Book reviews

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Indigenous Capital in Kenya: The ‘Indian’ Dimension of Debate, by Michael Cowen and Scott MacWilliam. Helsinki: Interkont Books; Institute of Development Studies, University of Helsinki, 1996. Pp.245. NP (paperback). ISBN 951 4572 99 8 Ikki: Social Conflict and Political Protest in Early Modern Japan, by James W. White. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1995. Pp.xiii + 348; £29,95 (hardback). ISBN 0 8014 3154 9 European Proto‐Industrialization, edited by Sheilagh C. Ogilvie and Marcus Cerman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp.xi + 274; £40 (hardback); £14.95 (paperback). ISBN 0 521 49738 8 and 49760 4 Land and Popular Politics in Ireland: County Mayo from the Plantation to the Land War, by Donald Jordan, Jr. (Past and Present Publications). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pp.xiv + 369. £45 (hardback); £19.95 (paperback). ISBN 0 521 32404 1 and 46683 0 Agriculture in the Middle Ages: Technology, Practice and Representation, edited by Del Sweeney. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995. Pp.xiii + 371. $48.95 (hardback); $18.95 (paperback). ISBN 0 8122 3282 8 and 1511 7 Footloose Labour: Working in India's Formal Economy, by Jan Breman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. x + 278. £50 (hardback); £16.95 (paperback). ISBN 0 521 560 837 and 568 242