A review of Paraguay: Corruption, Reform, and the Financial System by Jeffrey Franks, Valerie Mercer-Blackman, Randa Sab and Roberto Benelli is presented.
The book Assessing Financial Vulnerability: An Early Warning System for Emerging Markets, by Morris Goldstein, Graciela L. Kaminsky and Carmen M. Reinhart, is reviewed.
Reviews Reid, Alex; Gregory, Paul R.; Bleaney, Michael ...
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Book Review
Seweryn Bialer ed. Politics. Society and Nationality inside Gorbachev's Russia. Boulder, London: Westview Press, 1989. xv + 255 pp., £22.50 h/b., £11.00 p/b.
Jan Winiecki, The Distorted World of ...Soviet-Type Economies. London and New York: Routledge, 1988, xi + 130 pp., £33.00.
Jan Adam, Economic Reforms in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe since the 1960s. London: Macmillan, 1989, xvi + 242 pp. £29.50.
Alexander George, Philip J. Farley and Alexander Dallin, eds. U.S.-Soviet Security Cooperation. Achievements, Failures, Lessons. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988, xi + 746 pp., £30.00.
Thomas M. Cynkin, Soviet and American Signalling in the Polish Crisis. London: MacMillan Press, 1988, ix + 263 pp., £35.00.
Stephen Lewarne, Soviet Oil: The Move Offshore. Boulder and London: Westfield Press, 1988, xiv + 190 pp. Price not indicated.
Margaret Chadwick, David Long and Machiko Nissanke, Soviet Oil Exports: Trade Adjustments, Refining Constraints and Market Behaviour. Oxford: OUP 1987. xviii + 263 pp. £29.50.
James H. Bater, The Soviet Scene: A Geographical Perspective. London: Edward Arnold, 1989, xv + 304 pp., £30.00 h/b., £11.95 p/b.
Raymond Hutchings, Soviet Secrecy and Non-Secrecy. London: Macmillan, 1987, vii + 292 pp., £29.50.
Bryan Ranft and Geoffrey Till, The Sea in Soviet Strategy. 2nd Edition, London: Macmillan, 1989, xviii + 284 pp., £35.00.
Robert Desjardins, The Soviet Union through French Eyes, 1945-85. Foreward by Archie Brown, St Antony's/Macmillan series, Macmillan Press, London, 1988, xiii + 199 pp., £33.00.
Linda R. Killen, The Soviet Union and the United States: A New Look at the Cold War. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1989, xv + 195 pp., $24.95 h/b., $12.95 p/b.
Anne D. Rassweiler, The Generation of Power. The History of Dneprostroi. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988, viii + 247 pp., £24.00.
Stephen White, The Bolshevik Poster. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988, viii + 152 pp., £19.95, $39.95.
János Timár, Idö és munkaidö (Time and Work Time), Közgazdasági és Jogi Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 1988, 297 pp.
Tamara Dragadze, Rural Families in Soviet Georgia. A case study in Ratcha Province. International Library of Anthropology, Routledge, London and New York, 1988, xii + 226 pp.
Thomas A. Oleszczuk, Political Justice in the USSR: Dissent and Repression in Lithuania, 1969-1987. Boulder, Colorado: East European Monographs, 1988, viii + 221 pp., $34.50.
Nora Levin, The Jews in the Soviet Union since 1917: Paradox of Survival. New York: New York University Press, 1988, 2 vols. xxxiv + 1013 pp., $55 each vol., $100 the set; foreign prices $69 and $125.
Benjamin Pinkus, The Jews of the Soviet Union: The History of a National Minority. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988, xvii + 397 pp., £30.00, $34.50.
Marko Milivojević, John B. Allcock and Pierre Maurer, eds. Yugoslavia's Security Dilemmas: Armed Forces, National Defence and Foreign Policy. Oxford: Berg Publishers Limited, 1988, viii + 324 pp., £35.00.
German Institute for Economic Research, ed. GDR and Eastern Europe. A Handbook. Avebury, Gower Publishing Company Limited, 1989, xxi + 383 pp., £32.50.
Daniel N. Nelson, Romanian Politics in the Ceausescu Era. London: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, 1988, xvii + 244 pp., $69.00.
The Blackwell Encyclopedia of the Russian Revolution, Edited by Harold Shukman, Basil Blackwell, 1988, xv + 418 pp.
North-eastern Tasmania, Australia has been an area of major production for Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) for over 25 years. Since the mid-1990s, increased oyster mortality has been observed. ...The purpose of the present study was to identify the agent causing aquatic toxicity and to investigate whether there is a chemical and/or toxicological link between river foam and monoculture timber plantation forests of exotic eucalypts (Eucalyptus nitens) present in the catchment area. Foam samples from the George River catchment demonstrated high toxicity to a freshwater cladoceran and larvae of a marine blue mussel species. After filtration to remove most particulates, foam samples also demonstrated a marked reduction in toxicity to blue mussels, which suggested that the toxicity is particle associated. Foam and leaf extracts of E. nitens were then fractionated using HPLC and size exclusion chromatography and the resulting fractions were screened for cladoceran and blue mussel toxicity. Toxicity was detected in fractions common to both the foam and the leaf extracts. This study suggests that there may be a chemical and toxicological relationship between foam and E. nitens leaf components.
Experiments have been carried out which demonstrate the possibilities of the method of ‘magnetic hyperfine-structure alinement’ for the orientation of nuclei. Single crystals of composition (1% Co, ...12% Cu, 87% Zn) Rb2(SO4)2, 6H2O were cooled by adiabatic demagnetization to 0·01°K. The crystals contained a small quantity of radioactive 60Co, which decays by β-emission followed by two γ-rays in cascade. The anisotropic distribution of the γ-rays from the oriented 60Co nuclei was measured by an array of Geiger counters around the cryostat. The largest anisotropy observed was 33%, and the change in this anisotropy as the crystals warmed up to 1°K was fitted to theoretical curves where the only unknown parameter was the magnetic moment of 60Co, for which a value of 3·5 ± 0·5 nuclear magnetons was deduced.
B. Reviews and notes bibliographies and works of reference Latham, J.D.; Roper, Geoffrey; Abercromby, Frances M. ...
British Society for Middle Eastern Studies. Bulletin,
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Book Review, Journal Article
INDEX ISLAMICUS 1665-1905: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ARTICLES ON ISLAMIC SUBJECTS IN PERIODICALS AND OTHER COLLECTIVE PUBLICATIONS. Compiled by W.H. BEHN. Millersville, Adiyok, 1989. xxx, 870pp. US$ 125.- or ...DM 225.- or £72.00.
CATALOGUE OF THE ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS IN THE DAIBER COLLECTION, INSTITUTE OF ORIENTAL CULTURE, UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO. By HANS DAIBER. Tokyo, Documentation Center for Asian Studies, Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo, 1988. vii, 181pp.
MIDDLE EAST AND ISLAM: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION. SUPPLEMENT 1977-1983. Edited by PAUL AUCHTERLONIE for the Middle East Libraries Committee. (Bibliotheca Asiatica, 20.) Zug, IDC, 1986. vi, 244pp. SFr. 90.-.
LE MONDE ARABE: BIBLIOGRAPHIE SÉLECTIVE ET ANALYTIQUE. Établie par FAROUK MARDAM-BEY et al.. (Références documentaires, No. 43.) Paris, Centre National de Documentation Pédagogique, 1987. 123pp.
LIBYA. Compiled by RICHARD I. LAWLESS. (World Bibliographical Series, 79.) Oxford, Clio Press, 1987. 243pp. Map. £32.50.
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE IRAN-IRAQ BORDERLAND. By K.S. McLACHLAN and R.N. SCHOFIELD. Wisbech, MENAS Press, 1988. 383pp. £26.00.
INDIAN OCEAN. Compiled by JULIA J. GOTTHOLD with DONALD W. GOTTHOLD. (World Bibliographical Series, 85.) Oxford, Clio Press, 1988. xxix, 328pp. Map. £43.50.
AL-MAR'A: BIBLIYUGHRAFIYYA. Compiled by FA'IQ FUDULI. Baghdad, Al-Ittihad al-'Amm li-Nisa' al-'Iraq, 1985. 322pp. £4.00.
T.E. LAWRENCE: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. By PHILIP O'BRIEN. Winchester, St Paul's Bibliographies, 1988. 724pp. £45.00.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF ISLAM, New Edition, vol. V: KHE-MAHI. Leiden, Brill, 1986. xvii, 1263pp. 59 plates. HF1. 620.-.
THE CAMBRIDGE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA. Executive Editor TREVOR MOSTYN. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1988. 504pp. Photographs, maps, tables. £30.00.
GESCHICHTE DER ARABISCHEN WELT. Herausgegeben von ULRICH HAARMANN. Munich, Verlag C.H. Beck, 1987. 720pp. 14 maps. DM 138.-.
THE MIDDLE EAST. Edited by MICHAEL ADAMS. (Handbooks to the Modern World.) New York & Oxford, Facts on File, 1988. xviii, 839pp. Maps. £30.00.
THE CAMBRIDGE ATLAS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA. Edited by GERALD BLAKE, JOHN DEWDNEY and JONATHAN MITCHELL. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1987. 126pp. £45.00.
PLANOS Y MAPAS HISPANICOS DE ARGELIA: SIGLOS XVI-XVIII/PLANS ET CARTES HISPANIQUES DE L'ALGÉRIE: XVIème-XVIIIème SIÈCLES. VOLUMEN I: ESTUDIO, CATÁLOGO E INDICES/VOLUME I; ÉTUDE, CATALOGUE ET INDEX. By MIKEL DE EPALZA and JUAN BTA. VILAR. Madrid, Instituto Hispano-Árabe de Cultura, 1988. 399, 5pp. 497 plans and maps (24 in colour). 5,500 Ptas.
A MAGYAROK TÖRTÉNETE: TARIH-I ÜNGÜRÜSZ; MADZSAR TARIHI. By MAHMUD TERDZSÜMAN etc. Translated with notes by JÓZSEF BLASKOVICS. Revised and introduced by ELOD VASS. Budapest, Magveto Könyvkiadó, 1982. 523pp. Ft. 35.-.
LE DEBUT DE L'IMPRIMERIE ARABE A ISTANBUL ET EN SYRIE: EVOLUTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT CULTUREL (1706-1787). BIDAYAT AL-TIBA'A AL-'ARABIYYA FI ISTANBUL WA-BILAD AL-SHAM: TATAWWUR AL-MUHIT AL-THAQAFI (1706-1787). By WAHID GDOURA (WAHID GADURA). (Publications de lTnstitut Superiéur de Documentation, 8; Manshūrat al-Ma'had al-A'la li-l-Tawthiq, 8.) Tunis, Institut Superieur de Documentation, 1985. 312, 7pp.
ORIENTAL PRESSES IN THE WORLD. By NAZIR AHMAD. Lahore, Qadiria Book Traders, 1985. 272pp., incl. 39 facsimiles. Pak.Rs. 175.-
AL-SIHAFA AL-ISLAMIYYA AL-JAZA'IRIYYA MIN BIDAYATIHA ILA SANAT 1930. LA PRESSE MUSULMANE ALGÉRIENNE DE 1830 À 1930. By ZAHIR IHADDADIN (ZAHIR IHADDADEN). Algiers, Entreprise Nationale du Livre, 1986. 53, 51pp. DA17.50.
KITAB TATQIF AL-TA'RIF BI'L-MUSTALAH AL-ŠARIF. By TAQI AL-DIN 'ABD AL-RAHMAN IBN NAZIR AL-GAYŠ. Edited by RUDOLF VESELÝ. Cairo, Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1987. vi, 249, XXVIpp. 8 plates.
WATHA'IQ AL-KHALIJ AL-'ARABI 1968-1971: TUMUHAT AL-WAHDA WA-HUMUM AL-ISTIQLAL. Edited by RIYAD NAJIB AL-RAYYIS (RIAD N. EL RAYYES). London, Riad El Rayyes Books, 1987. 712pp. £67.00.
PLANTS OF DHOFAR. By ANTHONY G. MILLER and MIRANDA MORRIS; illustrated by SUSANNA STUART-SMITH. Muscat, Office of the Adviser for Conservation, 1988. xxvii, 361pp. Numerous illustrations, two end-paper maps. £35.00. Also published in Arabic as NABATAT ZUFAR.
JESUITES AU PROCHE-ORIENT: NOTICES BIOGRAPHIQUES. By HENRI JALABERT. Beirut, Dar el-Machreq, 1987. 512pp.
FONDOS AFRICANOS Y ARABES: GUIA PROVISIONAL DE BIBLIOTECAS Y CENTROS DE DOCUMENTACION. Compiled by Departamento de Referenda, Servicio de Information Bibliográfica: Africa y Mundo Arabe. Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, 1988. 32ff.
ARABIAN GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES 1988. Milton Keynes, Matrix, 1988. 255pp. English, 156pp. Arabic. £49.00.
GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS AND COURSES IN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AND ABROAD: 1987 DIRECTORY. Tucson, Middle East Studies Association of North America, 1988. 239pp.
ZAHIDAN AND SOUTHEASTERN IRAN. Edited by LUDWIG W. ADAMEC. (Historical Gazetteer of Iran, Volume 4.) Graz, Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1988. 481pp. Maps and diagrams. ÖS. 450.-.
MU'JAM AL-AGHLAT AL-LUGHAWIYYA AL-MU'ASIRA = A DICTIONARY OF COMMON MISTAKES IN MODERN WRITTEN ARABIC. By MUHAMMAD AL-'ADNANI. Beirut, Librairie du Liban, 1984, repr. 1986. xviii, 870pp. £25.00.
THE OFFICE DICTIONARY. QAMUS AL-MAKTAB. Compiled by MULTI-LINGUAL INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS LIMITED. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1987?. 207 + 201pp. £10.95.
A DICTIONARY OF DATA PROCESSING AND COMPUTER TERMS (ENGLISH-FRENCH-ARABIC). By E.W. HADDAD. Beirut, Librairie du Liban, 1987. 421pp. £25.00.
THE COMBINED NEW PERSIAN-ENGLISH AND ENGLISH-PERSIAN DICTIONARY. By ABBAS and MANOOCHEHR ARYANPUR-KASHANI. Lexington, Mazda Publishers, 1986. 273pp. (English-Persian); 307pp. (Persian-English). US$ 45.00 ('Library' ed.); US$ 36.00 ('Text' ed.).
KARS İLİ AGIZLARI, SES BİLGİSİ. By AHMET B. ERCİLASUN. Ankara, Gazi Üniversitesi, 1983. 386pp.
SUFI SYMBOLISM: THE NURBAKHSH ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SUFI TERMINOLOGY (FARHANG-E NURBAKHSH). Vol. II: LOVE, LOVER, BELOVED, ALLUSIONS AND METAPHORS. By JAVAD NURBAKHSH. London, Khaniqahi-Nimatullahi Publications (distributed by Routledge & Kegan Paul), 1987. 193pp.
ARMENIAN ILLUMINATED GOSPEL-BOOKS. By V. NERSESSIAN. London, The British Library, 1987. xi, 100pp. Ill., map. £14.95.
KUNST FRA ISLAMS VERDEN, 8. TIL 18. ÅRHUNDREDE. (Louisiana Revy, 27iii.) Humlebcek, Louisiana Museum, 1987. 115pp., 198 b/w plates, 76 colour plates. DKr. 60.-.
METALWORK OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD: THE ARON COLLECTION. By JAMES W. ALLAN. London, Sotheby's, 1986. 168pp., numerous illustrations, 57 line drawings. £45.00.
ISTANBUL: A GLIMPSE INTO THE PAST. By EKMELEDDİN İHSANOGLU. Istanbul, Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture, 1987. 103pp. 43 illustrations. US$ 20.-.
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