Ben J. Wallace

Using an airplane for an ox cart: A perspective on interdisciplinary research

Dahlberg, Kenneth A., and John W. Bennett., eds. Natural Resources and People: Conceptual Issues in Interdisciplinary Research. Boulder, Colorado: Westview, 1986. vii + 394 pp. including chapter references and index.

Oklahoma Kickapoo Culture Change

32.50 paper. Holmes, Roland C. Irrigation in Southern Peru: The Chili Basin. Chicago: University of Chicago Department of Geography, 1986. iii + 199 pp. including tables, photographs, postscript and bibliography.

Rural Women and State Policy: Feminist Perspectives on Latin American Agricultural Development.@@@The Invisible Resource: Women and Work in Rural Bangladesh.

10.00 paper. Komoguchi, Yoshimi. Agricultural Systems in Tamil Nadu. Chicago: University of Chicago Department of Geography, 1986. vii + 175 pp. including tables, figures and bibliography.

Contemporary Pacific Societies: Studies in Development and Change

10.00 paper.

Cultures of the Pacific : selected readings

The Kickapoo are one of the more traditionally oriented Indian tribes in the state of Oklahoma. This is not only a view held by the writer, it has been expressed by another anthropologist (Pope 195...

Pagan Gaddang Spouse Exchange

In this book women are examined as a part of the complex natural and social fabric characterizing the countryside of Bangladesh. The first few chapters are devoted to a general examination of the villages of Choto Kalampur and Jalsha Borohissa. Chapters 4 and 5 are devoted to a detailed description of the jobs that women do and to an analysis of the amount of time women spend doing their many jobs. Chapter 6 describes and analyzes some of the life experiences or rural Bangladeshi women. The research had 3 primary goals: 1) to identify the economic and non-economic activities of rural women 2) to identify the amount of time women devote to these activities and 3) to identify womens contributions in agricultural activity. 34 households were selected from each village on a random basis from the farm class categories of landless persons small farm households medium farm households and large farm households. Field research was conducted for over a year (1984-1985) and involved members of the research team either residing in or visiting the 2 villages daily. Gathering the data involved various field techniques ranging from administering questionnaires and participant observation to working closely with keyinformants. The authors conclude that Bangladeshi women are economically invisible. Women constitute 48% of the total population of predominantly rural Bangladesh; 92% live in country villages. Both men and women work in a farming economy in cooperative activities usually shared between husbands and wives. However the activities of women are hidden or disregarded because the society perceives their work more as wifely duties than as economic contributions. The number of hours a woman spends in direct and indirect economic activity is affected by farm size class the season of the year and by village. Women from landless households work more hours/year than any other farm size class of women. In Kalamour these women work 4275 hours/year and in Jalsha the women work 4138 hours/year. Women from medium farm households work the least number of hours at 3772 hours/year in Kalampur and 3784 hours/year in Jalsha.