70 SOCIAL SCIENTIST historic buildings and important personalities involved in the story. The paper, print quality and letter types have been judiciously chosen, and the overall get-up of the book is attractive. There is only one small irritant: the index at the end of the second part is a combined index for the two parts, which are separately paginated* This can be a potential source of confusion, in spite of the rule for reading the index which appears at the top. AMAL SANYAL Centre for Economic Studies and Development Jawaharlal Nehru University