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Guide to United Nations Organisation, Documentation and Publishing. Peter I Hajnal, New York: Oceana Publications. 1978.450 pp. $35.00 Appropriate Technology Directory. Nicolas Jequier, Paris: Development Centre, OECD. 1979. 361 pp. £11.00 Soviet South Asian Relations 1947–78 Vol I: the Kashmir question; 1952–64; the Kutch conflict; Indo‐Pak conflict of 1965; Bangladesh crisis and Indo‐Pak war of 1971. Compiled by R K Jain, Oxford: Martin Robertson. 1979. 602 pp. £18.50 Soviet South Asian Relations 1947–78 Vol II: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka. Compiled by R K Jain, Oxford: Martin Robertson. 1979.459 pp. £18.50 Freedom Fighter: the story of Dr Saifuddin Kitchlew. F Z Kitchlew, London: New Horizon. 1979. 107 pp. £4.50 The Subcontinent in World Politics. Edited by Lawrence Ziring, London: Praeger 1978.238 pp. £13.50 Transnational Corporations and World Order: readings in international political economy. George Modelski, San Francisco: W H Freeman. 1979.438 pp. $18.95. $8.95 pb Sweepers of the Slaughterhouse: conflict and survival in a Karachi neighbourhood. Pieter Streefland, Assen, The Netherlands: Royal Van Gorcum. 1979.150 pp. Major Companies of Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela 1979–80. London: Graham andTrotman. 1979. 404 pp. np Crisis in Muslim Education. S S Husain & S A Ashraf, London: Hodder & Stoughton. 1979. 133 pp. £4.50 Aims and Objectives of Islamic Education. S N Al‐Attas, London: Hodder & Stoughton. 1979.168 pp. £5.00 Population and Economic Development. Yves Bizien, New York: Praeger. 1979.186 pp. £12.25 Political Participation in Latin America. Vol I: citizen and state. Edited by J A Booth & M A Seligson, New York: Holmes & Meier. 1978.258 pp. np Political Participation in Latin America. Vol II: politics and the poor. Edited by J A Booth & M A Seligson, New York: Holmes & Meier. 1978.262 pp. np