Recently added articles from Contemporary Review:
Modernising one village in Afghanistan.(Report)
Jun 22, 2008; Emadi, Hafizullah ... MODERNIZATION in the Western World did not normally originate from the top but from below, through grass-roots participation in the economic, social, cultural and political arenas. Development trends were different for countries of the developing world; in these societies change originated ...
Food versus fuel in the Philippines.
Jun 22, 2008; Abano, Imelda V. ... Editorial Note: In recent months almost every country in the world has suffered sharp rises in the prices of basic food. The UN says that world food prices have risen 45 per cent in nine months which puts the 15 per cent rise in bread prices in the UK in some context. Many commentators ...
Bitten by the bear: the British Council and Russia.(Report)
Jun 22, 2008; Kampmark, Binoy ... IT seemed a bold move on the part of the British Council to try reopening its offices in Ekaterinburg and St Petersburg after the end of the Russian New Year. The British Council was created in 1934. One of its main functions is to promote the study and use of the English language. It ...
China's Confucius and Western democracy.
Jun 22, 2008; Collins, Michael ... CHINA'S reaction to the protests in the name of human rights in Tibet which have greeted the Olympic flame in several countries has focused attention on the way in which the authorities in China regard such fundamental Western values as freedom of speech and expression. In particular it ...
The Catholic Church in Mexico.(Essay)
Jun 22, 2008; Ramsay, Allan ... L' Eglise a deux genres d' ennemis; le premier la persecute, le second s' en detourne. Le second est le plus fort Julien Green Poor Mexico, so far from God and so close to the United States General Porfirio Diaz, President of Mexico THE conventional image ...
India's untouchables: the dalits.(Report)
Jun 22, 2008; Ninian, Alex ... IN the Indian caste system for many centuries, some say 3,000 years, there has been a group of people at the bottom of the scale--some may say off the scale altogether. Originally, and for ages, they were known as Untouchables and are often still known as such today. For ...
Protecting the world's cultural heritage.
Jun 22, 2008; Suter, Keith ... FIVE years ago, beginning in March 2003, the United States, Britain and Australia invaded Iraq. Among the casualties were the valuable items of cultural heritage held in such places as the Iraq Museum, National Library, National Archives and the Religious Library--all located in Baghdad ....
The Caribbean tourist trade and climate change.
Jun 22, 2008; Williams, Petre ... HURRICANES and rising sea levels are threatening Caribbean tourism. So how will the region's most important industry safeguard its future? Kory South has spent the last fifteen years building his dream resort in St Elizabeth, Jamaica. But his dream is in peril from rising sea ...
Cinema history in The National Archives.
Jun 22, 2008; Harvey, A.D. ... THE British government found itself paying attention to the cinema industry from an early stage. Answering a Parliamentary Question on juvenile crime the Home Secretary, Sir John Simon, told the House of Commons in May 1916, 'it is generally believed that one of the causes is to be found ...
CAN FOREIGN AID EVER WORK?(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; Wedd, George ... Does Foreign Aid Really Work? Roger C. Riddell. Oxford University Press. [pounds sterling]18.99. xxvi + 505 pages. ISBN 978-0-19-929565-4. Roger Riddell is a highly qualified man who has spent his working life in the world of international aid. He has worked for recipient ...
THE END OF THE RAJ.(The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan)(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; Ninian, Alex ... The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan. Yasmin Khan. Yale University Press. [pounds sterling]19.99. xxv + 251 pages. ISBN 978-0-300-12078-3. Anyone who grew up after 1947 and who has only an abstract or simplified impression of the events of that year in India-the ...
SOCIOLOGY AND GLOBALISATION.(Globalization and Everyday Life)(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; Pires-O'Brien, Joaquina ... Globalization and Everyday Life. Larry Ray. Routledge. [pounds sterling]65.00. xviii + 238 pages. ISBN 978-0-415-34095-3. There is a widespread view of globalization as an emergent sinister process that is destroying society and the state. A more objective view is that of Larry ...
RECENT CHURCH HISTORY -- A SURVEY.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; Munson, James ... The Church in the Early Middle Ages. G.R. Evans. I.B. Tauris. [pounds sterling]19.50. xxiv + 202 pages. ISBN 978-1-84511-150-2. The Church in the Modern Age. Jeremy Morris.I.B. Tauris. [pounds sterling]19.50. xxxi + 224 pages. ISBN 978-1-84511-317-9. The Cambridge History of Christianity ....
THE US AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1953-1963.(The Greater Middle East and the Cold War: US Foreign Policy under Eisenhower and Kennedy)(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; Jackson, Ian ... The Greater Middle East and the Cold War: US Foreign Policy under Eisenhower and Kennedy. Roby C. Barrett. T.B. Tauris. [pound sterling] 59.50. xix + 494 pages. ISBN: 978-1-84511-393. As the United States contemplates an honourable exit strategy from its military quagmire in ...
NOAM CHOMSKY ON AMERICA, PEACE AND WAR.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; Heptonstall, Geoffrey ... Interventions. Noam Chomsky. Hamish Hamilton. [pounds sterling]12.99. xxi + 232 pages. ISBN 978-0-241-14386-5. In crystalline phrases Noam Chomsky distils his thoughts on peace and war, and how tension and terror shape the North Atlantic view of the world. The clarity of logic, ...
NIXON AND KISSINGER'S DOUBLE ACT.(Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power)(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; Colman, Jonathan ... Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power. Robert Dallek. Allen Lane. [Pounds sterling]30.00. xii + 740 pages. ISBN 978-0-713-99796-5. Robert Dallek, a biographer of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, has now directed his considerable energies and skill to a comprehensive joint ...
A DISAPPOINTING LIFE OF SHAKESPEARE.(Shakespeare: The World as a Stage)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; Berry, Ralph ... Shakespeare: The World as a Stage. Bill Bryson. Atlas Books/Harper Press. [pounds sterling]14.99. 200 pages. ISBN 978-0-00-719789-7. Look at an obituary photograph. It is, say, of a dashing, handsome, young officer, taken about the time he won his M.C. Years have passed, but ...
The Thorn of Lion City: A Memoir.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008 ... The Thorn of Lion City: A Memoir. Lucy Lum. Fourth Estate. [pounds sterling]14.99. vi + 231 pages. ISBN 978-0-00-720034-4. This recollection of childhood is unusual and gives readers an insight into a world virtually unknown in Britain. The author was born into a Chinese family living in ...
Brigitte Bardot: A Biography. Barnett Singer.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008 ... Brigitte Bardot: A Biography. Barnett Singer. McFarland & Co. Can$45.00. vi + 202 pages. ISBN9780-7864-2515-0. Prof. Singer has spent much of his time examining contemporary French culture within which the film actress, Brigitte Bardot, was for many decades a leading figure. In this ...
The Pursuit of Glory: Europe 1648-1815.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008 ... The Pursuit of Glory: Europe 1648-1815. Tim Blanning. Allen Lane. [pounds sterling]30.00. xxvii + 708 pages. ISBN 978-0-713-99087-4. Survey histories are always difficult to write if easy to read. In this instance Prof. Blanning has done his work admirably. He writes with a deft hand and ...