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Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce 1450–1680, Volume One: The Lands below the Winds by Anthony Reid. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1988. Pp. xvi + 275, maps, illustrations. £30.00 (hardback), £10.95 (paperback). The Merchants Adventurers and the Continental Cloth Trade (1560s‐1620s) by Wolf‐Rüdiger Baumann. European University Institute, Series B/2, and Berlin, de Gruyter, 1990. Pp. xiv + 425, 2 maps, 3 charts, 46 tables, appendices. Work and Labor in Early America edited by Stephen Innes. Chapel Hill and London: Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1988, 1989, Pp. vii + 297. $32.95 (hardback), $10.95 (paperback). The Fuller Letters 1728–1755: Guns, Slaves and Finance edited by David Crossley and Richard Saville. Sussex Record Society, volume 76. Lewes, 1991. Pp. xxxvii + 307, illustrations. £17.50 (hardback). United States Expansionism and British North America, 1775–1871 by Reginald C. Stuart. Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 1988. Pp. xiii + 374. $42.00. Border Diplomacy: The Caroline and McLeod Affairs in Anglo‐American‐Canadian Relations, 1837–1842 by Kenneth R. Stevens. Tuscaloosa and London: University of Alabama Press, 1989. Pp. xii + 225. $36.95. The Ideal of the Self‐Governing Church: A Study in Victorian Missionary Strategy by C. Peter Williams (Studies in Christian Mission Series). Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1990. Pp. xiii + 293. $84.57. New Women for God. Canadian Presbyterian Women and India Missions, 1876–1914 by Ruth Compton Brouwer. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1990. Pp. xi + 294, tables. £30.00/$55.00 (hardback), £12.95/$20.95 (paperback). Path to Gallipoli: Defending New Zealand 1840–1915 by Ian McGibbon. Petone: G.P. Books; 1991. Pp. xiv + 274, maps and photographs. NZ $49.95 (hardback), NZ $39.95 (paperback). Defending the Empire: The Conservative Party and British Defence Policy, 1899–1915 by Rhodri Williams. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1991. Pp. x + 306, illus. £25/$40. Tin‐Pots and Pirate Ships: Canadian Naval Forces and German Sea Raiders 1880–1918 by Michael L. Hadley and Roger Sarty. Montreal and Kingston: McGill‐Queen's University Press, 1991. Pp. xv + 387. $34.95. Arthur Berriedale Keith 1879–1944: The Chief Ornament of Scottish Learning by Ridgway F. Shinn. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 1990. Pp. xv + 386. £25.00. Cyprus and the Governorship of Sir Ronald Storrs: The Causes of the 1931 Crisis by G.S. Georghallides. Cyprus Historical Centre: Nicosia, 1985. Pp. 1079. The Making of Modern Cyprus: From Obscurity to Statehood by Stavros Panteli. Interworld Publications: New Barnet, 1990. Pp. 287. £6.50. Urbanism, Colonialism, and the World‐Economy. Cultural and Spatial Foundations of the World Urban System; and Global Cities. Post‐Imperialism and the Internationalization of London. Both by Anthony D. King. London andNew York: Routledge, 1990. Pp. xii + 189, xiv + 194. Markets, Money and Empire: The Political Economy of the Australian Wool Industry by Kosmas Tsokhas. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990, Pp. viii + 235. The Hongkong Bank in the Period of Development and Nationalism, 1941–1984 by Frank H. H. King. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Pp. xlviii + 991. £60.00 China, Britain and Hong Kong 1895–1945 by Chan Lau Kit‐Ching. Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1990. Pp xvi + 479. US$30.00 Promoting Prosperity. The Hong Kong Way of Social Policy by Catherine Jones. Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1990. Pp. iv + 374. US$25.00 Asia in Western Fiction edited by Robin W. Winks and James R. Rush. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1990. Pp. x + 229. £14.95 (paperback). Nationalism and Communal Politics in India, 1885–1930 by Mushirul Hasan. Manohar, 1991. Pp. x + 338. Rs. 250. Edwina Mountbatten ‐ A Life of her Own by Janet Morgan. London: Harper Collins, 1991. Pp. 508. £20.00. Resistance and Control in Pakistan by Akbar S. Ahmed. London: Routledge, 1991. Pp. xxiv + 207. £12.99 (paperback). The New Cambridge History of India: The Politics of India Since Independence by Paul R. Brass. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pp. x + 357. £22.50.