The grasses of Central Australia »

Publication date: 1970

This study is the first specific treatment in Australia of the grasses of a natural region. It gives a taxonomic and ecological account of all known grass species in the arid part of the Northern Territory, an area of about 240,000 square miles. There is a description in technical and general terms of each of the 132 species, with taxonomic keys to genera and species, and with additional data on geographic and land- type distribution, ecological relationships, and economic value. Photographs, with enlargements of spikelet and floret, illustrate 123 of the species. The book has been designed to appeal to a wide range of readers with an interest in botany. On the one hand precise botanical descriptions, citations of verified collections, and bibliographic data help the taxonomist to determine circumscription and variation and to relate the affinities of the known taxa to those not yet recognised. On the other hand the macroscopic descriptions, glossary, illustrations, and supporting sections are for the use of the ecologist, pastoralist, and agriculturalist not directly concerned with plant taxonomy. Though compiled specifically for central Australia, the material of this book has application to all Australian arid and semi-arid areas. Since the flora of the interior includes tropical and temperate elements, there are also similarities with adjacent climatic zones. In its coverage of the grasses of the low rainfall region, the book contributes to our knowledge of the major component of a flora characteristic of almost three-quarters of the Australian continent, providing a basis for further research and development studies.

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Party in power: the Japanese Liberal-Democrats and policy-making »

Publication date: 1970

Japan's Liberal-Democratic Party has been continuously in power since it was formed in 1955. It has therefore been responsible for virtually all the important policy decisions made since that time in the name of the Japanese government, and it is likely to remain in this position of power for many years to come. The book focuses attention particularly on the processes involved in the formulation of controversial policies. Emphasising the importance of organisation factors and group environment, Dr Fukui examines the party membership, its organisation, intra-party factionalism, and the connection with extra-party support groups. He goes on to analyse in detail some of the more important issues with which the government has been involved in recent years. This is the first study of policy-making in Japan's party in power. The writer has combined the historical approach with an analysis of all aspects of the party. He presents a picture of one side of the Japanese political scene which is a most important jumping-off point for future comparative studies of political parties. For Western readers, and particularly political scientists, it provides some surprising insights into contemporary Japanese politics, and is essential reading for the complete understanding of Japan today.

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New perspectives in Chinese literature »

Publication date: 1970

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The political economy of independent Fiji »

Publication date: 1970

This book on Fiji provides a fascinating case study of planning in which the small scale and isolation of the economy enables major issues to be seen in almost laboratory-like clarity. In particular it throws light on problems of a multi-racial society in which some important economic and political roles are racially differentiated, and it illustrates the special difficulties of modernisation and growth where a major component in an economy is affluent by reason of a subsistent agriculture that does not earn a monetary income. For the student of Fiji, it provides an authoritative introduction to a political economy on which little else of a comprehensive nature has been written in recent years. For the tens of thousands of visitors to Fiji every year it provides an opportunity for deepened appreciation and understanding of a country that has aroused their interest. For the people of Fiji, and for those in many lands who follow with interest and concern the affairs of this beautiful and fortunate country, it provides a careful and easily understood analysis of problems the understanding and ultimate solution of which are of vital and immediate practical urgency.

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Public finances in Malaya and Singapore »

Publication date: 1970

This book presents the first organised and comprehensive study of public finances in Malaya and Singapore. It not only brings together statistical and descriptive material which at present is available only from a large number of sources but also subjects this material to much critical analysis. In addition, far-reaching but constructive recommendations are made concerning government policies in this area for the two countries. In view of the expansion of the role of the government sector in the development of both Malaya and Singapore, a detailed analysis of public finances is opportune, and the suggestions for change should provoke discussion. The book deserves close study by students of economics and by government officials in Malaysia and Singapore. Students and government officials in other developing countries may well benefit by comparing the structure and performance of fiscal measures in their countries with the experience of Malaya and Singapore. The book will also be valuable to those readers interested in public finance generally, and in Asian affairs.

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Captain Cook, navigator and scientist: Papers presented at the Cook Bicentenary Symposium Australian Academy of Science, Canberra 1 May 1969. »

Publication date: 1970

Man and occasion met when the Royal Society chose Captain James Cook to command Endeavour on the expedition to Tahiti in 1769 to observe the transit of Venus, a phenomenon of outstanding scientific importance. Its importance was matched by the work of Cook and his fellow-scientists on this and subsequent voyages. Cook was a formidable man: powerful, meticulously painstaking, accurate, and patient. He was the supreme navigator of the eighteenth century, and his observations have been as valuable as they were diverse: from control of scurvy to determining the solar parallax, calculating lunar distances, and disproving the theory of a vast southern continent. The considerable legacy of scientific accomplishments his voyages produced were the subjects of the 1969 Symposium sponsored by the Australian Academy of Science to commemorate Captain Cook{u2019}s work in the Pacific. Six distinguished scientists and historians delivered addresses on Cook and his scientific companions, the observations at Tahiti, his work as scientist and navigator, the botany of the South Pacific region, and the Great Barrier Reef (on which Cook nearly came to grief). This book significantly expands our knowledge of Cook. His voyages and achievements will be as stimulating to those of inquiring mind as they have been challenging to scientists from his own day to ours.

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Flora of the Australian Capital Territory »

Publication date: 1970

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Flora of the Australian Capital Territory »

Publication date: 1970

This book describes all species of plants, both native and naturalised, known to occur within the boundaries of the Australian Capital Territory and gives their distribution in other parts of Australia. It is illustrated with 409 line drawings by Dr Burbidge, one for almost every genus in the Flora. This Flora was prepared at the suggestion of the Council of the Royal Society of Canberra and was originally intended as a handbook suitable for the general public. It was later modified to make it suitable also for university students. There are few easily available books on the flora of Australia. This volume, therefore, which describes many plants occurring over much of eastern Australia and Tasmania, should meet the needs not only of schools, universities, and botanists but of all people interested in the countryside of the Australian Capital Territory and surrounding areas.

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Medical practice and the community proceedings »

Publication date: 1970

Proceedings of a conference convened by the Australian National University at the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Canberra, 26-30 August 1968.

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World catalogue of theses on the Pacific Islands »

Publication date: 1970

Familiarity with theses and dissertations on his subject is essential to the research worker. These usually unpublished works are not, however, normally included in bibliographies and manuscript catalogues. As early as 1955 the growing number of theses on the Pacific islands had led to a demand for a catalogue, which was partially met by the publication of an Index of Social Science Theses on the South Pacific. The growing recognition of the importance of the Pacific area now calls for a more comprehensive inventory, covering all disciplines, which this catalogue attempts to supply. The catalogue is based on the microfilm Library of Theses on the Pacific Islands maintained by the Department of Pacific History of the Australian National University, an d expanded by study of all available theses catalogues and by requests for information from universities known to be interested in Pacific studies. It contains more than 1,000 entries and will be an essential aid to all workers in the field of Pacific studies.

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