Journal of Social Development in Africa (1999), 14,2,129 List of Books Received Austen, Ralph A & Derrick, Jonathan (1999) Middlemen of the Cameroons Rivers. The Duala and their Hinterland, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 252 pp, inc index, ISBN: 0-521-56228-7 (h/b), Price: £40.00, $59.95; 0-521-56664-9 (p/b), Price: £14.95, $24.95. Ashcraft, Donna M (1998) Women's Work. A Survey of Scholarship by and about Women, The Haworth Press, New York, 373 pp, inc index, ISBN: 0- 7890-0233-7 (h/b), Price: $59.95; 0-56023-909-3 (p/b), Price: $29.95. Canda, Edward R (ed) (1998) Spirituality in Social Work. New Directions, The Haworth Press, New York, 112 pp, inc index, ISBN: 0-7890-0515-8 (h/b), Price: $29.95. Cotton, Ann & Synge, Richard (1998) Cutting the Gordian Knot. The Benefits of Girls, Cambridge Female Education Trust (CAMFED) in association with Africa Studies Centre, Cambridge, Cambridge, 373 pp, inc index, ISBN: 0- 9532907 0 0, Price: N/K. Manning, Patrick (1998) Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa 1880-1995, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 247 pp, inc index, ISBN: 0-521-64255-8 (h/b), Price: £40.00, $59.95; 0-521-64519-0 (p/b), Price: £14.95, $24.95. Rwebangira, M K & Liljestrom, R (1998) Haraka, Haraka...Look before you leap, Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 269 pp, ISBN: 91-7106-429-X,Price: SEK250, £19.95, $31.95. Segal, Elizabeth A & Kilty, Keith M (1998) Pressing Issues of Inequality and American Indian Communities, The Haworth Press, New York, 98 pp, inc index, ISBN: 0-7890-0663-4 (h/b), Price $29.95. Singh, Katar (1999) Rural Development. Principles? Policies and Management, Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, 353 pp, inc index/ISBN: 0-7619-9308-8 (US-h/b); 81-7036-772-7 (India- h/b), Price: Rs 450; 0-7619- 9309-6 (US-p/b); 81-7036-773-5 (India- p/b), Price: Rs 245. 130 Abstracting Services & Index Abstracting Services to which this Journal is Submitted • Abstracts on Rural Development in the Tropics (Amsterdam) • Abstracts on Tropical Agriculture (Amsterdam) • Applied Social Science Index and Abstracts (ASSIA) (London) • CODESRIA (Dakar) • Human Resources Abstracts (London) • Humanities Index (New York) • International Africa Bibliography (London) • International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (London) • International Development Abstracts (Norwich) • Periodica Islamica Index (Malaysia) • Rural Development Abstracts (Wallingford) • Social Sciences Index (New York) • Sociological Abstracts (San Diego) • Social Work Research and Abstracts (New York) Index An Index (by article and review book author, article title, review book title, z reviewer) is produced for this Journal every two years as part of the appropri issue, ie 8/2,10/2,12,2, etc. Notes for Contributors: All correspondence should be addressed to: The Editor Journal of Social Development in Africa School of Social Work P Bag 66022 Kopje, Harare Zimbabwe. 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