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CoEvolution Quarterly, Spring 1984

“The shape of an African elephant’s ear is the shape of Africa; the shape of an Indian elephant’s ear is the shape of India… Almost as if Nature had kept an ear to the ground when listening to the elephant’s territorial requests.”

Sections:
  1. Articles
  2. Poetry
  3. Community
  4. The Politics of Religion
  5. Politics
  6. Soft Technology
  7. Land Use
  8. Whole Systems
  9. Nomadics
  10. Communications
  11. Craft
  12. Learning
  13. Backscatter
  14. Business
CoEvolution Quarterly, Spring 1984
  1. ARTICLES
    1. FEATURES
      1. From the Sketchbook of James Donnelly
        1
      2. THE SACRED AND THE DEAD: Autopsies, Embalming, and the Spirit by Sallie Tisdale - Observations of reverence and ritual the morgue.
        4
      3. Surviving in Small Business: Random notes from a small business junkie by John Todd
        14
      4. Huis and Means in Taiwan Fitness by Richard Stites - A thriving community credit system based on mutual distrust.
        18
      5. DWELLING by Ivan Illich - How to tell a resident from an inhabitant
        22
      6. Beyond Hybephenization: A new system for nonsexist family names by Anthony Weston
        30
      7. Coffee Hour: America's true religion by Jim Burklo
        34
      8. Waiting for the Sting by Donald Factor
        36
      9. MU'AMMAR AL QADHAFI: Faces of "The Enemy" by Jessye Piper If you think Qadhafi is just a madman, think again
        44
      10. The Voyage of First Ocean Pickup by John Todd
        62
      11. TOWARDS A THEORY OF HISTORY: Fitness, Niche and Clutch of Homo Sapiens by Paul A. Colinvaux
        94
      12. How to Grade Your School by Ron Jones
        120
  2. POETRY
    1. FEATURES
      1. ELEPHANTS by Heathcote Williams - A paean to Nature's blasting, billowing ARchangels.
        80
      2. Westfall by Sam Abrams
        134
  3. COMMUNITY
    1. DEPARTMENTS/REVIEWS
      1. How to Be your Own Butcher
        21
      2. Solait Nonelectric Yogurt Maker
        21
      3. The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
        28
      4. Street Signs Chicago
        28
      5. Old Money
        29
      6. Grassroots Fundraising Journal
        29
      7. Plainswoman
        32
      8. One Teenager in 10
        32
      9. Valley Women
        32
  4. THE POLITICS OF RELIGION
    1. DEPARTMENTS/REVIEWS
      1. Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust
        33
      2. Theology in a New Key
        33
  5. POLITICS
    1. DEPARTMENTS/REVIEWS
      1. Washingtoon
        42
      2. Under the Gun
        42
      3. Democratic Promise a The Rebel
        43
      4. The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism
        53
      5. Access to WWII by Dick Fugett
        54
      6. Kamikaze
        54
      7. A Man Called Intrepid
        55
      8. American Diaries of World War II
        56
      9. Partisans and Guerrilla
        56
      10. History of the Second World War
        57
      11. The War Atlas
        58
      12. Children of War
        58
      13. No Middle Ground
        59
      14. State of the World 1984
        59
  6. SOFT TECHNOLOGY
    1. DEPARTMENTS/REVIEWS
      1. Before You Build
        60
      2. The Compact House Book
        60
      3. Racing Alone
        61
      4. Air-Vapour Barriers
        61
      5. The Cart Book
        69
      6. Making Pollution Prevention Pay
        69
      7. The Vanlets by J. Baldwin
        70
      8. Super Solar Houses
        73
      9. The Complete Handbook of Solar Air Heating Systems
        73
      10. Alternative Energy Sourcebook
        74
      11. Pulstar
        74
      12. Insulated Glass
        74
  7. LAND USE
    1. DEPARTMENTS/REVIEWS
      1. Landscape Planning for Energy Conservation
        74
      2. Waiting for an Army to Die
        75
      3. Note on the Agent Orange/herbicide battle
        75
      4. Frysville Hybrid Poplars
        76
      5. American Community Gardening Association
        76
      6. Earth Garden
        77
      7. In Your Own Back Yard
        77
  8. WHOLE SYSTEMS
    1. DEPARTMENTS/REVIEWS
      1. Where Have All the Wildflowers Gone
        78
      2. Genera of the Western/Eastern Plants
        78
      3. American Currents
        79
      4. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North America
        79
      5. Seashore Creatures
        79
      6. Times Atlas of the Oceans
        92
      7. Skyguide
        92
      8. Man on Earth
        93
      9. Timescale
        93
      10. The Way of the Animal Powers
        108
      11. Inua
        108
  9. NOMADICS
    1. DEPARTMENTS/REVIEWS
      1. Women in the Wilderness
        109
      2. Work Your Way Around the World
        109
      3. The Bicycling Book
        110
      4. Bicycle Transportation
        110
      5. Secrets of the Show Cars
        111
      6. Alex Moulton Bicycles
        111
      7. Japanese Handbook
        112
      8. South-East Asia Handbook
        112
      9. China Off the Beaten Track
        112
  10. COMMUNICATIONS
    1. DEPARTMENTS/REVIEWS
      1. Sony ICF-2002 AM-FM Shortwave Radio
        113
      2. Teleconnect
        113
      3. Good Movies: Spring by Sheila Benson
        114
      4. Alphabet
        116
      5. Homespun Tapes
        116
      6. Becoming a Writer
        117
      7. The Overnight Guide to Public Speaking
        117
      8. The Condensed Chemical Dictionary
        118
      9. Personal Documentation for Professionals
        118
  11. CRAFT
    1. DEPARTMENTS/REVIEWS
      1. The Dressmaker’s Dictionary
        119
      2. The Complete Book of Sewing Shortcuts
        119
      3. Imports by Clotilde
        119
  12. LEARNING
    1. DEPARTMENTS/REVIEWS
      1. The Upstart Spring
        122
      2. Language Acquisition Made Practical
        122
      3. Clown
        123
      4. Register for International Service in Education
        123
      5. Directory of Sail Training Ships and Programs
        123
      6. Don't Shoot the Dog
        124
  13. BACKSCATTER
    1. DEPARTMENTS/REVIEWS
      1. Echoes back from CQ readers
        125
  14. BUSINESS
    1. DEPARTMENTS/REVIEWS
      1. Unclassifieds
        131
      2. Gossip
        134
      3. Whole Earth Catalog Update
        134
      4. Thank You
        136
      5. Financial Report
        136
      6. “Or Whole Earth Access”
        136
      7. How to submit to CQ
        137
      8. Masthead
        138
      9. 1983 Index
        139
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