Book Reviews

Abstract

Rivers of the United States. Ruth Patrick. Reviewed by William H. Renwick, Department of Geography, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. Fire in the Environment: The Ecological, Atmospheric, and Climatic Importance of Vegetation Fires. P. J. Crutzen and J. G. Goldammer, eds. Reviewed by C. Mark Cowell, Department of Geography, Geology and Anthropology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana. Earth Follies: Coming to Feminist Terms with the Global Environmental Crises. Joni Seager. Reviewed by Suzanne M. Michel and Sarah J. Halvorson, Department of Geography, University of Colorado at Boulder. Deep Ecology for the 27st Century. George Sessions, ed. Reviewed by David Zurick, Department of Geography and Planning, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky. American Technological Sublime. David E. Nye. Reviewed by Patrick McCreevy, Department of Anthropology, Geography and Earth Science, Clarion University, Clarion, Pennsylvania. The National Parks Compromised: Pork Barrel Politics and America's Treasures. James M. Ridenour. Our National Park System: Caring for America's Greatest Natural and Historic Treasures. Dwight F. Rettie. Reviewed by Lary M. Dilsaver, Department of Geology and Geography, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama. Naturalist. Edward O. Wilson. Reviewed by Paul F. Starrs, Department of Geography, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada. African Population and Capitalism: Historical Perspectives. Dennis D. Cordell and Joel W. Gregory, eds. Reviewed by Mohamed B. Ibrahim, Department of Geology and Geography, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, New York. Kenya: The Quest for Prosperity. Norman N. Miller and Rodger Yeager. Reviewed by Ted Bernard, Department of Geography, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Women and Work in South Asia: Regional Patterns and Perspectives. Saraswati Raju and Deipica Bagchi, eds. Reviewed by Carolyn V. Prorok, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania. Postmodernism & Social Inquiry. David R. Dickens, Andrea Fontana, eds. Reviewed by Matthew C. Hannah, Department of Geography, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. Metropolis: Centre and Symbol of Our Times. Philip Kasinitz, ed. Reviewed by Timothy J. Bailey, Department of Geography, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. Contesting Images: Photography and the World's Columbian Exposition. Julie K. Brown. Reviewed by Robert W. Rydell, Department of History, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana. The Canyon Revisited: A Rephotography of the Grand Canyon, 1923/1991. Donald Baars, Rex C. Buchanan, with rephotography by John R. Charlton. Reviewed by Thomas R. Vale, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. Atlas of Religious Change in America, 1952-1990. Peter L. Halvorson and William M. Newman. Reviewed by David L. Clawson, Department of Geography, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana. Historical Atlas of Louisiana. Charles R. Goins and John M. Caldwell. Reviewed by Rocky L. Sexton, Department of Anthropology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. Atlas of Micronesia. Bruce G. Karolle. Reviewed by: Lincoln A. DeBunce, Department of Geography, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. Documentary Archaeology in the New World. Mary C. Beaudry, ed. Reviewed by Laurie A. Wilkie, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, California. Innovations in GIS: Selected Papers from the First National Conference on GIS Research UK. Michael F. Worboys, ed. Reviewed by Elizabeth A. Wentz, Department of Geography, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania. Oxford Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Geography. Peter Haggett, ed. Reviewed by Christopher L. Salter, Department of Geography, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.