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1 online resource (xii, 251 pages) |
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polychrome. |
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data file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Developed women -- pt. 2. Sarala Devi's daughters -- pt. 3. Development, place, and possible futures. |
| Summary |
What do people make of their own development? In Educating Activists, Rebecca M. Klenk illuminates a reality that is far more complex than either development planners or critics commonly assume. This gracefully written, accessible ethnography showshow rural women accept, refuse, reinterpret, and negotiate development's terms in a quest to improve their own communities. Klenk offers an account of Lakshmi Ashram, a remarkable Gandhian educational initiative for women and girls in Himalayan India. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, Educating Activists blends memories and stories with historical rese. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Political and social views.
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Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948. |
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Political and social views. |
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Rural women -- India -- Himalaya Mountains Region.
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Rural women. |
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India. |
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Himalaya Mountains Region. |
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Women in development -- India -- Himalaya Mountains Region.
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Women in development. |
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Sustainable development -- India -- Himalaya Mountains Region.
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Sustainable development. |
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Equality -- India -- Himalaya Mountains Region.
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Equality. |
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Sex discrimination against women -- India -- Himalaya Mountains Region.
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Sex discrimination against women. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Educating activists Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010. 9780739137352 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2010038294 |
| ISBN |
9780739137376 ebook |
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0739137379 |
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9780739137352 cloth alkaline paper |
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0739137352 cloth alkaline paper |
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1283163381 |
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9781283163385 |
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9786613163387 |
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6613163384 |
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