| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 234 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Social sciences in Asia,
1567-2794 ;
v. 20
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Social sciences in Asia ; v. 20.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-228) and index. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
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. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Economic development -- Social aspects -- Nepal -- Langtang.
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Economic development -- Social aspects. |
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Nepal -- Langtang. |
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Culture.
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Culture. |
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Culture and globalization -- Nepal -- Langtang.
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Culture and globalization. |
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Social capital (Sociology) -- Nepal -- Langtang.
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Social capital (Sociology) |
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Langtang (Nepal) -- Economic conditions.
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Langtang (Nepal) -- Social conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lim, Francis Khek Gee. Imagining the good life. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008 9789004167872 (DLC) 2008025895 (OCoLC)228369954 |
| ISBN |
9789047443377 (electronic book) |
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9047443373 (electronic book) |
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9789004167872 |
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9004167870 |
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