrup. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp.xi + 186, maps, figures, tables. £30 (hardback): £10.95 (paperback). ISBN 0–521–48047–7; 0–521–48519–3.

Small Islands, Large Questions: Society, Culture and Resistance in the Post‐Emancipation Caribbean edited by Karen Fog Olwig. London and Portland: Frank Cass, 1995. Pp.200, maps. £30.00 (hardback); £17.50 (paperback). ISBN 0–7146–4576–1; 0–7146–4225–8.

Geography and Imperialism 1820–1940 edited by Morag Bell, Robin Butler, and Michael Heffernan. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1995. Pp.xiii + 338, maps, illustrations, tables. £45.00 (hardback). ISBN 0–7190–3934–7.

The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj by Dane Kennedy. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. Pp.xv + 264, photographs, maps. £30 (hardback). ISBN 0–520–20188–4.

Wild Things: Nature, Culture, and Tourism in Ontario, 1790–1914 by Patricia Jasen. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1995. Pp.x + 194. £29.00 (hardback); £12.50 (paperback). ISBN 0–8020–0684–1; 0–8020–7638–6.

The Kruger National Park: A Social and Political History by Jane Carruthers. Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press, 1995. Pp.x + 170, maps, illus. No price given. ISBN 0–86980–915–6.

Surgeon‐Major Parke's African Journey 1887–39 by John B. Lyons. Dublin: Lilliput Press, 1994. Pp.xiv + 281. £19.95. ISBN 1–874675–20–1.

Alone Among the Zulus: The Narrative of a Journey through the Zulu Country, South Africa by Catherine Barter. Edited by Patricia L. Merrett. Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press, 1995. Pp.xxxvi + 112, map and illustrations. No price given. ISBN 0–8690–914–8.

Women's Orients: English Women and the Middle East, 1718–1918: Sexuality, Religion and Work by Billie Melman. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1995. Pp.xxix + 417, plates figures, tables. $39.50 (hardback); $16.95 (paperback). ISBN 0–472–10332–6; 0–472–08279–5.

Japan Encounters the Barbarian: Japanese Travellers in America and Europe by W.G. Beasley. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1995. Pp.xi + 252. £20. ISBN 0–300–06324–5.

The Australian Nation: Its British and Irish Roots by Geoffrey Partington. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 1994. Pp.xvi + 347. $34.95 (paperback). ISBN 1–875606–06–8.

White Australia Defied: Pacific Islander Settlement in North Queensland by Patricia Mercer. Townsville: Department of History and Politics, James Cook University, 1995. Pp.xvi + 371, plates. $30 (paperback). ISBN 0–8644–559–2.

White‐Collar or Hoe Handle: African Education under British Colonial Policy 1920–1945 by Seppo Sivonen. Helsinki: Suomen Historiallinen Seura, 1995. Pp.264, map, tables, photographs. ISBN 951–710–016–7.

Insiders and Outsiders: The Indian Working Class of Durban, 1910–1990 by Bill Freund. Portsmouth, NH, Pietermartizburg, and London: Heinemann, University of Natal Press, James Currey, 1995. Pp.x + 133. £12.95. (paperback). ISBN's 0–435–08961–7; 0–86980–908–3; 0–85255–616–0.

Genealogies of Conflict: Class, Identity, and State in Palestine/Israel and South Africa by Ran Greenstein. Hanover, N.H.: University Press of New England, 1995. Pp.ix + 307. No price given. No ISBN supplied.

Lyautey and the French Conquest of Morocco by William A. Hoisington, Jnr. London: Macmillan, 1995. Pp.viii + 296pp, 7 maps. ISBN 0–33–64615–0.

Swettenham by H.S. Barlow. Southdene Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur, 1995. Ppp.xvii + 783, diagrams, maps, illustrations. No price given. ISBN 983–99915–1–5 (hardback); 983–99915–2–3 (paperback).

Malcolm MacDonald. Bringing an End to Empire by Clyde Sanger. Montreal and Kingston: McGill‐Queen's University Press, and Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1995. Pp.xxi + 498, illustrations. £25.00 (hardback). ISBN 0–85323–900–2.

Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura 1922–1992 by Shahid Amin. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1995. Pp.xiv + 256 1 map; 11 black and white illustrations. £32.00 (hardback); £11.95 (paperback). ISBN 0–520–08780–1.

Second to None: The Story of the Hong Kong Volunteers by Phillip Bruce. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1991. Pp.vi + 317, map, illustrations. £25.00 (hardback). ISBN 0–19–585518–3.

The First Sea Lords: From Fisher to Mountbatten edited by Malcolm H. Murfett. Westport, Conn., and London: Praeger, 1995. Pp.xiii + 313. £53.95 (hardback). ISBN 0–275–94231–7.

The U‐Boat Hunters: The Royal Canadian Navy and the Offensive against Germany's Submarines by Marc Milner. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994. Pp.xx + 327, maps, photographs, $35.00 (hardback). ISBN 0–8020–0588–8.

Diplomacy and World Power: Studies in British Foreign Policy, 1890–1950 edited by Michael Dockrill and Brian McKercher. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp.xx + 271. £35.00 (hardback). ISBN 0–521–46243–6.

The Decolonization of Africa by David Birmingham. London: UCL Press, 1995. Pp.viii + 109. £5.95. ISBN 1–85728–540–9.

Sources for Colonial Studies in the Public Record Office, Volume 1: Records of the Colonial Office, Dominions Office, Commonwealth Relations Office and Commonwealth Office compiled by Anne Thurston. (British Documents on the End of Empire, Series C, Volume 1). London: HMSO 1995. Pp.xv + 479. £60. ISBN 0–11–440246–9.