Book Reviews : American Military Government in Korea. By E. GRANT MEADE. (New York: King's Crown Press. 1951. Pp. xii, 281. $3.75.)

• DOI: 10.1177/106591295100400435
• Published date: 01 December 1951
• Author: Ellsworth E. Weaver
• Date: 01 December 1951
• Subject Matter: Articles

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deprecatory

view

of

the

individual.

His

discussion

of

democracy

as

aspira-

tion,

as

process,

and

as

method

is

stimulating

and

interesting.

The

analysis

goes

a

long

way

toward

correcting

the

manipulative

bias

in

recent

human

behavior

studies.

Tead’s

premise

is

&dquo;that

the

individual’s

fullest

use

of

his

talents

is

prompted

under

conditions

which

he

has

helped

to

determine

and

which

he

cherishes

because

he

finds

them

helpful

to

his

most

satisfying

self-expression

and

growth.&dquo;

Thus,

one

necessary

condition

for

personality

growth

is

&dquo;responsible

democratic

participation

in

those

affairs

which

contribute

most

directly

to

assure

one’s

well-being.&dquo;

Democracy

in

corporate

situations

becomes

a

basic

requirement

for

per-

sonality

growth.

Should

corporate

business

administration

be

democratic?

Tead

says:

yes,

we

should

apply

demoratic

methods

&dquo;wherever

there

is

associated

human

effort

for

worthy

common

ends.&dquo;

Princeton

University.

MARVER

BERNSTEIN.

A

Manual

of

City

Government

in

Michigan.

By

CLAUDE

R.

THARP.

(Ann

Arbor:

University

of

Michigan

Press.

1951.

Pp.

vi,

175.

$2.75.)

A

Manual

of

Village

Government

in

Michigan.

By

CLAUDE

R.

THARP.

(Ann

Arbor:

University

of

Michigan

Press.

1951.

Pp.

vi,

118.

$2.25.)

Ut

the

many

manuals

designed

tor

the

use

ot

municipal

othcials,

these

two

volumes

probably

represent

the

most

useful

form

of

presentation.

The

style

is

narrative

and

full

references

are

made

to

the

sources

in

the

law.

It

seems

to

the

reviewer

that

the

manuals

give

too

much

preference

to

statutes

and

neglect

the

legal

decisions

interpreting

these

statutes.

Out

of

three

hundred

fifty-nine

footnotes

in

the

Manual

of

City

Government

in

Michigan

only

thirty-nine

refer

either

directly

or

indirectly

to

legal

deci-

sions.

The

contents

of

both

volumes

are

similar.

A

brief

history

of

the

development

of

municipal

government

in

Michigan

and

a

description

of

the

organization

of

cities

and

villages

precedes

each

volume.

The

manual

discusses

topics

under

the

following

heads:

(1)

organizational

procedure;

(2)

personnel;

(3)

powers

and

duties

of

officers,

boards,

commissions

and

other

agencies:

and

(4)

financinly.

«

ELLSWORTH

E.

WEAVER.

University

of

Utah.

American

Military

Government

in

Korea.

By

E.

GRANT

MEADE.

(New

York:

King’s

Crown

Press.

1951.

Pp.

xii,

281.

$3.75.)

This

book

attempts

to

portray

the

first

year

of

American

military

government

in

Korea

by

describing

the

situation

as

it

existed

in

Cholla

Nam

Do.

The

author

expresses

this

choice

in

his

opening

paragraph

in

these

words:

&dquo;To

effect

balance

in

this

examination

it

seems

best

to

select