Book Reviews

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Abstract Book Reviewed in this article: EI Niño: Historical and Paleoclimatic Aspects of the Southern Oscillation. Henry F. Diaz and Vera Markgraf, eds. Reviewed by César N. Caviedes Danger All Around: Waste Storage Crisis on the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast. Joel B. Goldsteen. Reviewed by Robin W. Doughty Environmental Problems in Eastern Europe. F. W. Carter and D. Turnock, eds. Reviewed by Martin Hugh-Jones In Default: Peasants, the Debt Crisis, and the Agricultural Challenge in Mexico. Marilyn Gates. Reviewed by Philip L. Wagner Contemporary Rural Systems in Transition. I. R. Bowler, C. R. Bryant, and M. D. Nellis, eds. Reviewed by Ingolf Vogeler In the Nature of Things: Language, Politics, and the Environment. Jane Bennett and william Chaloupka, eds. Reviewed by Martin W. Lewis The Palladian Landscape. Geographical Change and its Cultural Representations in Sixteenth-Century Italy. Denis Cosgrove. Reviewed by David Alexander North American Cattle-Ranching Frontiers: Origins, Diffusion and Differentiation. Terry G. Jordan. Reviewed by James W. Scott Ethnicity and the American Cemetery. Richard E. Meyer, ed. Reviewed by Richard Francaviglia The Shape of the City: Toronto Struggles with Modern Planning. John Sewell. Reviewed by Peter G. Goheen Minneapolis-St Paul: Place and Public Life. John S. Adams and Barbara J. VanDrasek. Reviewed by Cynthia A. Miller City on the Edge: The Transformation of Mami. Alejandro Portes and Alex Stepick. Reviewed by Jan Nijman Belarus: At a Crossroads in History. Jan Zaprudnik. Reviewed by Paul E. Lydolph Estonia: Return to Independence. Rein Taagepera. Reviewed by Edmunds V. Bunkse Zaire: Continuity and Political Change in an Oppressive State. Winsome J. Leslie. Reviewed by James A. Miller Stuck in the Region? Changing Scales for Regional Identity. Elke Dirven, Joost Groenewegen, and Sjef van Hoof, eds. Moving Regions. Joost Hauer and Gerard Hoekveld, eds. Reviewed by James R. McDonald The International Law of Maritime Boundaries and the Practice of States in the Mediterranean Sea. Faraj Abdullah Ahnish. Reviewed by Lewis M. Alexander Applications of Environment-Behavior Research: Case Studies and Analysis. Paul D. Cherulnik. Reviewed by Thomas F. Saarinen The Atlas of American Higher Education. James W. Fonseca and Alice C. Andrews. Reviewed by Saul B. Cohen Key Words: climate variabilityEI NiñoSouthern Oscillationsurrogate climate recordsGulf Coastland usepetrochemicalsplanningpollutiontoxic wastesEastern Europeenvironmental healthpollutionpublic healthtransboundary pollution twentieth-century historyCampecheChiapasMexicopeasantsagricultureenvironmentgovernment policies and programsindustrial capitalist model of agriculturerestructuringrural areasdeconstructionenvironmentalismnaturepostmodernismpoststructuralismcultural geographyItalyAndrea Palladiosixteenth centuryVenetoAtlantic Fringecattle ranchingcultural geographyhistorical geographyNorth Americacemeteriescultural landscapesethnicitygravestonesplannigsuburbsTorontourban renewalMinneapolisSt. Paulsocial geographyurban studiesCuban AmericansMiamiurban geographyBelaruscrossroadscultureeconomyhistorypoliticsgenocideindependencelanguagemulti-ethnicitysovietizationAfrican studiesdemocratizationMobutupolitical economyZaireregional studiesregional theorymaritime boundariesmaritime lawMediterraneanbuilding designcommunity planningdesign applicationsenvironment-behavior researchchropleth mapsenrollmenthigher educationpublic and private institutionsstatesstatistical measures