Many people in the world of the social sciences have been studying the pace of social change in emerging areas, and from time to time have engaged in technical assistance as well as providing advice on high levels of social strategy to these areas. The series on Modernization of Traditional Societies is designs to inform scholars, students, and citizens about the way quiet places have come alive, and to introduce at long last into college curricula materials of the contemporary character of developing areas for thoughtful leaders of the near future.