Book Reviews : Changes in Congress: Proposals to Change Congress — Term of Members of the House — A Bibliography. Compiled by DOROTHY C. TOMPKINS. (Berkeley: Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, 1966. Pp. vi, 43. $1.75.)

• Author: Murray C. Havens
• DOI: 10.1177/106591296601900445
• Published date: 01 December 1966
• Date: 01 December 1966
• Subject Matter: Articles

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Changes in Congress: Proposals to Change Congress — Term of Members of the
House — A Bibliography. Compiled by DOROTHY C. TOMPKINS. (Berkeley:
Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, 1966. Pp. vi, 43.
$1.75.)
This bibliography is announced as the first in a series relating to Congress and
dealing primarily with proposals for reform of that institution. Beginning with
materials concerning the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, this volume lists
most of the literature of the last twenty years relating to change in Congress and
places particular emphasis on recent suggestions for modifying the term of office
of members of the House of Representatives. Sensibly organized and up to date,
it is, within its limits, an effective compilation, but this reviewer is doubtful that a
worthwhile objective has really been achieved. The listing brings to the attention
of the serious scholar in this field little that is not already known to him. Most of
its contents can be readily located through other bibliographical sources. If its
primary purpose, on the other hand, is to serve as a guide to student research in
this area, much more detailed information on the contributions of the various
items listed would surely be appropriate. For most there is merely a standard non-
descriptive entry, and the one-sentence excerpts which are added to a few will
scarcely be more helpful to the bewildered undergraduate.
MURRAY C. HAVENS
University of Sydney
United States Diplomacy in China, 1844-60. By TE-KONG TONG. (Seattle: Uni-
versity of Washington Press, 1964. Pp. xiii, 332. $8.50.)
A new dimension in the study of United States-Chinese relations is the...