Book Reviews

2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 740-743
Keyword(s):  
Financial Stability ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Central Banking ◽  
London School ◽  
Recent Experience ◽  
Yale University ◽  
Emerging Market Countries ◽  
Financial Infrastructure ◽  
London School Of Economics

Rakesh Mohan of Yale University reviews “Banking on the Future: The Fall and Rise of Central Banking” by Howard Davies and David Green. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Explores what central banks are for, their role in the functioning of market economies and how they can best fulfill that role, and whether recent experience and historic perspective point to the need for further reappraisal and reform, focusing on the wider political and institutional framework in which they operate. Discusses what central banking is and why it is important; monetary stability; financial stability; financial infrastructure; asset prices; structure, status, and accountability; Europe--a special case; central banking in emerging market countries; financial resources, costs, and efficiency; international cooperation; leadership; and an agenda for change. Davies is Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. Green has worked for nearly forty years as a central banker and financial regulator. Index.”

Book Reviews

1968 ◽  
Vol 124 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-304
Author(s):  
Judith Djamour ◽  
Michael B. Leigh ◽  
William R. Roff ◽  
G.N. Appell ◽  
M.P.H. Roessingh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
London School ◽  
Social Anthropology ◽  
Yale University ◽  
Asian Studies ◽  
Cornell University ◽  
Folk Literature ◽  
London School Of Economics

- G.N. Appell, Michael B. Leigh, Checklist of holdings on Borneo in the Cornell University Libraries. Made with the assistance of John M. Echols. Data paper: Number 62, Southeast Asia Program. Department of Asian Studies. Ithaca, Cornell University, 1966. 62 pages.- R.E. Downs, P. Middelkoop, Headhunting in Timor and its historical implications. Oceania Linguistic Monograph No. 8. The Univeristy of Sydney, Sydney, 1964. 423 pp.- M.G. Swift, Rosemary Firth, Housekeeping among Malay peasants. London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology, No. 7. The Athlone Press, London 1966. Pp. xiv and 242.- Umar Junus, Harsja W. Bachtiar, Negeri Taram: A Minangkabau village community in Koentjaraningrat, ed., Villages in Indonesia. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, 1967. 445 pp.- William R. Roff, Judith Djamour, The Muslim matrimonial court in Singapore. London School of Economics, Monographs on Social Anthropology. No. 31. Athlone Press, London, 1966. 189 pp.- Paul Wheatley, O.W. Wolters, Early Indonesian commerce: A study of the origins of Srivijaya. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, 1967. 404 pp., 4 maps.- M.P.H. Roessingh, Th. P.M. de Jong, De krimpende horizon van de Hollandse kooplieden. Hollands Welvaren in het Caribisch Zeegebied (1780-1830). Van Gorcum en Comp., Assen, 1966. 352 pp., 2 ills., 1 krt. Oorspr. proefschrift Groningen, met een voorwoord van de schrijver; tevens verschenen als Anjerpublicatie nr. 9, met een woord vooraf van de promotor, Prof. Dr. H. Baudet.- M. Leifer, James de V. Allen, The Malayan Union. Yale University, Southeast Asia Studies, 1967. Monograph Series No. 10. XIV + 181 pp., with appendices.- P. Voorhoeve, M.A. Jaspan, Folk literature of South Sumatra. Rejang Ka-Ga-Nga Texts. Australian University Press, Canberra 1964. 92 pp.

Book Reviews

1971 ◽  
Vol 127 (1) ◽  
pp. 190-208
Author(s):  
Jan Vansina ◽  
M.L. Daneel ◽  
Marshall W. Murphree
Keyword(s):  
London School ◽  
Social Anthropology ◽  
40Th Anniversary ◽  
London School Of Economics

- Jan Vansina, Anniversary contributions to anthropology: Twelve essays published on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Leiden Ethnological Society. E.J. Brill, Leiden, 1970. 171 pages. - M.L. Daneel, Marshall W. Murphree, Christianity and the Shona. London School of Economics; Monographs on Social Anthropology, No. 36. Athlone Press, London 1969. 200 pp.

Book Reviews

2010 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 781-786
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
London School ◽  
New Era ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Reduce Emissions ◽  
London School Of Economics ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Research Institute

Gary Yohe of Wesleyan University reviews “The Global Deal: Climate Change and the Creation of a New Era of Progress and Prosperity” by Nicholas Stern,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Considers how to create a global deal to take action to reduce the impact and damage of climate change in the world. Discusses why there is a problem and how we can deal with it; the dangers; how emissions can be reduced, and at what cost; adapting to climate change; ethics, discounting, and the case for action; policies to reduce emissions; individuals, firms, communities--the power of example; the structure of a global deal; building and sustaining action; and a planet in peril. Stern is IG Patel Chair in Economics and Government and Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change at the London School of Economics. Bibliography; index.”

scholarly journals Book Reviews

1967 ◽  
Vol 123 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-396
Author(s):  
Redactie KITLV
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
London School ◽  
New Haven ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Yale University ◽  
Frankfurt Am Main ◽  
Military Administration ◽  
Japanese Military ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
London School Of Economics

- F.D.K. Bosch, J. Boisselier, Manuel d’ archéologie d’ Extrême-Orient. Première Partie: Asie du Sud-Est I. Le Cambodge. Sous la direction de G. Coedès. J. Picard et Cie., Paris, 1966. XVI and 480 pp., 72 figs., 64 pls., 4 plans and 2 maps. - H.J. de Graaf, Generale Missiven, van Gouverneurs-Generaal en Raden aan Heren XVII der Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie. Deel II: 1639-1655. Uitgegeven door Dr. W. Ph. Coolhaas. Martinus Nijhoff, ‘s-Gravenhage 1964. XIV en 870 blzz. - M.A.P. Meilink-Roelofsz, John Bastin, The British in West Sumatra, 1685-1825. A selection of documents with an introduction and notes. University of Malaya Press. Kuala Lumpur 1965. XLII, 209 p., ill., maps. - H.J. de Graaf, Nicholas Tarling, Southeast Asia; Past and present. F.W. Cheshire Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney 1966. 334 bladzijden, met 5 kaarten. - D. van Velden, Harry J. Benda, Japanese military administration in Indonesia: Selected documents. Translation Series No. 6. Southeast Asia Studies, Yale University. New Haven, 1965. XXVI, 279 pp., glossary., James K. Irikura, Koichi Kishi (eds.) - L. Sluimers, B. Dahm, Sukarnos Kampf um Indonesiens Unabhängigkeit: Werdegang und Ideen eines asiatischen Nationalisten. Band XVIII der Schriften des Instituts für Asienkunde. Alfred Metzner Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin 1966. XVI, 295 Seiten. - W.L. Idema, Maurice Freedman, Chinese lineage and society: Fukien and Kwantung. London School of Economics, Monographs on Social Anthropology No. 33; Athlone Press, London 1966. 207 pp., ills., krtn. - ,

scholarly journals Book Reviews

1962 ◽  
Vol 118 (4) ◽  
pp. 469-492
Author(s):  
H. Th. Fischer ◽  
Rodney Needham ◽  
E. Postel-Coster ◽  
Melville J. Herskovits ◽  
H. Jans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
London School ◽  
Test Case ◽  
University Of Chicago ◽  
Social Anthropology ◽  
Southeastern China ◽  
London School Of Economics ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Chicago Press

- Melville J. Herskovits, Helmut Schoeck, Relativism and the study of man. Princeton, New Jersey, W. van Nostrand Co., Inc., 1961; pp. x + 259., James M. Wiggins (eds.)- E. Postel-Coster, H. Jans, Volkenkundige Encyclopedie, W. de Haan n.v., Zeist en Daphne, Gent 1962. 250 blz. tekst, 48 blz. ills., en tekeningen in de tekst.- H. Th. Fischer, Rodney Needham, Structure and sentiment. A test case in social anthropology. The University of Chicago Press, 1962. 126 pp. text.- R.E. Downs, Maurice Freedman, Lineage organization in Southeastern China. London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology No. 18, London, 1958. IX and 151 pp.- Carl A. Schmitz, Raymond Firth, History and traditions of Tikopia. The Polynesian Society, Memoir No. 32. Wellington 1961. 203 pp., 2 Maps, Index.- J. van Baal, Carl A. Schmitz, Bieträge zur Ethnographie des Wantoat Tales, Nordost Neuguinea. Kölner Ethnologische Mitteilungen, dl. 1, Köln 1960; 226 pp.- Jacob Vredenbregt, Etudes rurales. Revue trimestrielle publiée par l’école pratique des Hautes Etudes - Sorbonne. Sixiéme Section: Sciences économiques en sociales. Mouton & Co, Parijs, Den Haag. 1961.

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