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GENERAL Geography and Gender. By Women and Geography Study Group of the IBG, 14.5 × 20.5, 160pp. References, bibliography. Hutchinson, London, 1984. £4.50. Environmental Systems. By I. D. White, D. N. Mottershead and S. J. Harrison. 24.5 × 19. 495pp. George Allen & Unwin, 1984. Hardback £30. Paperback £11.95. RURAL An introduction to Agricultural Geography. By David Grigg. 23.5 × 15, 204pp. 24 tables, 46 figures. Hutchinson, London, 1984. £6.95. Rural Britain: A Social Geography. Ed. by D. Phillips and A. Williams. 23 × 14.5, 274pp, tables, illustrations. Oxford, 1984. £22.50. URBAN South African City: Theory in Analysis and Planning. By J. J. McCarthy and D. P. Smit. 21.5 × 14, 200pp, maps, tables, bibliography, index. Juta and Co. Ltd., Cape Town, 1984. £14.75. HISTORICAL Water Power in Scotland 1550–1870. By John Shaw. 23 × 16, 606pp, maps, diagrams, illustrations. John Donald, Edinburgh, 1984. £25.00. SHETLAND The Making of the Shetland Landscape. By Susan A. Knox. 23 × 15, 255pp. Tables, figures, maps. John Donald, Edinburgh, 1985. £18. Shetland Life and Trade. By Hance D. Smith. 24 × 16, 369pp, 67 figures, bibliography, index. John Donald, Edinburgh, 1984. £20. CARTOGRAPHY Images of the World. An atlas of satellite imagery and maps. 30.2 × 21.6, 175pp, many illustrations. Collins‐Longman, Glasgow and Harlow, 1984. £12.95. EDUCATIONAL Western Europe. By G. N. Minshull. 27.5 × 22, 192pp, illustrations, maps, tables, diagrams. Hodder & Stroughton, Sevenoaks, 1984. North and South America. By David Waugh. 27.5 × 21, 127pp, numerous illustrations. Nelson, Walton‐on‐Thames, 1984. £4.25. Geography in a Changing World. Book 4 by D. R. Jones, Book 5 by L. Kimpton. 24.5 × 19, 144pp. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1984. Basic Processes in Physical Geography. By P. M. Eyre and G. J. Gower. 25.5 × 21, 212pp. University tutorial Press, Slough, 1984. £4. Map Reading and Local Studies in Colour, 3rd edition. By A. P. Fullagar and H. E. Virgo. 25 × 30, 64pp, 14 map extracts (11 at 1:50000; 3 at 1:25000), photographs, sketches, diagrams. The World Now. By Andrew Reed. 96pp. illustrated. Bell & Hyman, London, 1984. £2.95.