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Book reviewed in this article: Getting from Here to There: A Policy for the Post-Keynesian Age. By W. W. Rostow. Agriculture and Economic Growth in an Open Economy: The Case of Argentina. By D. Cavallo AND Y. Mundlak. Urban Food Marketing and Third World Rural Development. By T. Scarlett Epstein. Livestock Production Systems and Livestock Development in Tropical Africa. By Hans E. Jahnke. Farm Accounting and Management. By Ford Sturrock, Seventh Edition. Farm Business Management: Successful Decisions in a Changing Environment. By Peter H. Calkins and Dennis D. Dupietre. Assessing the Social Costs of Oil Spills: The Amoco-Cadiz Case Study. By U.S. Department OF Commerce, National Oceanic AND Atmospherica Administration. Economic Theory of Co-operative Enterprises: Selected Readings. By Liam Kennedy (ed.).     

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Book reviewed in this article: Farm Planning with Linear Programming: Concept and Practice. By J. B. Dent , S. R. Harrison and K. B. Woodford . Food Policy: Integrating Supply, Distribution and Consumption. Edited by J. Price Gittinger , Joanne Leslie and Caroline Hoisington . Hired Labour and Rural Labour Markets in Asia. Edited by S. Hirashima and M. Muqtada . Research Methodology for Economists: Philosophy and Practice. By Glenn L. Johnson . Investing in Rural Extension: Strategies and Goals. Edited by Gwyn E. Jones . Land and Estate Management. By John Nix , Paul Hill and Nigel Williams . National Policies and Agricultural Trade. Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 1987.333 pages. Agricultural Mechanization and the Evolution of Farming Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. By Prabhu Pingali , Yves Bigot and Hans P. Binswanger . Alternative Uses for Agricultural Surpluses. Edited by W. F. Raymond and P. Larvor . The Competitive Firm's Response to Risk. By Lindon J. Robison and Peter J. Barry . Alternative Farm Enterprises: A Guide to Alternative Sources of Income for the Farmer. By Bill Slee . From Farming to Biotechnology. By David Goodman , Bernardo Sorj and John Wilkinson . Rural New Zealand — What Next? Edited by L. Tim Wallace and Ralph Lattimore . Recreation Economic Decisions: Comparing Benefits and Costs. By Richard G. Walsh . Adaptive Management of Renewable Resources. By Carl Walters .     

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Book reviewed in this article: Agricultural Marketing Enterprises for the Developing World. By J. C. Abbott . Farm Woodland Management. By J. Blyth , J. Evans , W. Mutch and C. Sidwell Who from their Labours Rest? Conflict and Practice in Rural Tourism. Edited by M. Bouquet and M. Winter . Agriculture in England: A Survey of Farming, 1870–1947. By J. Brown . Poverty, Development and Food: Essays in honour of H. W. Singer on his 75th Birthday. Edited by E. Clay and J. Shaw International Yearbook of Rural Planning: Volume 1, 1987. Edited by A. Gilg , O. Furuseth , R. Dilley and C. Potter . Diversifying the Farm Business: A Practical Guide to the Opportunities and Constraints. By M. Haines and R. Davies . Economics for Agriculture: Food, Farming and the Rural Economy. By B. Hill and D. Ray . Rural Development: A Geographical Perspective. By K. Hoggart and H. Buller . Rural Bangladesh: Competition for Scarce Resources. By E. G. Jansen . Smallholdings under Pressure: A Review of the Cambridgeshire County Farms Estate. By H. Laxton , I. Hodge and G. Davidson . Rural Housing in Scotland: Recent Research and Past Policy. Edited by B. D. Mac Gregor , D. Robertson and M. Shucksmith . Land Reform and Democratic Government. By R. L. Prosterman and J. M. Riedinger . African Farm Management. By M. Upton .     

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Book reviewed in this article: Land Reform and Economic Development. By PETER DORNER. Penguin Books. Controlled Environment Agriculture: A Global Review of Greenhouse Food Production. By DANA G. DALRYMPLE. U.S.D.A. Agricultural Expansion in the United Kingdom with Declining Manual Labour Resources. By A. P. POWER and S. A. HARRIS. Government Economic Service Principles of Farm Business Analysis and Management. By ROBERT O'CONNOR. Irish University Press Linear Programming Applications to Agriculture. By R. R. BENEKE and R. WINTERBOER. Iowa State University Press Financial Management in Agriculture. By JOHN A. HOPKINS, PETER J. BARRY and C. B. BAKER. Interstate Printers and Publishers, Danville, Illinois. Cost Factors of Agriculture. By K. N. SINGH et al. National Institute of Bank Management (India), Bombay. Agricultural Product Prices. By W. G. TOMEK and K. L. ROBINSON. Cornell University Press. Agricultural Marketing and Prices. By KEITH O. CAMPBELL. Cheshire, Melbourne. Natural Rubber and the Synthetics. By P. W. ALLEN. Crosby Lockwood, London. Technical Assistance Administration in East Africa. Edited by YASHPAL TANDON. The Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, Stockholm. Joe Duncan - The Scottish Farm Servants and British Agriculture. By J. H. SMITH. Department of Politics, University of Edinburgh.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Economie Rurale. By ROBERT BADOUIN. Armand Colin, Paris. 1971. 598 pages. Price 67.00F. Patterns and Problems in World Agriculture. By B. WATTES, K. S. WHEELER and J. A. GIGGS Structural Reform Measures in Agriculture. O.E.C.D. Land Use: an introduction to proprietary land use analysis. By D. R. DENMAN and SYLVIO PRODANO Farm Accounting and Management (6th Edition). By FORD STURROCK Farm Planning by Computer. By J. B. HARDAKER. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Tech. Bul. 19, H.M.S.O. New Commodities and Consumer Behaviour. By D. S. IRONMONGER The Demand for Food. Edited by W. J. THOMAS India and China: Studies in Comparative Development. Edited by KUAN-I CHEN and JOGINDAR S. UPPAL India's Green Revolution— economic gains and political costs. By FRANCINE R. FRANKELL     

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Fundamentals of Modern Agriculture. Edited by C. D. Blake. Distribution of Groceries. Economic Aspects of the Distribution of Groceries, with Special Reference to Western Australia. By D. H. Briggs and R. L. Smyth. Marketing and Economic Development. Edited by C. J. Miller. Agricultural Producers and Their Markets. Edited by T. K. Warley. Agricultural Development in Tropical Africa. By J. D. DE Wilde et. al. Wool? Modern Myths and New Horizons, By G. S. LE Couteur. Agricultural Economics in Tangunyiku. By H. Ruthenberg. Back of Bourke. By R. L. Heathcote. Shearing Shed Management. By H. S. Woodbridge. Tax Burden on Indian Agriculture. By V. P. Gandhi. A General Theory of Tax Structure Change During Economic Development. By H. H. Hinricks. The Economics of Agricultural Development. By J. W. Mellor.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Economic Development of Tropical Agriculture. Edited by W. W. McPherson. Agricultural Finance. By A. G. Nelson and W. G. Murray. Seminar on Problems of Small Farmers Best-Bet Farm Decisions. By J. P. Makeham, A. N. Halter, and J. L. Dillon.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Poverty and Progress: An Ecological Model of Economic Development. By R. G. WILKINSON Land Use and Water Resources. By H. C. PEREIRA Farm Management in Africa - the principles of production and planning. By MARTIN UPTON The Common Agricultural Policy and Britain. Edited by S. J. ROGERS and B. H. DAVEY. The Agricultural Adjustment Unit Agriculture and the Common Market. By STANLEY ANDREWS The Private Sector in Soviet Agriculture. By KARL-EUGEN WÄDEKIN (edited by George Karcz. Enlarged and revised edition of Privatproduzenten in der sowjetischen Landwirtschaft translated by Keith Bush) Productivity Trends in a Sectoral Macro-Economic Model - a study of American agriculture and supporting industries, 1919–1964. By W. F. GOSSLING Operations Research Methods for Agricultural Decisions. By R. C. AGRAWAL and E. O. HEADY Agricultural Projection Techniques. O.E.C.D. Soybeans and Their Products - markets, models and policy. By J. P. HOUCK, M. E. RYAN and A. SUBOTNIK The Classical Tradition in West European Farming. By G. E. FUSSELL, David & Charles British Agriculture, 1875–1914. Edited by P. J. PERRY. Methuen     

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Book reviewed in this article: Agricuhre and Economic Growth in England 1650–1815. Edited by E. L. JONES. London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. New York. Barnes & Noble Inc. xi+ 193 pages. 1967. Price 25s. The Agriculturul Revolution. By ERIC KERRIDCE. George Allen and Unwin. 1967.428 pages. Bibliography. Price 84s. Farm Accounting and Management. (Fifth Edition). By FORD STURROCK. Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd., London. 1967. xi+226 pages. Price 27s. 6d. Aspects of Dairy Economics 1962–1965. Edited by V. H. BEYNON. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. H.M.S.O., London. 1967. 58 pages, including Bibliography. Price 6s. Od. French und E.E.C. Gruin Policies und Their Price Egrets, 1920–1970: By HELEN C. FARNSWORTH and KAREN J. FRIEDMANN. Food Research Institute Studies, Vol. VII. No. 1 Themes in Econorrtic Anthropology. Edited by RAYMOND FIRTH. London: Tavistock Publications. New York: Barnes and Noble. 1967. xi+292 pages. Price 45s. The Pesticide Probleiii: An Economic Approach to Public Policy. By J. C. HEADLEY and J. N. LEWIS Loiidwirtschaftliche Marktforschrrng iii Deutschland. Editor: GUNTHER SCHMITT. Bayerischer Landwirtschaftsverlag, Munchen, Basel, Wien. 1967. 339 pages. Price DM.49. The Story of Tobacco in America. By JOSEPH C. ROBERT. The University of North Carolina Press, 1967. xviii +282 pages. Bibliographical Notes. Price 48s. Conflict and Decision-Making in Soviet Riissia. A Case Study of Agricultural Policy 1953–1963. By SIDNEY PLOSS     

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Book reviewed in this article: Aggregate Supply Response of Crops in a Developing Region. By S. L. Bapna. Sultan Chand & Sons, Land Use and Living Space. By Robin H. Best. Methuen, Population and Technology. By ESTER Boserup. Innovation Diffusion: A New Perspective. By Lawrence A. Brown. Methuen, Science and Agricultural Development. Edited by Lawrence Busch . Data Collection in Developing Countries. By D. J. Casley and D. A. Lury . The Economic Theory of Agricultural Land Tenure. By J. M. Currie . Marketing Behaviour: Issues in Managerial and Buyer Decision-Making. By Gordon Foxall . Manufacturing Green Gold: Capital, Labor and Technology in the Lettuce Industry. By W. H. Friedland , A. E. Barton and R. J. Thomas . Rural Employment: Trends, Options, Choices. By Ian Hodge and Martin Whitby . Maidens, Meal and Money: Capitalism and the Domestic Economy. By Claude Meillassoux . Maidens, Meal and Money: Capitalism and the Domestic Economy. By Claude Meillassoux . Implications of Tractorisation for Farm Employment, Productivity and Income (volumes I and II). Performance of Futures Markets: The Case of Potatoes. By A. B. Paul , K. H. Kahl and W. G. Tomek . Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation. By Amartya Sen . Biological Efficiency in Agriculture. By C. R. W. Spedding , J. M. Walsingham and A. M. Hoxey .     

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Book reviewed in this article: Land for Agriculture. Centre for Agricultural Strategy, Report 1, Reading Crop Management Economics. By Allan N. Rae. Crosby Lockwood Staples, London An Agricultural Atlas of Scotland. By J. T. Coppock Agricultural Supply Response— A Survey of the Econometric Evidence. By H. Askari and J. T. Cummings Economic Models of World Agricultural Commodity Markets— Cocoa, Coffee, Tea, Wool, Cotton, Sugar, Wheat, Rice. By F. Gerhard Adams and Jere R. Behrman The Production of Fruits and Vegetables Meeting Taste-Quality Standards. By Jean Thiault The Farm Credit System: A History of Financial Self-Help. By W. G. Hoag Beyond the Furrow— Some Keys to Successful Farming in the Twentieth Century. By H. M. Drache African Agriculture: economic action and reaction in Sierra Leone. By John Levi, with contributions by Michael Havinden, Omotunde Johnson and Gerald Karr African Farmers: Labor Use in the Development of Smallholder Agriculture. By J. H. Cleave The Deferential Worker— A Study of Farm Workers in East Anglia. By H. Newby     

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Book reviewed in this article: Agriculture, the Countryside and Land Use: An Economic Critique. By J. K. Bowers and Paul Cheshire Planning and Decision in Agribusiness: Principles and Experiences. Edite by C-H. Hanf and G. W. Schiefer The Farm and Food Policies of the European Community. By Simon Harris, Alan Swinbank and Guy Wilkinson Prospects for Soviet Agriculture in the 1980s. By D. Gale Johnson and Karen McConnell Brooks Agriculture and Human Health. Edited by J. L. Jollans Rural Development and the State. Edited by David A. M. Lea and D. P. Chaudhri Cocoa and Kinship in Ghana: The Matrilineal Akan of Ghana. By Christine Okali Land Market: Theory and Practice in Rural Indian. By Baldev Singh Global Deforestation and the Nineteenth Century World Economy. Edited by Richard P. Tucker and J. F. Richards     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Ecology of Agricultural Systems. By T. P. Bayliss-Smith. Of Time and the Enterprise: North American Family Farm Management in a Context of Resource Marginality. By John W. Bennett. Agriculture: The Triumph and the Shame. By Richard Body. Rural Policy Problems: Changing Dimensions. Edited by W. P. Browne and D. F. Hadwiger. Managing Agricultural Systems. By G. E. Dalton. Ireland: Land, Politics and People. Edited by P. J. Drudy. Growth and Equality in Rural China. By Keith Griffin and Ashwani Saith. An Introduction to Farming Systems. By Michael Haines. Rural Development: Theories of Peasant Economy and Agrarian Change. Edited by John Harriss. Irrigation Economics in Poor Countries. By Arthur Hazlewood and Ian Livingston. Workshop on Forecasting Milk Supplies. Applied Welfare Economics and Public Policy. By Richard Just, Darrell Hueth and Andrew Schmitz. Agricultural Research Policy. By Vernon W. Ruttan.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Farm Life in Northeast Scotland, 1840–1914: The Poor Man's Country. By Ian Carter The Development of Agriculture in Germany and the UK: Part I. Germany Agriculture 1870–1970. By Robert Cecil . vii+69 pages. Part II. UK Agricultureal Policy 1870–1970. By John H. Kirk . vii+110 pages. Part III. Comparative Times Series 1870–1975. By David Andrews , Mark Mitchell and Adolf Weber Agricultural Policy. Formative Influences in Britain. By T. W. Gardner World Food Prospects and Agricultural Potential. By Marylin Chou , David P. Harmon JR., Herman Kahn and Sylvan H. Wittwer Food and Population: Priorities in Decision Making. Edited by T. Dams , K. E. Hunt and G. J. Tyler Beyond the Age of Waste: a report to the Club of Rome. By D. Gabor and U. Colombo with A. King and R. Galli Drought and Irrigation in North-east Brazil. By Anthony L. Hall Agricultural Marketing for Developing Countries. Edited by Dov Izraeli , Dafna N. Izraeli and Frank Meissner Capital and Land. Landownership by Capital in Great Britain. By Doreen Massey and Aluandrina Catalano Landscape Economics. By Colinp Price The Future of Upland Britain. Edited by R. D. B. TRANTER Rural Resource Development: An Economic Approach. By M. C. WHITBY and K. G. WILLIS     

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Book reviewed in this article: Long Term Projections of Agricultural Supply and Demand: Australia 1965 to 1980. By F. H. GRUENan d others. Studies in the Development of Agricultural Economics in Europe. By J. Nou. Individual Freedom and the Economic Organization of US. Agriculture. By F. Breimyer. A Manual of AustraEiun Agriculture. Edited by I. MOlnar. Agricultural Policy in Britain: Selected Papers by E. F. Nash. Edited by G. McCronea and E. A. Attwood Co-operative Bargaining in Agriculture: Grower-Processor Markets for Fruits and Vegetables. By P. G. Helmberger and S. Hoos Revolving Finance in Agricultural Co-operatives. By H. E. Erdman and G. H. Larsen. Economic Development of Agriculture. Edited by E. 0. Haroldson Technological Change: Its Conception and Measurement. By L. B, Lave. Agricultural Development of Taiwan 1903-1960. By Yhi-Min Ho Capital Formation in Indian Agriculture. By T. Shukla. Atlantic Agricultural Unity: Is It Possible? By J. O. Coppock. The South-West Region of Western Australia. By A. Kerr. Land and People in the Northern Plains Transition Area. By H. W. Ottoson     

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Book reviewed in this article: Agricultural Development Principles: Economic Theory and Empirical Evidence. By ROBERT D. STEVENS and CATHY L. JABARA. Agricultural Extension. By A. W. VAN DEN BAN and H. S. HAWKINS An Introduction to Agricultural Systems. By C. R. W. SPEDDING. US Agricultural Policv: The 1985 Farm Legislation. By BRUCE L. GARDNER(ed.)     

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Book reviewed in this article: Individual Freedom and the Economic Organisation of Agriculture. By Harold F. Breimyer The City Man's Guide to the Farm Problem. By Willard W. Cochrane Scarcity and Growth. By H. J. Barnett and Chandler Morse Soil Conservation in Perspective. By R. B. Held and M. Clawson The Earth Can Feed Us. By Hugo Osvald Land and Labor in Europe in the Twentieth Century. By Folke Dovring British Agricultural Marketing: a study in government policy. By V. S. Patvardhan The Agricultural Revolution 1750–1880. By J. D. Chambers and G. E. Mingay People in the Countryside: Studies in rural social development. Edited by John Higgs Agrarkrisen und Agrarkonjunktur. By Wilhelm Abel Agricultural Production Functions, Cost and Returns in India. By C. H. Hanumantha Rao Der Funktionelle Ablauf im Landwirtschaftlichen Betrieb. By Horst Seuster Foreign Agricultural Trade: Selected Readings. Edited by Robert L. Tontz Capital Formation in Indian Agriculture. By Tara Shukla Analysis and Assessment of the Economic Effects of the U.S. PL 480 Program in Greece. By G. Contsoumaris (Project Director) et al. A Hundred Years of Pastoral Banking: a history of the Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company. By J. D. Bailey     

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Book reviewed in this article: Taxation and the Rural Economy. Conference Papers prepared for the Australian Tax Research Foundation (Melbourne) Disease in Farm Livestock: Economics and Policy. By K. S. Howe and J. P. Mcinerney (eds.) Agricultural Price Policies for Developing Countries. By John W. Mellor and Raisuddin Ahmed (eds.) Economic Liberalisation in New Zealand. By Alan Bollard and Robert Buckle (eds.) Japanese Agricultural Policies: A Time of Change. By Australian Burea     

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Book reviews in this article: Modelling Farm Decisions for Policy Analysis. Edited by KENNETH H. BAUM and LYLE P. SCHERTZ Farm Management. By MICHAEL BOEHWE and Vernon R. EIDMAN Agriculture under the Common Agriculture Policy: A Geography. By IAN R. BOWLER Agricultural Development in the Third World. Edited by CARL K. EICHER and JOHN M. STAATZ British Agriculture since 1945. By B. A. HOLDERNESS Farming for Farmers? A Critique of Agricultural Support Policy. By RICHARD W. HOWARTH The Making of the Shetland Landscape. By SUSAN A. KNOX. John Donald Economics of Agricultural Development in Tropical Africa. By S. LA-ANYANE. John Wiley & Sons Agricultural Development and Nutrition. Edited by ARNOLD PACEY and PHILIP PAYNE The Energy Trap: Work, Nutrition and Child Malnutrition in Northern Nigeria. BY RICHARD LONGHURST The World Food Problem 1950–1980. By DAVID GRIGG Citizenship, Gender, and Work: Social Organisation of Industrial Agriculture. By ROBERT J. THOMAS     

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Book reviewed in this article: Speculation, Hedging and Commodity Price Forecasts. By W. C. Labys and C. W. J. Granges Fields of Conflict in European Farm Policy. By Hermann Priebe, Denis Bergmann and Jan Horring The Common Market and World Agriculture— Trade Patterns in Temperate-Zone Foodstuffs. By Francis Knox Systems Analysis in Agricultural Management. Edited by J. B. Dent and J. R. Anderson. John Wiley Wells and Welfare. By Deepak Lal An Appraisal of Tea Production on Smallholdings in Kenya. By N. H. Stern Change and Uncertainty in a Peasant Economy. The Maya Corn Farmers of Zinacantan. By Frank Cancian. Stanford University Press Basic Concepts of Rural Sociology. By Boguslaw Galeski. xvi + 209 pages Farming and Food Supply. The Interdependence of Countryside and Town. By Sir Joseph Hutchinson. Cambridge University Press