Book reviews

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The Political Economy of Pakistan 1947–1985, by Omar Noman (London, Kegan Paul International 1988, pp. xiii + 202, biblio., maps, £25.00). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives, edited by Francis Robinson (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1989, pp.508, index, £30.00). Endgames of Empire: Studies of Britain's Indian Problem by R.J. Moore. (Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1988, £11.95). Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru. Vol. 6, edited by S. Gopal (Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1988, pp. 530, £18.00). Hyderabad: After the Fall, edited by Omar Khalidi (Wichita, Kansas, Hyderabad Historical Society, 1988, pp. xiii + 219, $25.00). British Policy and the Transfer of Power in Asia: Documentary Perspectives. by R. B. Smith and A. J. Stockwell (London, School of Oriental and African Studies, 1988, pp. viii + 143, £6.00). Chinese Politics in Malaysia: A History of the Malaysian Chinese Association, by Heng Pek Koon (Singapore, Oxford University Press, 1988, xiv + 307, US $36). Men Who Overturned Empires: Fighters, Dreamers and Schemers by Hugh Tinker (London, Macmillan, 1987, pp.xv + 272, £29.50). Government Policy and the Poor in Developing Countries edited by Richard M. Bird and Susan Horton (University of Toronto Press, 1989, pp. 219). Political Change in the Third World by Charles F. Andrain (Boston and London, Unwin Hyman, 1988, pp. 269, £28.00 hardback, £9.95 paperback). Political Parties in the Third World, edited by Vicky Randall (London, Sage, 1988, pp. 198, £25.00 hardback, £8.95 paperback). The Gambia (World Bibliographical Series Vol.9), by David P. Gamble (Oxford, Clio Press, 1988, pp. 137, $18.00). South Africa: An Annotated Bibliography with Analytical Introductions, by Newell M. Stultz (Ann Arbor, Pierian Press, 1989, pp. 91, $40.00). Bibliographies for African Studies 1970–1986, by Yvette Scheven (London, Hans Zell, 1988, pp. 615, £58.00). Popular Struggles in South Africa edited by William Cobbett and Robin Cohen (London, James Currey, 1988, pp. 224, £25.00 hardback, £9.95 paperback). Democratic Theory and Practice in Africa edited by W.O. Oyugi, E.S. Atieno Odhiambo, M. Chege and A.K. Gitonga (London, James Currey, and Portsmouth, NH, Heinemann, 1988, pp. 237, £8.95). Le Nigéria, un pouvoir en puissance, edited by Daniel C. Bach, Johny Egg and Jean Philippe (Paris, Editions Karthala, 1988, pp. 290, 150 FF). ‘Nigéria: le fédéralisme dans tous ses états’ (Politique Africaine, No. 32, 1988, pp. 139, 75 FF). Politics in Jamaica by Anthony J. Payne (London, C. Hurst & Co., 1988, pp. 196, £22.50, £6.95 pbk). Fabianism and Colonialism: The Life and Political Thought of Lord Sydney Olivier by Francis Lee (London, Defiant Books, 1988, pp.242). Bunyip Aristocracy: The New South Wales Constitution Debate of 1853 and Hereditary Institutions in the British Colonies by Ged Martin (London, Croom Helm, 1986, pp.x + 247, £16.95). The Rise of Colonial Nationalism: Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa First Assert their Nationalities, 1880–1914 edited by John Eddy and Deryck Schreuder (Sydney, Allen & Unwin; London, Unwin Hyman, 1988, pp. viii + 258, £10.95). Economic Growth for Australia; Agenda for Action, by P.J. Drake and J.P. Nieuwenhuysen (Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1988, pp. 161, £12.95) Australians and British; Social and Political Connections, edited by J.D.B. Miller (North Ryde, NSW, Methuen Australia, 1987, pp. 192, £25.00). Power and Prejudice: The Making of the Fiji Crisis by Brij V. Lal (Wellington, New Zealand Institute of International Affairs, 1988, $18.) Sidney and Beatrice Webb: Indian Diary, edited by Niraja Gopal Jayal (Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1987, pp. xlviii + 222, £12.95).