Book Reviews : Change in the Contemporary South. Edited by ALLAN P. SINDLER. (Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1963. Pp. x, 247. $7.50.)

• Published date: 01 December 1964
• Date: 01 December 1964
• DOI: 10.1177/106591296401700462
• Author: Clark S. Knowlton
• Subject Matter: Articles

852

UNESCO:

Assessment

and

Promise.

By

GEORGE

N.

SHUSTER.

(New

York:

Harper

&

Row,

1963.

Pp. xiv, 130.

$2.95.)

The

adage,

&dquo;good

things

come

in

small

packages,&dquo;

is

particularly

applicable

to

this

clear,

readable

description

and

evaluation

of

UNESCO

written

by

George

Shus-

ter

and

published

by

the

Council

on

Foreign

Relations.

The

author,

a

former

Presi-

dent

of

Hunter

College,

was

active

in

the

affairs

of

this

Specialized

Agency

from

its

inception;

and

the

thoughtful

unfolding

of

the

life,

trials,

strengths,

and

limitations

of

UNESCO

reflects

the

sensitivity,

feeling,

humor,

and

awareness

of

a

person

who

possesses

an

unusual

grasp

of

human

hopes,

goals,

and

possibilities

as

well

as

pro-

fessional

experience.

The

author

avoids

the

trap

of

dry

elaboration

of

structural

format

and

descrip-

tion

of

formal

purposes

in

textual

content

by

providing

such

material

in

an

Appen-

dix.

The

person

being

exposed

to

UNESCO

for

the

first

time,

or

the

reader

desiring

a

&dquo;refresher&dquo;

in

this

area,

may

well

start

here;

while

those

relatively

well-acquainted

with

the

subject

are

free

to

take

an

immediate

plunge

into

Mr.

Shuster’s

stimulating

writing.

UNESCO

is

treated

from

five

points

of

view:

how

it

came

into

being;

what

it

is

-

the

basic

programs

and

services;

what

it is

in

terms

of

developing

operations;

what

it is

not

-

emphasizing

the

scopes

and

limitations;

and

the

mechanics

of

American

participation.

The

titles,

unfortunately,

do

not

suggest

the

quality

of

content.

Mr.

Shuster

when

writing

of

UNESCO

administration

and

its

limitations,

presents

his

views

analytically

and,

at

the

same

time

injects

a

description

of

the

personalities

and

situations

contributing

to

difficulties.

The

combination

produces

a

vivid

impact

upon

the

reader,

rarely

duplicated

in

the

writing

of

social

scientists.

His

evaluation

of

the

Department

of

State

with

respect

to

U.S.

actions

within

UNESCO

and

at

home

are

most

illuminating

and

illustrative

of

the

values

to

be

found

throughout

the

work.

UNESCO:

Assessment

and

Promise,

in

short,

should

be

required

reading

for

any

courses

dealing

with

international

organization,

foreign

relations,

or

intema-

tional

affairs.

BROWNLEE

SANDS

CORRIN

Goucher

College

Change

in

the

Contemporary

South.

Edited

by

ALLAN

P.

SINDLER.

(Durham,

N.C.:

Duke

University

Press,

1963.

Pp.

x,

247.

$7.50.)

In

this

volume,

the

papers

of

eight

invited

contributors

to

a

conference

on

&dquo;The

Impact

of

Political

and

Legal

Change

in

the

Postwar

South&dquo;

sponsored

by

the

De-

partment

of

Political

Science,

Duke

University,

in

1962

are

published.

They

en-

deavor

to

analyze

current

cultural,

economic,

and

political

changes

taking

place

in

the

modem

South

since

World

War

II.

Among

the

contributors

are

a

historian,

an

economist,

a

lawyer,

two

sociologists,

and

four

political

scientists.

Implicit

in

the

majority

of

the

papers

is

the

assumption

that

since

World

War

II,

the

rise

of

a

modem

industrialized,

urbanized

society

in

the

South

is

bringing

about

fundamental

changes

in

culture

and

ways

of

life

that

are

nationalizing

the

South.

They

predict

a

slow

but

steady

erosion

of

its

unique

sectional

characteristics

and

an

ever

increasing