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In her Bangladesh village, ten-year-old Naimi excels at painting designs called alpanas, but to help her impoverished family financially she would have to be a boy--or disguise herself as one. In her Bangladesh village, ten-year-old Naimi excels at painting designs called alpanas, but to help her impoverished family financially she would have to be a boy--or disguise herself as one.

At Lokayan, an organisation closely linked to the CSDS, Rajendra Ravi worked on a study that documents the predicament of the rickshaw-puller that has been published as 'Rihha: rk mahagatba.' Typically the rickshaw-puller comes from the strata of the poor who come into the city in search of a better livelihood affected by the mechanization of agriculture. At Lokayan, an organisation closely linked to the CSDS, Rajendra Ravi worked on a study that documents the predicament of the rickshaw-puller that has been published as 'Rihha: rk mahagatba.' Typically the rickshaw-puller comes from the strata of the poor who come into the city in search of a better livelihood affected by the mechanization of agriculture.

From Strand's careful account one realizes that the social and political life of Beijing even under warlordism was organized and integrated to a far greater extent than that of many younger cities in other countries. From Strand's careful account one realizes that the social and political life of Beijing even under warlordism was organized and integrated to a far greater extent than that of many younger cities in other countries.

This book chronicles the vast movement of coolies between China and the Nanyang, and their efforts to survive in colonial Singapore. This book chronicles the vast movement of coolies between China and the Nanyang, and their efforts to survive in colonial Singapore.

This study reviews the informal transport sector throughout the world, and identifies promising enabling and remedial strategies. This study reviews the informal transport sector throughout the world, and identifies promising enabling and remedial strategies.

The sights, sounds, and smells of early twentieth century Peking are reproduced in a socialist novel depicting the dehumanization of a worker who both represents and is victimized by a sick society The sights, sounds, and smells of early twentieth century Peking are reproduced in a socialist novel depicting the dehumanization of a worker who both represents and is victimized by a sick society

Xiangzi, a ricksaw puller, is thwarted in his attempt to improve his lot in life, when he is captured by renegade soldiers, seduced by his boss's ugly daughter and robbed by an unscrupulous detective in this classic Chinese novel. Xiangzi, a ricksaw puller, is thwarted in his attempt to improve his lot in life, when he is captured by renegade soldiers, seduced by his boss's ugly daughter and robbed by an unscrupulous detective in this classic Chinese novel.