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  • 2015-2019  (4)
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    Battling the Buddha of love : a cultural biography of the greatest statue never built (2018)
    Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press
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    ISBN: 9781501723469 , 9781501723483 , 1501723464 , 1501723480
    Language: English
    Pages: xviii, 303 Seiten , Illustrationen , 23 cm
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Falcone, Jessica Marie, 1976- author Battling the Buddha of love
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Falcone, Jessica Marie, 1976 - Battling the Buddha of love
    DDC: 294.3/437
    RVK:
    BE 8506
    RVK:
    BE 8599
    Keywords: Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition ; Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition ; Mahayana Buddhism Relations ; Buddhist converts ; Mahayana Buddhism ; Maitreya (Buddhist deity) Cult ; Ethnology ; Mahayana Buddhism Relations ; Buddhist converts ; Mahayana Buddhism India ; Kushinagar (District) ; Maitreya (Buddhist deity) Cult ; India ; Kushinagar (District) ; Ethnology India ; Kushinagar (District) ; Buddhist converts ; Ethnology ; Interfaith relations ; Mahayana Buddhism ; Maitreya (Buddhist deity) Cult ; Mahayana ; Gelugpa ; Erhaltung ; Kushinagar ; Maitreja ; Statue ; Mahayana ; Gelugpa ; Erhaltung ; Kushinagar ; Maitreja ; Statue ; Maitreya Project ; FPMT
    Abstract: Community/sangha : FPMT's transnational Buddhists -- Religious practice/dharma : global Buddhism, translation and heritage -- The statue/murti : planning a colossal Maitreya -- The relics/sarira : worship, transmission, and fundraising with the relic tour -- Aspiration/asha : hope, the future tense, and making (up) progress on the Maitreya project -- Holy place/tirtha : social life in the place of the Buddha's death -- Steadfastness/aditthana : Indian farmers resist the Buddha of love -- Loving-kindness/maitri : ethics, values and progress in the shadow of Maitreya -- Compassionate practice/karuna : advocacy anthropology and engagement -- Conclusion : faith/shraddha : guru devotion, agency and belief -- Epilogue : rebirth/samsara : the future of the Maitreya project
    Abstract: "This ethnography explores the controversial plans and practices of the Maitreya Project, a transnational Buddhist organization, as they worked to build the world's tallest statue as a multi-million dollar gift to India"--
    Note: Bibliographie: Seiten 279-295 und Index: Seiten 297-303
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    Book
    Excavations of the prehistoric iron industry in West Borneo (1969-)
    Ithaca, NY : Southeast Asia Program, Dept. of Asian Studies, Cornell Univ.
    Details
    Language: English
    Series Statement: Data paper / Southeast Asia Program, Department of Far Eastern Studies, Cornell University ...
    RVK:
    NF 8928
    Keywords: Sarawak ; Archäologie
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    Book
    Poverty reduction in the course of African development (2017)
    Oxford : Oxford University Press
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    ISBN: 9780198797692
    Language: English
    Pages: xxviii, 332 Seiten , Diagramme , 24 cm
    Edition: First edition
    DDC: 362.50967
    RVK:
    LB 55465
    Keywords: Armut ; Entwicklung ; Soziale Integration ; Subsahara-Afrika ; Poverty Congresses ; Economic development Congresses ; Economic development ; Poverty ; Africa, Sub-Saharan ; Africa, Sub-Saharan Congresses Economic conditions ; Sammelwerk ; Kongressschrift ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift ; Subsaharisches Afrika ; Entwicklung ; Armut
    Note: " .. the Institute of African Development at Cornell University organized a symposium on the theme of 'Growth, Poverty, and Inequality : Confronting the Challenges of a Better Life for All in Africa', 19-20 April 2013. .. This volume arises from the symposium .. " -- p. vii , Enthält 12 Beiträge , Part I. Overview: 1. . Introduction: tracing poverty dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa: recent progress and future challenges , Part II. Evolving Poverty Profile in Africa: 3. Growth, inequality, and poverty reduction: Africa in a global setting , Part III. Tracing Poverty Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa: Country Case Studies: 7. Growth, poverty and inequality nexus: evidence from Kenya , Part IV. Structure, Governance and Institutions for Inclusive Development: 10. Changing structure in South Africa: a structural path analysis
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
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    The act of living : street life, marginality, and development in urban Ethiopia (2019)
    Ithaca : Cornell University Press
    Details
    ISBN: 9781501736261 , 1501736264 , 9781501735127 , 1501735128
    Language: English
    Pages: xiv, 245 Seiten , Illustrationen , 23 cm
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Di Nunzio, Marco, 1984- author Act of living
    RVK:
    LB 72541
    Keywords: Marginality, Social ; Street life ; Poor ; Informal sector (Economics) ; Ethnology ; Stadt ; Armut ; Soziale Situation ; Schattenwirtschaft ; Lebensbedingungen ; Beispiel ; Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Social conditions ; Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Economic conditions ; Äthiopien ; Afrika ; Äthiopien ; Addis Abeba ; Lebensbedingungen ; Geringfügige Beschäftigung ; Kulturanthropologie ; Armut ; Schattenwirtschaft ; Ethnologie ; Soziale Situation ; Wirtschaftliche Lage ; Randgruppe ; Di Nunzio, Marco 1984-
    Abstract: "Explores why economic growth does not result in empowerment in Ethiopia, and how marginality is narrated and experienced in a time of promise"--
    Description / Table of Contents: Migrants, gentlemen and thugs -- A thug's life -- Donkeys with ashes -- Do not cross the red line -- Keep on hustlin' -- Life is a paradise -- The time of the bumpkins -- Embracing uncertainty
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Inhaltsverzeichnis: Migrants, gentlemen and thugs - A thug's life - Donkeys with ashes - Do not cross the red line - Keep on hustlin' - Life is a paradise - The time of the bumpkins - Embracing uncertainty
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