"Accounting for Taste: British Coffee Consumption in Historical Perspective" by S. D. Smith, in Journal of lnterdisciplinary History (Autumn 1996), 26 Linnaean St., Cambridge, Mass. 02138-161 1.
"Geotherapy: Russia's Neuroses, and Ours" by Stephen Sestanovich, in The National Interest (Fall 1996), 1112 16th St. N.W., Ste. 540, Washington, D.C. 20036.
"The Chinese Family and Economic Development: Obstacle or Engine?" by Martin King Whyte, in Economic Development and Cultural Change (Oct. 1996), 11 30 E. 59th St., Chicago, 111. 60637
Reviews of new research at public agencies and private institutions
BORN TO REBEL: Birth Order, Family Dynamics, and Creative LivesBy Frank J . Sulloway. Pantheon. 653 pp. $30.
AFTER THE END OF ART: Contemporary Art and the Pale of History. By Arthur C. Danto. Princeton University Press. 256 pp. $24.95
THE EMOTIONAL BRAIN: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional LifeBy Joseph LeDoux. Simon & Schuster. 384 pp. $25
GOODBYE, DESCARTES:The End of Logic and the Search for a New Cosmology of the Mind.By Keith Devlin. Wiley. 320 pp. $27.95
By John Hoberman. Houghton Mifflin. 326 pp. $22.95