ISBN:
9789047443377
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9047443373
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xiv, 234 p.)
,
ill., maps.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Online-Ausg. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library
Series Statement:
Social sciences in Asia 1567-2794 v. 20
Series Statement:
Social sciences in Asia v. 20
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Lim, Francis Khek Gee Imagining the good life
DDC:
306.3095496
Keywords:
Economic development Social aspects
;
Nepal
;
Langtang
;
Culture and globalization Nepal
;
Langtang
;
Social capital (Sociology) Nepal
;
Langtang
;
Culture
;
Economic development Social aspects
;
Culture and globalization
;
Social capital (Sociology)
;
Culture and globalization Nepal
;
Langtang
;
Economic development Social aspects
;
Nepal
;
Langtang
;
Social capital (Sociology) Nepal
;
Langtang
;
Culture
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
Culture and globalization
;
Economic development ; Social aspects
;
Economic history
;
Social capital (Sociology)
;
Social conditions
;
Sozialer Wandel
;
Tibeter
;
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
Langtang (Nepal) Economic conditions
;
Langtang (Nepal) Social conditions
;
Nepal
;
Langtang
;
Langtang (Nepal) Social conditions
;
Langtang (Nepal) Economic conditions
;
Langtang (Nepal) Economic conditions
;
Langtang (Nepal) Social conditions
;
Nepal
;
Langtang
;
Tibeter
;
Langtang
;
Nepal ; Langtang
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Combining ethnographic research and theoretical reflections on the pursuit of the good life in a Tibetan community in the Nepal Himalaya, this book offers a perspective in seeking to understand contemporary experience of development and globalization
Abstract:
Contents; List of Tables; List of Maps and Photographs; Acknowledgements; Chapter One Introduction: In Pursuit of the Good Life; Chapter Two Zombie Slayers in a 'Hidden Valley'; Chapter Three Crossing Borders; Chapter Four Being in the World and the Rituals of Life; Chapter Five Embedding Bikäs in Everyday Life; Chapter Six Romantic Dreams and Practical Lives; Chapter Seven The Morality of Well-being; Chapter Eight Conclusion: Place, History and the Good Life; Glossary of Terms; References; Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-228) and index. - Description based on print version record
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Description based on print version record
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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Online-Ausg. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library
,
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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