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Book Notes LONRHO: P m l t of a Mdti-Nationl. By S. CronjC, M . Ling and G.CronjC (Harmondsworth: Penguin Books and Julian Friedmiuin. 1976). Pp. 316. f6.95. €130 (paper]. A vast mars of detail about the growth an4 operation of Lonrho. of a kind usually very difficult to ! obtain. is packed into this book. I is perhaps too much for the lay reader. although, to cover the enormous range of the company's activities. it is indispensable. The specialist might fez1 that it lacks analytic depth and that lay readers should be.told of the various kinds of multinationals. CANBERRA: Sire a d City. By G.J.R. Linge (Canberra: Australian National University Press. 1975). Pp. 87. Maps and plates. $3.95. This is a b t i d but penetrating hhtoty of the planning and populating of Canberra. condensed for the general rcader by a resident geographer whose experience as spectaror and participant gives a lively tone to his account of the interaction of planners and planned. tinge registers regret that some of the energy and tact lavished on tourists to the national capital has not been devoted to purely local needs But he provides good evidence of maturing social life, streggthcning http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Politics and History Wiley

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Australian Journal of Politics and History , Volume 23 (2) – Aug 1, 1977
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Wiley
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Copyright © 1977 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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0004-9522
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1467-8497
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10.1111/j.1467-8497.1977.tb01246.x
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LONRHO: P m l t of a Mdti-Nationl. By S. CronjC, M . Ling and G.CronjC (Harmondsworth: Penguin Books and Julian Friedmiuin. 1976). Pp. 316. f6.95. €130 (paper]. A vast mars of detail about the growth an4 operation of Lonrho. of a kind usually very difficult to ! obtain. is packed into this book. I is perhaps too much for the lay reader. although, to cover the enormous range of the company's activities. it is indispensable. The specialist might fez1 that it lacks analytic depth and that lay readers should be.told of the various kinds of multinationals. CANBERRA: Sire a d City. By G.J.R. Linge (Canberra: Australian National University Press. 1975). Pp. 87. Maps and plates. $3.95. This is a b t i d but penetrating hhtoty of the planning and populating of Canberra. condensed for the general rcader by a resident geographer whose experience as spectaror and participant gives a lively tone to his account of the interaction of planners and planned. tinge registers regret that some of the energy and tact lavished on tourists to the national capital has not been devoted to purely local needs But he provides good evidence of maturing social life, streggthcning

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