Reviews of books

• Published in: Scottish geographical magazine 1978, Vol.94 (3), p.191-197
• Main Authors: Proudfoot, Bruce, Robertson, C. J., Paddison, Ronan, Gordon, George, Henderson, J. W., Caird, James B., Ballantyne, C. K., Maclean, K., Leith, John, Jamieson, Stanley, Gelly, J. D., Haynes, Valerie
• Format: Review
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0036-9225
• DOI: 10.1080/00369227808736409

REGIONAL The Canadians: How They Live and Work. By Jessie and Wreford Watson. 22 × 14, 168 pp. David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1977. £3.95. ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY Land reform: a world survey. By Russell King. 22.5 × 14.5, xvi + 446 pp., 14 figures, 28 tables. Bell, London, 1977. £10.50. The New Europe: an Economic Geography of the EEC. By G. N. Minshull. 23.5 × 15.5, 281 pp. Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1978. £3.95. URBAN GEOGRAPHY Geography and the Urban Environment. Progress in Research and Applications Volume 1. Edited by D. T. Herbert and R. J. Johnston. 24.5 × 15.5, 363 pp. Illustrations, References, Index. John Wiley & Sons, 1978. £14.00. Centrality and Cities. By James Bird. 9.2 × 6.l, 203 pp. Illustrations, extensive references, index. Routledge Direct Editions 1977. £3.95. The making of urban Scotland. By Ian H. Adams. 24 × 16, 303 pp. Illustrations, Glossary. Croom Helm, London, 1978. £14.95. The Island Blackhouse. By Alexander Fenton. 21 × 15, 54 pp. Illustrations, maps, HMSO Edinburgh, 1978. 80p. ISBN 0 11 491372 2. TECHNIQUES Inferential Statistics for Geographers. By G. B. Norcliffe. 21½ × 13¾, 272 pp., 48 figures references, 9 statistical tables, index. Hutchinson, London, 1977. £6.95 (£3.50 paper). EDUCATIONAL Outlook Geography-Homescapes. By Allan Ayers et al. 128 pp., 25 × 19.5 cm. Homescapes Teaching Guide. By T. H. Masterton. 33 pp., 30 × 21.5 cm. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh. Geography Project Workbooks 4: North Sea Neighbours. By S. C. Harrison et al. 24.5 × 19, 32 pp. Longman Group Ltd., London. Basic Geographical Notebooks Series: Books 4, 6 and 7-Africa (60 pp.), Australasia (60 pp.) and South America (53 pp.), each 25 × 18 cm. By G. A. Richardson. Hodder and Stoughton, London. 95p each. Longman Revised Colour Geography Series: Atlantic to the Great Lakes. By Sheila Jones. 48 pp., 23 × 20.5 cm. Longman Group Ltd., London. Teaching European Studies. By Michael Williams. 21.5 × 13.5 cm. 158 pp. Heinemann 1977. £2.80 (paper). Place and People No. 7: Social Geography. By Stewart Dunlop and Donald MacDonald. 24.5 × 19, 77 pp., illustrations, index. Heinemann, London, 1978. £1.40. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY Science in Focus Series: Fuels, by M. J. Whittle. 48 pp., 80p. The Balance of Nature, by John May. 48 pp., 80p. Metals, by Bob Farr. 64 pp., 85p. Evans Brothers. Studies in the Scottish Late Glacial Environment. Edited by J. M. Gray and L. J. Lowe. 30 × 21.5, 197 pp. Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1977. £7.00.