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As far back as 1913, Hoesein Djajadiningrat made a critical study of one of the sources for Indonesian history. He was the first Indonesian to do so. But his work, though important, cannot be properly considered as the beginning of modern Indonesian historiography. This came later.

Preliminary Material /Thomas A. Idinopulos and Brian C. Wilson -- The Strengths and Weaknesses of Durkheim's Methodology for the Study and Teachingof Religion /Thomas A. Idinopulos -- The Creation of Human Behavior: Reconciling Durkheim and the Study of Religion /William E. Paden -- Secularism and the Sacred: Is there Really Something Called "Secular Religion"? /W. Watts Miller -- Pragmatism and Protestantism in the Development of Durkheim's Sociology of Religion /Robert Alun Jones -- Robertson Smith's Influence on Durkheim's Theory of Myth and Ritual /Robert A. Segal -- Durkheim, Kant and the Social Construction of the Categories /Tony Edwards -- The Durkheimians and the Fifth Section of the Ecole Pratique Des Hautes Etudes: An Overview /John I. Brooks -- Durkheim, Judaism and the Afterlife /Ivan Strenski -- Durkheim and Early Christianity /James Constantine Ranges -- Altars and Chalkstones: The Anomalous Case of Puritan Sacred Space in Light of Durkheim's Ritheory of Tual /Brian C. Wilson -- Select Bibliography /Thomas A. Idinopulos and Brian C. Wilson -- Index of Names /Thomas A. Idinopulos and Brian C. Wilson -- Index of Subjects /Thomas A. Idinopulos and Brian C. Wilson.

Acknowledging that the political scientist wanting to explore Arkansas government and politics is often frustrated by the lack of sources and data, the author presents a wideranging guide to little known materials. There are a few general reference works, such as the Historical Report of the Secretary of State, and a half-dozen bibliographies and document listings. Numerous documents of more narrow focus are noted, available from various executive, legislative, and judicial offices as well as from university groups and historical societies. The author also offers a syllabus for a course in Arkansas politics, drawing upon a number of the sources cited and focusing on the dramatic change believed to have characterized Arkansas politics in recent years.

Considering the importance of political science as an academic subject in our time, it is surprising that more attention has not been given, until now, to the history of political study and teaching. As Professor Anderson?s book makes clear, an understand