Part Two: The City A study in two parts of the human impact of agricultural change and urbanization in the Javanese village of Pilangsari and the city of Djakarta Simprug “You are millions…But we are countless…”Aleksandr Blok In the heart of Kebajoran Baru, the richest
1. Nobel Prize for Dr. Borlaug 2. Djakarta: The First “Closed City” October 30, 1970 A few days ago I received a cable from the Washington Star asking me to write a story on this year’s award of the Nobel Peace Prize
June 12, 1970 Introductory note: The central, developing theme of previous articles in my study has been that if the governments of the poor nations cannot solve their problems of overpopulation and the social dislocation of the agricultural revolution, many of the world’s cities risk
Part Four: The Harvest A study in four parts of the human impact of the new seeds and methods of cultivation in Ghungrali-Rajputan, a prosperous farming village on the Punjab Plain in Northwest India The tractor and the huge red cutting machine came over the
Gap Malheureux January 2, 1970 To the island of Mauritius and the fishing settlements along its rocky northernmost extreme of Cap Malheureux dawn comes gently. The sky grays over the stars of the southern hemisphere and the pale, late moon grows insubstantial and thin as
