Book ReviewsSusan Freinkel. American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. 284 pp.; illustration, map, chart, index. $27.50.
The End of the End? Cattle Bring Us to Our Enemies: Turkana Ecology, Politics, and Raiding in a Disequilibrium System. By J. Terrence McCabe. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2004. 301 pp.
The Many Faces of Mrs. X: Maternal Risk and Reproductive Realities in Tanzania Managing Motherhood; Managing Risk: Fertility and Danger in West Central Tanzania.By Denise Roth Allen. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2002. 303 pp.