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Richard G. Plaschka, eds.

Reviewer:

Philipp Ther

Ther on Plaschka, 'Nationale Frage und Vertreibung in der Tschechoslowakei und Ungarn 1938-1948: Aktuelle Forschungen'

Richard G. Plaschka, eds. Nationale Frage und Vertreibung in der Tschechoslowakei und Ungarn 1938-1948: Aktuelle Forschungen. Wien: Verlag der Ö¶sterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1997. xvii + 205 pp. DM 75,00 (cloth), ISBN 978-3-7001-2519-8.

Reviewed by Philipp Ther (Center for European Studies, Harvard University) Published on HABSBURG (July, 1998)

Author:

Jiri Hochman

Reviewer:

Jeffrey T. Leigh

Leigh on Hochman, 'Historical Dictionary of the Czech State'

Jiri Hochman. Historical Dictionary of the Czech State. Lanham, Md., and London: Scarecrow Press, 1998. xxxix + 203 pp. $46.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8108-3338-8.

Reviewed by Jeffrey T. Leigh (Indiana University) Published on HABSBURG (July, 1998)

Defining the

Author:

Susie Lunt, ed.

Reviewer:

Claire Nolte

Nolte on Lunt, 'Prague'

Susie Lunt, ed. Prague. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Clio Press, 1997. xvii + 185 pp. $85.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-85109-252-9.

Reviewed by Claire Nolte (Manhattan College) Published on HABSBURG (July, 1998)

Library Pragensia

Author:

James C. Williams

Reviewer:

Jay Brigham

Brigham on Williams, 'Energy and the Making of Modern California'

James C. Williams. Energy and the Making of Modern California. Akron: University of Akron Press, 1997. xviii + 465 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-884836-16-9; $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-884836-15-2.

Reviewed by Jay Brigham (Morgan, Angel and Associates, Washington, DC) Published on H-Environment (July, 1998)

Author:

David Seamon, Arthur Zajonc, eds.

Reviewer:

Boria Sax

Sax on Seamon and Zajonc, 'Goethe's Way of Science: A Phenomenology of Nature'

David Seamon, Arthur Zajonc, eds. Goethe's Way of Science: A Phenomenology of Nature. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998. xii + 324 pp. $28.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7914-3681-3; $30.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-7914-3682-0.

Reviewed by Boria Sax (Mercy College) Published on H-Nilas (July, 1998)

Author:

LaVonne Telshaw Camp

Reviewer:

Katherine Burger Johnson

Johnson on Camp, 'Lingering Fever: A World War II Nurse's Memoir'

LaVonne Telshaw Camp. Lingering Fever: A World War II Nurse's Memoir. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1997. viii + 176 pp. $23.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7864-0322-6.

Reviewed by Katherine Burger Johnson (University of Louisville) Published on H-Minerva (July, 1998)

A Young Nurse in CBI

Author:

Jane Slaughter

Reviewer:

Andrea Peto

Peto on Slaughter, 'Women and the Italian Resistance, 1943-45'

Jane Slaughter. Women and the Italian Resistance, 1943-45. Denver, Colo.: Arden Press, 1997. 171 pp. $22.50 (paper), ISBN 978-0-912869-14-8; $32.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-912869-13-1.

Reviewed by Andrea Peto (Central European University) Published on H-Minerva (June, 1998)

A Sense of a Self: Myths of Italian Resistance

Author:

Bruce W. McClendon, Anthony James Catanese

Reviewer:

Robert J. Juster

Juster on McClendon and Catanese, 'Planners On Planning: Leading Planners Offer Real-Life Lessons on What Works, What Doesn't, and Why'

Bruce W. McClendon, Anthony James Catanese. Planners On Planning: Leading Planners Offer Real-Life Lessons on What Works, What Doesn't, and Why. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1996. xxii + 320 pp. $30.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7879-0285-8.

Reviewed by Robert J. Juster (Auburn University) Published on H-Urban (June, 1998)

The Job and the Joy of Planning

Author:

Lawrence H. Larsen, Nancy J. Hulston

Reviewer:

Roger Biles

Biles on Larsen and Hulston, 'Pendergast!'

Lawrence H. Larsen, Nancy J. Hulston. Pendergast! Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, 1997. xii + 237 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8262-1145-3.

Reviewed by Roger Biles (East Carolina University) Published on H-Urban (June, 1998)

Pendergast Redux

Author:

Frederic C. Thomas

Reviewer:

Swapna Banerjee

Banerjee on Thomas, 'Calcutta Poor: Elegies on a City above Pretense'

Frederic C. Thomas. Calcutta Poor: Elegies on a City above Pretense. Armonk, N.Y. and London: M.E. Sharpe, 1997. ix + 189 pp. $31.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-56324-981-5.

Reviewed by Swapna Banerjee (University of Florida, Gainesville) Published on H-Urban (June, 1998)

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