July 2, 1977 Issue, THE NATION

- Editorials, pp. 2-5
- Is It the Future? Will It Work?
  Harry Maurer
  , pp. 6-9
  With the Venceremos in Cuba
- Midwives vs. Doctors
  Mary Barnett
  , pp. 10-11
  Who Can Deliver a Baby?
- A Century of Pyrrhic Victories
  Petra T. Shattuck and Jill Norgren
  , pp. 12-16
  Indian Lawsuits and White Power
- Curious Case of an IRS Agent
  John P. Hayes
  , p. 17
- After the Strip Floods
  Robert E. Wise, Jr.
  , pp. 18-20
  Relief Is the Real Disaster
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  Understanding China: The Long March (5 Reviews)
  Nancy Dall Milton and David Milton
  , pp. 21-22
  Chinese Shadows, by Simon Leys
  1. Chinese Shadows by Simon Leys
  2. Comrade Chiang Ch'ing by Roxane Witke
  3. The Chinese Communist Party in Power, 1949-1976 by Jacques Guillermaz
  4. China's Economy and the Maoist Strategy by John G. Gurley
  5. China's Industrial Revolution by Stephen Andors
- That
  Joyce Carol Oates
  , p. 23
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  A Difficult Angle (Review)
  Joyce Milton
  , p. 24
  Portraits of Chinese Women in Revolution, by Agnes Smedley, Jan Mackinnon, and Steve Ma...
  1. Portraits of Chinese Women in Revolution by Agnes Smedley, Jan Mackinnon, and Steve Mackinnon, ...
- Pond
  Dave Smith
  , p. 25
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  The Marginal View (2 Reviews)
  Leonard A. Gordon
  , pp. 26-27
  Mahatma Gandhi and His Apostles, by Ved Mehta
  1. Mahatma Gandhi and His Apostles by Ved Mehta
  2. India: A Wounded Civilization by V.S. Naipaul
- Dance
  Nancy Goldner
  , pp. 28-29
- Indigenous Music
  Nat Hentoff
  , pp. 30-32