Reviews

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Unfree Labour and its Persistence into the Capitalist Era: A Critical Review of Recent Books by Robert Miles and Robin Cohen reviewed by Bob Currie The New Helots: Migrants in the International Division of Labourby Robin Cohen; Capitalism and Unfree Labour: Anomaly or Neccessity?by Robert Miles.

War and Society: The Militarisation of South Africaby Jacklyn Cock & Laurie Nathan (Eds); David Phillip, Cape Town, 1989

Coping with Rapid Urban Growth in Africa: An Annotated Bibliography in English and French on Policy and Management of Urban Affairs in the 1980sby Richard Stren with Claire Letemendia, translated by Claude Stren. Bibliography Series no.12, Centre for Developing Area Studies, McGill University, Montreal, 1986

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Power and Need in Africa: Basic Human Needs and Development Policiesby Ben Wisner (Earthscan, London), 1988; (£9.95 paperback); The Fuelwood Trapby Barry Munslow with Yemi Katerere, Adrian Ferf and Phil O'Keefe (Earthscan, London) 1988; (£8.95 paperback); Economic Analysis of the Environmental Impacts of Development Projectsby John A.Dixon, Richard A.Carpenter, Louise A.Fallon, Paul B.Sherman and Supachit Manipomoke (Earthscan, London) 1988; (£13.95 paperback)

The African Workerby Bill Freund (Cambridge University Press, 1988).

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