700: Agriculture; Natural Resources

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700: Agriculture; Natural ResourcesSource: Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Jun., 1969), pp. 522-524Published by: American Economic AssociationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2720604 .

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vides some estimates of the relationship of demand for the product with family income and quality and quantity purchased. Index.

69-0555 SAYEGH, KAMAL S. Oil and Arab regional develop-

ment. Praeger Special Studies in International Economics and Development. New York and London: Praeger, 1968. Pp. xix, 357. $20.00.

Outlines the development, present state, and probable future of the oil industry in the Arab countries. Discusses the impact of the industry on economic, political, and social institutions of the area. Suggests the formation of an Arab common market that would be liberally sup- ported by Arab oil interests. Author is Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban and Re- gional Planning at Florida State University in Tallahassee. Index.

69-0556 SINcLArR, JOHN L. The production, marketing, and

consumption of cotton. Prepared by The Econo- mist Intelligence Unit. Praeger Special Studies in International Economics and Development. New York and London: Praeger, 1968. Pp. ix, 94. $25.00.

The author "attempts to present a concise as- sessment of the recent trends and likely future development of the demand and supply of cotton." Describes cotton production throughout the world. Considers international trade flows in cotton, and examines the challenge of synthetic fibers. Concludes that cotton can maintain its position in the markets with the aid of new marketing skills and applied scientific research. No inidex.

69-0557 STANBACK, THOMAS M., JR. Tax changes and mod-

ernization in the textile industry. National Bu- reau of Economic Research Fiscal Studies. New York: N.B.E.R., distributed by Columbia Univ. Press, 1969. Pp. xiv, 119. $6.75.

Studies the effect of changes in the corporate income tax structure since 1950 on the textile industry. Data were largely obtained tlrough in- terviews with executives of textile companies. Finds that the liberalization of depreciation al- lowances in corporate income taxes increased demand for capital equipment in the textile industry and gave rise to higher levels of internal investment funds through lower income taxes. Index.

See also: Book Numbers 69-0386, 69-0389, 69-

0390, 69-0408, 69-0414, 69-0472, 69- 0513, 69-0603.

700 Agriculture; Natural Resources

710 Agriculture

69-0558 ARTHUR, HENRY B.; HoucK, JAMES P.; BECKFORD,

GEORGE L. Tropical agribusiness structures and adjustments-bananas. Boston: Division of Re- search, Grad. School of Business, Harvard Univ., 1968. Pp. xi, 210. $12.00.

Analyzes the industry structure of international banana trade and formulates a series of s new concepts and a systems approach to the international banana complex." Concludes that the systems approach developed in this study can be usefully applied to the study of economic structure of similar tropical commodities. Index.

69-0559 BoGuE, ALLAN G. Money at interest: The farm

mortgage on the middle border. Lincoln: Univ. of Nebraska Press, [19551 1969. Pp. x, 293. Paper, $1.95.

Paperback reprint of a book published by Cornell University Press in 1955 and reprinted last year by Russell and Russell. This careful study is in three parts. The first is a detailed ac- count of the investment practice of a Western New York "investor" in four states: Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. The second discusses the activities of a particular land mortgage company operating throughout the midwest until it wvent into receivership in 1894. Part three is the story of two townships; one in Kan- sas and one in Nebraska. Although the style is episodic, the material is very systematically pre- sented. Index.

69-0560 BRANNON, RUSSELL H. The agricultural develop-

ment of Uruguay: Problems of government policy. Foreword by Lowell S. Hardin. Bench Mark Studies on Agricultural Development in Latin America, No. 1. Praeger Special Studies in Inter- national Economics and Development. New York and London: Praeger, 1968. Pp. xxxvii, 366. $15.00.

Attributes to the Uruguay government's reluc- tance to effect land reform the blame for the marked absolute decline in some aspects and the relative decline in virtually all aspects of the country's economy. The author provides a pro-



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gram designed to remedy the situation. No index.

69-0561 DuPE, ERNEST A. Agrarian reform in Colombia.

Praeger Special Studies in International Eco- nomics and Development. New York and Lon- don: Praeger, 1968. Pp. xi, 240. $14.00. A resume and a rationale of the national and extra-national efforts which culminated in the 1961 Law on Agrarian Reform. The study contains some speculation on the likely results; in general the opponents of reform "have suc- ceeded in altering the [expropriation] direction of the program....

69-0562 HELLEINERI, G. K., ed. Agricultural planning in

East Africa. Proceedings of a Conference held at the University College, Dar es Salaam, April 1967. Nairobi: East African Publishing House, for East African Agricultural Economics Society, 1968. Pp. vi, 183. Paper.

Contains papers and discussions from a conference held at Dar es Salaam, April, 1967. The first part presents three papers on the recent experiences with planning in the agricultural sector in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda; also in- cIudes the opening address by the Hon. D. N. M. Bryceson, Minister for Agriculture, Forests and Wildlife in Tanzania. The second part con- sists of five papers analyzing specific problems and policies in East Africa-extension, education and research, mechanization, agricultural settlement in Kenya, agricultural credit in Tanzania, and the coordination of coffee policies in East Africa. Contributors are: K. Johansen, C. S. Gray, L. M. A. Nyakaana and D. Stanton, D. G. R. Belshaw, M. Hall, J. D. MacArthur, M. P. Collinson, and R. Clark. No index.

69-0563 NEtITE, MAX. The suburban apartment boom:

Case study of a land use problem. Washington, D.C.: Resources for the Future, dist. by Johns Hopkins Press, 1968. Pp. xii, 170. Paper.

Traces "the extent and character of suburban apartment construction and considers the causal factors . . . by means of an in-depth study of the Washington metropolitan region and through a comparison of forty-one large U.S. metropolitan areas." His particular vexation is the generally unrealized inpact of zoning decisions taken at the initiative of private parties. One of his con- clusions is the obvious lack of sociodemographic data upon which to base social decisions. No index.

69-0564 SHEPHERD, GEOFFREY S. and FUtTRELL, GENE A.

Marketing farm products: Economic analysis. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State Univ. Press, [1946, 1947, 1955, 1962] 1969. Pp. viii, 510.

This fifth edition of a 1946 textbook by Geof- frey Shepherd has Gene Futrell as co-author. Considerable material has been rewritten and data has been updated where possible. Index.

69-0565 SMrr, T. LYNN, ed. Agrarian reform in Latin

America. With an introductory essay by the edi- tor. Borzoi Books on Latin America. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1965] 1968. Pp. ix, 206. Paper $2.50.

Twenty essays by sixteen autlhors (including committees) arranged about two themes: (1) Development of concern; (2) Current programs. The essays tend to be somewhat closer to the tra- ditions of the discipline of rural sociology than they are to the real product and money cen- teredness of the economics discipline. No index.

See also: Book Numbers 69-0377, 69-0383, 69- 0394, 69-0423, 69-0447, 69-0449, 69- 0458, 69-0472, 69-0585.

720 Natural Resources

69-0566 DALES, J. H. Pollution, property and prices: An

essay in policy-making and econiomics. Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Press, 1968. Pp. vii, 111. $2.50.

This is not a screed but rather an interesting analysis of how communities should establish property rights in air and water. "Proposes a scheme . . . for obtaining the best allocation of the costs involved in controlling pollution . . . (or if preferred) cheap goods above all other things." No index.

69-0567 DAVIS, ROBERT K. The range of choice in water

management: A study of dissolved oxygen in the Potomac Estuary. With contributions by Robert M. Steinberg, Leo J. Hetling, and Nicholas C. Matalas. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, for Re- sources for the Future, 1968. Pp. xviii, 196. $7.00.

Based on empirical research into water quality planning for the Potomac estuary. The author analyzes the technique and institutional compo- nents of water resources planning. Considers



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four major questions: the alternative courses of action which are technologically possible; the analytical problems involved in the study of alternatives; the institutional and procedural ob- stacles limiting the range of alternatives; and the responsibilities of political leaders. Part I examines the Potomac River Basin report of the Corps of Engineers and the question of alternatives; Part II provides a model of how the Poto- mac might have been studied; Part III considers the implications of the author's study for water resources planning in general. L. J. Hetling, R. M. Steinberg, N. C. Matalas, and the author provide technical appendices. Index.

69-0568 DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SociAL AFFAIRS,

STATISTICAL OFFICE OF THE UNITED NArIONS. World energy supplies 1963-1966. Statistical Pa- pers, Series J., No. 11. New York: United Na- tions, 1968. Pp. 102. Paper, $2,00.

Presents data on the production, trade, and consumption of energy in each of the four years, 1963-66, for approximately 170 countries with a combined population of about 3,353 million per- sons in 1966. It continues the statistical series carried through 1965 in previous volumes. The data refer to coal (including lignite) and coke, petroleum and its products, natural and manu- factured gas and electricity, and peat. The data were taken from official sources; where these data were missing or inconsistent, estimates were made by the Statistical Office. No index.

69-0569 SARTORIUS, PETER AND HENLE, HANS. Forestry and

economic development. Praeger Special Studies in International Economics and Development. New York and London: Frederick A. Praeger, 1968. Pp. xvi, 340. $17.50.

Discusses the role of forestry in rural economics of both developed and underdeveloped countries and considers its relationship to economic development. Provides a general discussion of world lumber markets, manpower needs, and the possibilities of establishing forestry industries in the less developed countries. No index.

See also: Book Numrbers 69-0348, 69-0544.

730 Economic Geography

69-0570 CHORLEY, RICHARD J. and HAGGETT, PETER, eds.

Socio-economic models in geography. University

Paperbacks. London: Methuen, [19671 1968. Pp. 468. Paper, 21s.

Paperback reprint of a 1967 book. There are seven parts: (1) "Models, Paradigms and the New Geography" (by the editors); (2) "Demo- graphic Models and Geography" (by E. A. Wri- gley); (3) "Sociological Models in Geography" (by R. E. Pahl); (4) "Models of Economic De- velopment" (by D. E. Keeble); (5) "Models of Urban Geography and Settlement Location" (by B. Garner); (6) "Models of Industrial Location" (by F. E. Ian Hamilton); and (7) "Models of Agricultural Activity" (by Janet D. Henshall). Index.

800 Manpower; Labor; Population

69-0571 BLOOM, GoRDoN F. and NORThiRUP, HERBERT R.

Economics of labor relations. Sixth edition. Homewood, Ill,: Irwin; Nobleton, Ont,: Irwin- Dorsey, [1950, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1965] 1968. Pp. xviii, 751. $9.00.

The sixth edition of this standard college labor text includes new chapters on unemploy- ment and poverty, civil rights legislation, and the impact of union policies on inflation. In- dexes.

810 Manpower Training and Allocation; Labor Force and Supply

69-0572 CZARNECKI, EDGAR R. Manpower developments:

Problems and prospects. Conference Series No. 12. Iowa City, Iowa: Center for Labor and Management, College of Bus. Admin., Univ. of Iowa, 1968. Pp. vi, 83. Paper.

Proceedings, including three speeches and five workshop reports, of a conference held in April, 1968, at Iowa City. No index.

69-0573 LuECHT, LEONARD A, Manpower needs for national

goals in the 1970's. New York and London: Praeger, 1969. Pp. xxxi, 183, $7.50.

Estimnates manpower requirements to meet national goals by 1975. The goals are those pro- posed by President Eisenhower's Commission on National Goals plus President Kennedy's added goal of space exploration. Assuming that the economy will shift from its present semi-war em- phasis into peaceful pursuits, the author predicts job shortages in a few war-related industries and an over all shortage of ten million skilled work- ers. Index.



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