Book Reviews

Abstract

Cities and Economic Development: From the Dawn of History to the Present. Paul Bairoch

Environmental Management and Development in Drylands. Peter Beaumont

Rural and Small Town America. Glenn V. Fuguitt, David L. Brown, and Calvin L. Beale

America's Suburban Centers: The Land Use-Transportation Link. Robert Cervero

Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America. David Hackett Fischer

English Agriculture: An Historical Perspective. David Grigg

The Condition of Postmodernity: An Inquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change. David Harvey

Social Theory of Modern Societies: Anthony Giddens and His Critics. David Held and John B. Thompson, eds.

Commonplaces: Community Ideology and Identity in American Culture. David M. Hummon

Geographical Development of European Languages. Grover S. Krantz

Ecological Revolutions: Nature, Gender and Science in New England. Carolyn Merchant

Western Images, Western Landscapes: Travels along U.S. 89. Thomas R. Vale and Geraldine R. Vale

Key Words:

• urban history
• agricultural history
• historical demography
• world urbanization
• urban size
• drylands
• deserts
• water management
• irrigation systems
• arid lands
• environmental management
• rural America
• population
• economic and social structure
• suburban employment centers
• metropolitan restructuring
• traffic congestion
• Colonial America
• culture areas
• folkways
• Great Britain
• agriculture
• England
• historical
• tenure
• policy
• capitalism
• culture
• modernism
• postmodernism
• social action
• social theory
• Giddens
• social theory
• structure
• modernity
• cities
• towns
• public opinion
• community
• ideology
• identity
• American culture
• Indoeuropean languages
• Europe
• prehistory
• diffusion
• migration
• geographic methods
• ecology
• New England
• nature
• environmental history
• agriculture
• West
• landscape
• images
• highways