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.

This is the first book about Chinese ceramics written by an Australian in co-operation with a long-time resident of China. Wanda Garnsey, through her long friendship with Rewi Alley, had access to up-to-date information not readily available to others. The book describes the search for historical facts relating to the long and sustained cultural growth of the Chinese people now being undertaken in China and the continuing manufacture of objects of beauty.

In the three volumes of The History of the Former Han Dynasty, Professor H. H. Dubs translated the basic annals and the biography of the usurper Wang Mang from the Han shu of Pan Ku. Official Titles of the Former Han Dynasty, which has been compiled on Professor Dubs's authority and with the aid of his notes, sets out his English translations for the Chinese official titles of that time. The Former Han Dynasty ruled China from 206 b.c. to a.d. 9, and its administrative system set the pattern for the empires that followed.

Till the beginning of the nineteenth century the Pacific Islands had known Europeans mainly as transient visitors. Before it ended they had been drawn within the frontiers of the Western world. The changing way of life of the Pacific is shown through this series of portraits of men and women who lived in the islands between the early years of the nineteenth century and the outbreak of the First World War.

In choosing the poems, stories, and essays in this volume, its editor, Australian poet Rosemary Dobson, has sought works that reflect the ideas and ideals challenging the imagination of contemporary Australian writers. Her authors look to the past, finding there material relevant to today or recreating a nostalgic time gone by. They look also to the present, at the perplexities of modern life. The poets, both those of established reputation and those of fresh young talent, look to the local or the international scene, both time past and time present.

This book examines the cooking methods and household gadgetry of Australia{u2019}s past. Its span and documentation make it by far the most comprehensive essay to date on the subject.

This monograph describes the economic position of Aborigines living in an urban setting. Aborigines form a very small minority in Adelaide, a city of some one million inhabitants. The present social and economic situation of Adelaide Aborigines is compared with studies made in 1966 and 1973 and with the non-Aboriginal population. With a deteriorating economic climate in the city, especially as regards employment, Aborigines have bad difficulty in maintaining the advantage they acquired by migrating to the city in earlier decades.

Town and country meet and mingle in the urban produce markets of the Pacific region. From here economic forces operate to diffuse new forms of production and organisation throughout the region. These new forms are, however, superimposed on the traditional trading exchanges of the Pacific peoples; full understanding of them requires consideration of the whole social and economic environment, of trading practices and their economic motivation. This book presents a snapshot of urban marketing in the Pacific in the 1960s against such a background.

Australia is often referred to as a classless society, with few of the class distinctions of the old world, but this description has never been tested systematically. More radical writers now assert that there is a rigid class structure and much special privilege. They maintain that there is little opportunity for persons to advance materially by their own efforts. This book attempts to provide an answer to these conflicting claims. It examines how far equality of opportunity exists, in the educational system and elsewhere.

"The Voyage of the Scotia" is a very readable account of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition of 1902-4 by its botanist, meteorologist and geologist. The expedition's leader was the marine biologist, W. S. Bruce. After early travels in both the Arctic and the Antarctic, Bruce fitted out his own expedition, having raised some {u00A3}36,000 with the support of the Scientific Societies in Edinburgh and help from the Coats family. This was a much smaller sum than that raised for Scott{u2019}s Polar Expedition, and Bruce never had enough money to give full scope to his ideas.