© John France 1999 This book is copyright under the Berne Convention. No reproduction without permission. All rights reserved. First published in 1999 by UCL Press UCL Press Limited 1 Gunpowder Square London EC4A 3DE UK The name of University College London (UCL) is a registered trade mark used by UCL Press with the consent of the owner. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data are available ISBNs: 1-85728-466-6 HB 1-85728-467-4 PB Typeset by Best-set Typesetter Ltd., Hong Kong. Printed by T. J. International, Padstow, UK. -iv- |