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INTERNATIONAL DROUGHT MITIGATION: AN INTRODUCTION (Donald A. Wilhite) ABIDETH FOREVER? GLOBAL USE OF SEMIARID LANDS IN THE INTERWAR YEARS (]. M Powell) ADAPTING THE ENVIRONMENT: RANCHING, IRRIGATION, AND DRY LAND FARMING IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA, 1880-1914 (A. A. den Otter) RURAL SOCIAL ORGANIZATION IN A SEMIARID AFRICAN COUNTRY: THE CASE OF BOTSWANA (Louise Fortmann) ADAPTATIONS TO ADVERSITY: AGRICULTURE, CLIMATE AND THE GREAT PLAINS OF NORTH AMERICA (Norman J. Rosenberg) RIVER CONSERVANCY AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTH CHINA PLAIN AND LOESS HIGHLANDS: STRATEGIES AND RESEARCH (Huang Bingwei) DROUGHT MITIGATION IN AUSTRALIA: REDUCING THE LOSSES BUT NOT REMOVING THE HAZARD (R. L. Heathcote) THE AFRICAN EXPERIENCE: DROUGHT AND FAMINE IN THE DRY ZONE (Randall Baker) COMPARATIVE DROUGHT STRATEGIES: THE SOVIET UNION (Paul E. Lydolph) BOOK REVIEWS Jefferson and Southwestern Exploration: The Freeman and Custis Accounts of the Red River Expedition of 1806 The Battle of Batoche: British Small Warfare and the Entrenched Métis Sophus K. Winther Sharing The 49th Parallel: A Handbook for Montana Officials NOTES & NEW