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Rosa, a Kyrgyz woman in her thirties, describes how her schoolteacher mother managed to raise 12 children, details the government's assistance, the fact that several brothers and sisters, including herself, are college graduates, and answers the typically American question of William Mandel and his wife Tania about whether so many kids don't make a woman a brood-sow and don't adversely affect h

Unstructured interview with a 16 year-old Soviet Central Asian (Goolia Mirzaharova or possibly Gulia Muzafarova) who talks of her life, her wishes for children elsewhere in the world, and her attitude toward American Blacks. Produced by William Mandel. The Russian-language interview plays in the right channel, while Mandel does a real-time English translation in the left channel.

Tracing the life, times, and music of composer Bowles; readings from his autobiography Without Stopping.

Background, varieties, tunings, modes, concerts, and history of Javanese gamelan orchestral tradition.

Songs of the farmworkers struggling for better conditions.|PASTURES OF PLENTY / produced by David King Dunaway. - SERIES: Pie in the sky.