bout de papier, Volume 12, Issue No. 3, 1995
The Americas: On the Brink
The Canadians who best knew Latin America at the beginning of this century were a small band of dedicated missionaries and a handful of intrepid entrepreneurs. Otherwise, Canadians at large ignored the exotic and oh-so-foreign land of Carmen Miranda. There was a…
The Old Street Singer
In the heart of the stinking slum there is a small oasis of hope. Behind the mottled stucco and ragged geraniums, on a small crowded veranda, a group of society’s rejects sit happily in the tropical winter. The sunshine filters through the…
On a Hinge of History
From prehistory until about 1000 AD, the world’s population did not increase by much. In earliest times, life was so precarious, and food supplies so unreliable, that a rough balance obtained between births and deaths notwithstanding an undoubtedly high fertility rate. The…
Uprooting Poverty, the South African Challenge
The main value of this long book, in this reviewer’s opinion, is that it provides indisputable evidence of the direct linkage between political powerlessness and poverty. Another important theme is the vicious circle which coils around poor people. It is nearly impossible…
