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...Michael Moffatt Behind Poverty: The Social Formation in a Tamil Village . By Göran Djurfeldt and Staffan Lindberg . Lund : Studentlitteratur ; and London: Curzon Press, 1975 . 340 pp. Maps, Illustrations, Tables, Notes, Appendixes, Glossary, Bibliography, n.p.l. Pills against...

...Myungji Yang Social Forces and States: Poverty and Distributional Outcomes in South Korea, Chile, and Mexico . By Judith A. Teichman . Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press , 2012 . 272 pp. $80.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2013...

...Aseem Shrivastava Poverty amid Plenty in the New India . By Atul Kohli . New York : Cambridge University Press , 2012 . xiii, 249 pp. $99.00 (cloth); $29.99 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2013  2013 Contrary to popular perception, the watershed...

...Timothy D. Amos Give and Take: Poverty and the Status Order in Early Modern Japan . By Maren A. Ehlers . Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center , 2018 . xiv, 351 pp. ISBN: 9780674983878 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2019  2019...

... while others remain mired in abject poverty. Worse still, India has the dubious distinction of remaining the reservoir of the largest pool of the world's poor. The country has also witnessed extraordinary waves of political mobilization that have enfranchised significant portions of its citizenry...

...J. S. Uppal Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1981 1981 The Indian Economy: Poverty and Development . By Pramit Chaudhuri . New York : St. Martin's Press , 1979 . xi , 179 pp. Bibliographic References, Index. $18.95. 404 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES McClelland et al...

...Choh-Ming Li Poverty and Capital Development in India . By D. K. Rangnekar . Issued under the auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. London and New York : Oxford University Press , 1958 . xii, 316 . $6.40. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1959...

...Nicolaas Luykx Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1978 1978 The Poverty Curtain: Choices for the Third World . By Mahbub ul Haq . New York : Columbia University Press , 1976 . xvii, 247 pp. Statistical Appendix, Selected Readings, Index. $12.50 (cloth); $5.95...

...James Brow Basic Needs, Poverty and Government Policies in Sri Lanka . By Peter Richards and Wilbert Gooneratne . Geneva : International Labour Office , 1980 . 176 pp. Sw F 17.50. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1981 1981 BOOK REVIEWS SOUTH ASIA 187 electoral...

... empathetic understanding of this major phenomenon in Hinduism. But let those hoping for inspiration be forewarned, this is a book for the intellect, not for the heart. NORMAN CUTLER University of Chicago Poverty and Women's Work: A Study of Sweeper Women in Delhi. By MALAVIKA KARLEKAR. Delhi: Vikas...

...Ravee Raghavan Poverty and Social Change in Southeast Asia (Selections from the Proceedings, Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies, 1978.) . Edited by Ozay Mehmet . Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press , 1979 . 283 pp. Tables, Maps. N.p.l. (paper). Copyright © The Association...

...Ranjana Damle Indian Women in a Changing Industrial Scenario . Edited by Nirmala Banerjee . New Delhi : Sage Publications , 1991 . 320 pp. $35.00. Gender and Poverty in India . A World Bank Country Study. Washington, D.C. : World Bank Publications , 1991 . xxix, 374 pp...

...Norma Diamond Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1992 1992 The Poverty of Plenty . [Furao de pinkun] . By Wang Xiaoqiang and Bai Nanfeng . Translated by Angela Knox . New York : St. Martin's Press , 1991 . xxi, 193 pp. $59.95. 912 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES...

...Donald R. Snodgrass Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1993 1993 The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity, and Growth: Sri Lanka and Malaysia . By Henry J. Bruton , in collaboration with Gamini Abeysekera, Nimal Sanderatne, and Zainal Aznam Yusof. New York : Oxford...

...John Echeverri-Gent Poverty, Inequality, and Prices in Rural India . By Nikhilesh Bhattacharya , Dipankor Coondoo , Pradip Maiti , and Robin Mukherjee . New Delhi : Sage Publications , 1991 . 236 pp. $28.50. Against the Few: Struggles of India's Rural Poor . By Arun Sinha...

...Susan D. Russell Urban Poverty and the Labour Market: Access to Jobs and Incomes in Asian and Latin American Cities . Edited by Gerry Rodgers . Geneva : International Labour Organization , 1989 . 257 pp. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1990 1990 BOOK REVIEWS...

...William Hurst Creating Wealth and Poverty in Postsocialist China . Edited by Deborah S. Davis and Wang Feng . Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press , 2009 . xiv , 293 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2010 2010...

...F. Tomasson Jannuzi Direct Attacks on Rural Poverty: Policy, Programmes, and Implementation . By Prabhu Ghate . New Delhi : Concept Publishing Co. , 1984 . xvi, 597 pp. Rs. 200.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1988 1988 BOOK REVIEWS SOUTH ASIA 677 Social...

... Asia. ANWAR H. SYED University of Massachusetts at Amberst Behaviour and Poverty in Bangladesh. By CLARENCE MALONEY. Dhaka: The University Press, 1986. viii, 87 pp. TK. 125.00. Clarence Maloney has lived in Bangladesh for nine years, engaging himself mainly in rural development work. This book presents...

...Robert P. Weller A Chinese Beggars' Den; Poverty and Mobility in an Underclass Community . By David C. Schak . Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press , 1988 . xiv, 245 pp. $24.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1989 1989 146 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES...