Book reviews

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Ambivalent Conquests. Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan 1517–1570. By Inge Clendinnen. Oxford University Press, Melbourne 1988. Pp. xi + 243. $34.00 paper.

Family and Gender in the Pacific: domestic contradictions and the colonial impact. Edited by Margaret Jolly and Martha Macintyre. Cambridge University Press, Melbourne 1989. Pp. xi + 296. $49.95 cloth.

Paths of Duty : American Missionary Wives in Nineteenth Century Hawaii. By Patricia Grimshaw. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu 1989. Pp. xxiii + 246. $25.00 cloth.

Noonkanbah: Whose Land, Whose Law. By Steve Hawke and Michael Gallagher. Femantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle 1989. Pp. 352. $16.99 paper.

Australian Society. Edited by Keith Hancock. Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, in association with the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, 1989. Pp. xiii + 258. $25.00 paper.

The Australian Economy in the Long Run. Edited by Rodney Maddock and Ian W. McLean. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1987. Pp. xii + 372. $29.95 paper.

Recovery from the Depression: Australia and the World Economy in the 1930s. Edited by R.G. Gregory and N.G. Butlin. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1988. Pp. xii + 378. $45.00 cloth.

Foundations of Arbitration : The Origins and Effects of State Compulsory Arbitration 1890–1914. Edited by Stuart Macintyre and Richard Mitchell. Oxford University Press, Melbourne 1989. Pp. xi + 385. $24.95 paper.

Division of Labour: Industrial Relations in the Chifley Years 1945–1949. By Tom Sheridan. Oxford University Press, Melbourne 1989. Pp. x + 484. $45.00 cloth.

Grammar: A History of Sydney Grammar School, 1819–1988. By Clifford Turney. Allen and Unwin, Sydney 1989. Pp. xvi + 490. $39.95 cloth.

Prinny Hill: The State Schools of Princes Hill, 1889–1989. By Nicholas Vlahogiannis. The Princes Hill Schools, Melbourne 1989. Pp viii + 230. $16.95 paper.

Working Life: Arguments about Work in Australian Society. By Belinda Probert. McPhee Gribble/Penguin, Melbourne 1989. Pp. viii + 198. $11.99 paper.

Sex and Secrets: Crimes Involving Australian Women Since 1880. By Judith A. Allen. Oxford University Press, Melbourne 1990. Pp. xii + 290. $22.50 paper.

Managing Gender: The State, the New Middle Class and Woman Workers, 1830–1930. By Desley Deacon. Oxford University Press, Melbourne 1989. Pp. 308. $24.95 paper.

Fresh Evidence, New Witnesses : Finding Women's History. Edited by Margaret Allen, Mary Hutchison and Alison McKinnon. South Australian Government Printer, Adelaide 1989. Pp. 284. $35.00 paper.

Dearest Isabella : The Life and Letters of Isabella Ferguson 1819–1910. Edited by Prue Joske. University of WA Press, Ned‐lands 1989. Pp. 248. $28.50 cloth, 518.50 paper.

The Ten Pound Immigrants. By Reg Apple‐yard with Alison Ray and Allan Segal. Boxtree Limited, London, Century Hutchinson, Sydney 1988. Pp. 168. 539.95 cloth.

The Irish‐Australian Connection. (An Caidreamh Gael‐Australach). Edited by Seamus Grimes and Gearoid O Tuathaigh. University College, Galway 1988. Pp. 159. Price not available, paper.

The Fenians in Australia 1865–1880. By Keith Amos. University of New South Wales Press, Kensington 1988. $29.95 cloth, $19.95 paper.

Irish Convicts. The Origins of Convicts Transported to Australia. Edited by Bob Reece. Department of Modern History, University College, Dublin 1989. Pp. 198. Price not available, paper.

Tin Mosques and Ghantowns: A History of Afghan Cameldrivers in Australia. By C. Stevens. Oxford University Press, Melbourne 1989. Pp xii + 372. $49.95 cloth.

Western Images of China. By Colin Mackerras. Oxford University Press, Hong Kong 1989. Pp. 337. $19.95 paper.

Home Port Singapore: An Australian Historian's Experience, 1953–1956. By Ken Tregonning. Australians in Asia Series No 4, Griffith University 1989. Pp. x + 78.

The Road to Lembang: A Retrospect, 1938–1966. By Peter Hastings. Australians in Asia Series No 5, Griffith University 1990. Pp. x + 35.

The Secret Army and The Premier: Conservative Paramilitary Organisations in New South Wales 1930–32. By Andrew Moore. University of New South Wales Press, Sydney 1989. Pp. x + 312. $24.95 paper.

Lord Bruce of Melbourne. By I.M. Cumpston. Longman Cheshire, Melbourne 1989. Pp. xviii + 291.

The Shearers’ War: The Story of the 1891 Shearers’ Strike. By Stuart Svenson. University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia 1988. Pp. xiv + 340. $14.95 paper.

Gipps‐La Trobe Correspondence 1839–1846. Edited by A.G.L. Shaw. Melbourne University Press, at the Miegunyah Press, 1989. Pp xi + 415. $54.95 cloth.

Gold and Typhoid, Two Fevers : A Social History of Western Australia, 1891–1900. By Vera Whittington. University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands 1988. Pp. 455. $36.00 paper.

Constructing Capitalism. An Economic History of Eastern Australia 1788–1901. By Andrew Wells. Allen and Unwin, Sydney 1989. Pp. xvii + 198. $19.95 paper.