Book reviewed in this article:Contention and Dispute: Aspects of Law and Social Control in Melanesia. Edited by A. L. EpsteinThe Pacific in Transition. Geographical perspectives in adaptation and change. Edited by Harold BrookfieldMicronesia at the Crossroads: A Reappraisal of the Micronesian Dilemma. By Carl Heine.The Marquesan Journal of Edward Robarts 1797–1824. Edited by Greg Dening.Thunder from the Sea. By Willowdean Chatterson HandyMaori Death Customs. By R. S. Oppenheim, A. H. and A. W. Reed, WellingtonAborigines in the Northern Territory Cattle Industry. By Frank StevensRealities of Race. An Analysis of the Concepts of Race and Racism and their Relevance to Australian Society. By Keith R. McConnochieThe Industrialists and the Aborigines. A Study of Aboriginal Employment in the Australian Mining Industry. By Peter H. Rogers.Down Among the Wild Men. A Narrative Journey of fifteen years pursuing the Old Stone Age Aborigines of Australia. By John GreenwayTales of a Revolution. By Abu HanifahRice Farming in Taiwan: Three Village Studies. By Sung‐hsing Wang and Raymond ApthorpePiman Shamanism and Staying Sickness (Ká:cim Mûmkidag). By Donald M. Bahr, Juan Gregorio, David I. Lopez, Albert AlvarezResearch Design in Anthropology. By John A. Brim and David H. Spain. Holt, Rinehart and WinstonAn Introduction to Sociology. By J. E. Goldthorpe.Leo Frobenius‐An Anthology. Edited by Eike HaberlandField Archaeology in Britain. By John ColesDie Tasmanier; Versuch einer ethnographischhistorischen Rekonstruktion. By Gisela Völger.Archaeological Excavations of Fortified Sites on Taveuni, Fiji. By Everett Lloyd FrostEvolution of the Genus Homo. By W. HowellsFossil Man, an Evolutionary Journey. By F. E. Poirier.Perspectives on Human Evolution 2. Edited by S. L. Washburn and P. Dolhinow. Holt, Rinehart and WinstonHuman Evolution, Readings in Physical Anthropology. Edited by N. Korn. Holt, Rinehart and WinstonMan in Evolutionary Perspective. Edited by C. L. Brace and J. Metress. John Wiley and Sons.Elements of Human and Social Geography. By Eric Sunderland.The Dyirbal Language of North Queensland. By R. M.