Contemporary Review articles from June 2000

Contemporary Review archives from June 2000

LATIN AMERICAN INTEGRATION AND THE FORMATION OF MERCOSUR.
June 1, 2000... A common cultural identity is a must for a group of independent states seeking integration in order to construct and sustain regional trade agreements. Historically, no such identity existed for Latin America (LA) outside the discourse of...

WHAT VENICE ABHORS, HAVANA ADORES.
June 1, 2000... WHEN the tectonic plate of communism finally yielded and slid below that of capitalism, a fragment of the socialist crust broke off and stayed afloat. Cuba is the only communist nation in the western hemisphere, and one of the few remaining in...

BRITAIN'S DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES: 1971-2031.(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2000... "NEVER make predictions about the future'. Thus Lady Thatcher when asked to comment on John Major's unexpected election victory in 1992. As a generalization this is undoubtedly right. However there is one area in which we can make forecasts...

REFLECTIONS ON THE WELFARE STATE.
June 1, 2000... THOSE old enough to remember what Britain was like, at least for them, before the Second World War, may find great difficulty in coming to terms with the changes, enormous by any standards and affecting everyone in every facet of their lives,...

THE CAUTIONARY TALE OF DR. SHIPMAN.
June 1, 2000... THE rogue doctor, the Hippocratic saviour turned hypocritic slayer, is a mercifully rare medical phenomenon in this country. Of doctors who commit murder within the context and confines of their private lives, and for personal reasons, there...

A FRENCH MARSHAL IN MOROCCO.
June 1, 2000... FRANCE'S colonial history has all too often been ignored or dismissed in the English-speaking world yet it has had great influence not only on Prance, but on large portions of Africa and Asia. One of the best ways to understand it is to...

THE MALTESE CONNECTION.
June 1, 2000... MALTA? You are leaving Greece in December for Malta? Yes, in fact, we were. My wife and I had three good reasons. First, we had been in Greece for almost three months, and we had either to get a residence permit or leave the country. European...

A SURVEY OF JEWISH-AMERICAN WRITING.(Critical Essay)
June 1, 2000... SINCE the publication of Saul Bellow's Dangling Man in 1944 and Alan Ginsberg's collection Howl and Other Poems in 1956. there has been a growing awareness that the contribution of Jewish American writers to mainstream literature has been...

GEORGE ORWELL'S FIRST PLAY.
June 1, 2000... IT'S not every day that a parent gets a chance to witness literary history being made at a school play, especially so if that parent's son has a leading part in it. I recall attending a performance, eight years ago, of a play entitled King...

BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER.(Review)
June 1, 2000... FOR about forty years in the middle of the last century, British intellectual and aesthetic life was invigorated by the rivalry and contrast between two figures of considerable stature, both devoted to the world of architecture, landscape,...

ISRAEL AND MORDECHAI VANANU.(Review)
June 1, 2000... The Woman from Mossad: The Torment of Mordechai Vananu. Peter Hounam. Vision Paperbacks. [pounds]9.99 p.b. 214 pages. ISBN 1-901250-05-9. Wrap it up how you like: Mordechai Vananu was a traitor. He was employed as a technician at Israel's...

THE PSYCHOLOGIST'S SEARCH FOR VICTIMS.(Review)
June 1, 2000... Manufacturing Victims: What the Psychology Industry is Doing to People. Tana Dineen. Constable. [pounds]14.99. 320 pages. ISBN 0-094-79790-0. The Canadian psychologist, Tana Dineen, is a passionate critic of the 'industry' in which she...

LIFE IN A UNITED GERMANY.(Review)
June 1, 2000... Along the Wall and Watchtowers: A Journey Down Germany's Divide. Oliver August. HarperCollins. [pounds]17.99. 244 pages. ISBN 0-00-257043-2. I still remember being glued to the television in November 1989, when a short announcement was...

THE ROMANTIC STORY OF MILLS & BOON.(Review)
June 1, 2000... Passion's Fortune: The Story of Mills & Boon. Joseph McAleer. Oxford University Press [pounds]25.00 322 pages ISBN 0-19-520455. At a time when the main focus of advertising is to promote brand recognition and loyalty, it is interesting to...

JUSTICE AND THE MAGISTRATES' COURTS.(Review)
June 1, 2000... They Call It Justice. Brian Lawrence. The Book Guild Ltd. [pounds]15.95.416 pages. ISBN 1-85776-372-6. This book is the result of the author's 36 years of experience as a magistrates' clerk, mostly in courts in the Thames Valley. It makes...

LAURIE LEE: MYTH AND REALITY.(Review)
June 1, 2000... Laurie Lee. The Well-Loved Stranger. Valerie Grove. Viking. [pounds]20.00. 524 pages. ISBN 0-670-88177-5. 'I was set down from the carrier's cart at the age of three; and there with a sense of bewilderment and terror my life in the village...

John Scott, Lord Eldon, 1751-1838: The Duty of Loyalty.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... John Scott, Lord Eldon, 1751-1838: The Duty of Loyalty. Rose A. Melikan. Cambridge University Press. [pounds]45.00/US$74.95. 370 pages. ISBN 0-521-62395-2. Lord Eldon, one of the most important Lord Chancellors in modem British history, was a...

Russia after the Cold War.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Russia after the Cold War. Mike Bowker and Cameron Ross, editors. Longman. [pounds]15.99 p.b. 368 pages ISBN 0-582-36815-4. To many Westerners, Russia after the end of the Cold War appears a land of political instability, government corruption,...

Neanderthal: Neanderthal Man and the Story of Human Origins.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Neanderthal: Neanderthal Man and the Story of Human Origins. Paul Jordan. Sutton Publishing. [pounds]20.00/US$34.95. 239 pages. ISBN 0-7509-1934-5. The author has a good track record both as a writer on archaeology and as a producer of...

Interpreting the Russian Revolution: The Language and Symbols of 1917.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Interpreting the Russian Revolution: The Language and Symbols of 1917. Orlando Figes and Boris Kolonitskii. Yale University Press. [pounds]16.95. 198 pages. ISBN 0-300-08106-5. The Anglo-Russian authors of this book define it as 'a book about...

Kaiser Wilhelm II: Germany's Last Emperor.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Kaiser Wilhelm II: Germany's Last Emperor. John Van Der Kiste. Sutton Publishing. [pounds]19.99/US$34.95. 244 pages. ISBN 0-7509-1941-8. John Van Der Kiste is one of the most popular and prolific authors of books on British and European...

Twentieth Century Words.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Twentieth Century Words. John Ayto. Oxford University Press. [pounds]18.99. 626 pages. ISBN 0-19-860230-8. The English language is reputed to have the largest vocabulary of any language and the twentieth century has contributed some 5,000 new...

Reluctant Europeans: Britain and European Integration 1945-1998.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Reluctant Europeans: Britain and European Integration 1945-1998. David Gowland and Arthur Turner. Longman. [pounds]14.99 p.b. 303 pages. ISBN 0-582-36956-8. This examination of various governments' attitudes towards European integration...

Who's Buried Where in England.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Who's Buried Where in England. Douglas Greenwood. Constable. [pounds]12.99.368 pages. ISBN 0-09-479310-7. This is the third edition of a title first published in 1982 and it remains an indispensable guide for anyone interested in English...

Garrick.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Garrick. Ian McIntyre. Allen Lane: The Penguin Press. [pounds]25.00. 678 pages. ISBN 0-713-99328-6. Along with Dr Johnson, David Garrick is one of the most remembered names from the eighteenth century. His fame as an actor, as well as a member...

Richard I.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Richard I. John Gillingham. Yale University Press. [pounds]20.00. 378 pages. ISBN 0-300-07912-5. This latest release in Yale's 'English Monarch's series is by the Emeritus Professor of History at the London School of Economics. Professor...

Rembrandt's Eyes.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Rembrandt's Eyes. Simon Schama. Allen Lane: The Penguin Press. [pounds]30.00. 750 pages. ISBN 0-713-99384-7. Professor Schama has made his reputation as an expert on the history of the Netherlands. This book is built on Simon Schama's...