
Bulloch (University of Hawai’i Press 264 pages $62). In Pursuit of Progress: Narratives of Development on a Philippine Island by Hannah C.M. A study of outreach workers for the homeless and others who “sleep rough” in Cardiff, the Welsh capital.


Draws on interviews with 1,800 elderly women in a study that links footbinding at the Chinese village level to demands for disciplined young girls to do hand labor before the rise of factories.įootwork: Urban Outreach and Hidden Lives by Tom Hall (Pluto Press, distributed by University of Chicago Press 260 pages $99 hardcover, $30 paperback). Writings on the prospects for strengthening Pakistan’s agricultural sector topics include irrigation, climate change, women’s empowerment, and improving rural education and health.īound Feet, Young Hands: Tracking the Demise of Footbinding in Village China by Laurel Bossen and Hill Gates (Stanford University Press 264 pages $45).

Spielman and others (International Food Policy Research Institute, distributed by University of Pennsylvania Press 531 pages $79.95). Agriculture and the Rural Economy in Pakistan: Issues, Outlooks, and Policy Priorities edited by David J.
