North Pakistan

PART 1 MOUNTAIN SOCIETY AND HABITAT: Cultural Impress and Political Economy of North Pakistan - Nigel J.R. Allan; A study of the historical relationships of north Pakistan with the surrounding areas now integrated into Afghanistan, the former USSR and China - Wolfgang Holzworth; A description of the traditional society prior to its integration into the Pakistan state - Karl Jettmar. PART 2 INTERNAL ORGANIZATION OF SOCIETY AND TECHNOLOGY: Natural Hazards in Northern Pakistan - John F. Schroeder Jr; Between Glaciers and the Desert - Klaus Haserodt; Shimshall - Interpreting Pakistan's Most Isolated Village from the Outside - David A.O. Butz; The Changing Position of Women in Hunza Society - Sabine Felmy; Women's Life - World of Hopar, Nager Tehsil, Gilgit - Faruda Hewitt. PART 3 EXTERNALLY INDUCED IMPACTS ON MOUNTAIN SOCIETIES: Women's Labour and Regional Economic Change in Chitral, Gilgit and Baltistan - Priscilla Magrath; International Innovation in Farmer-Managed Irrigation Systems in Gilgit District - Tariq Husain & Edward J. Vander Velde; Human Adaptation and Environmental Change Among Villages in the Rakaposhi-Haramosh Range - Erwin F. Groetzbach.