New Releases by Richard Gott

In a first-hand report from Venezuela, veteran correspondent Richard Gott places the county''s controversial president in historical perspective. Examining Chavez''s plans and programmes and the support these attract, Gott argues that this unique experiment may prove a new way forward for Latin America.

The book considers the place of investigative work in the science curriculum and presents the latest research in this field. The authors consider the theoretical framework which underlies this kind of practical work - what are pupils actually learning and what are we trying to teach them? They argue that the thinking behind the doing of science is at present undervalued and that this is something that needs to be taught. They present innovative ways of focusing teaching on particular aspects of investigations and consider the issue of assessment. The interplay between theory, research and practice will appeal to readers who are involved in secondary science education and who are eager to know more about the present state of knowledge in investigative work in science.

Gott describes his journey through the heart of South America, across the swampland that forms the watershed between the Plate and the Amazon rivers. He intermingles his travel account with the results of his extensive research into the history of this land that once formed the contested frontier between Spanish and Portuguese territory and was the setting for a string of Jesuit missions and later for the extermination of the local peoples. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Account of political opposition and rural area guerrilla warfare in Latin America, with particular reference to revolutionary social movements and the activities of the communist political party and its associated peasant movements - covers the historical events leading up to the death of che guevara, and includes armed conflicts, political conflicts, etc. Bibliography pp. 579 to 596, maps and references.