At Home in the World: Globalization and the Peace Corps in Nepal - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:James F. FisherTheme:Cultural Region/Asian, Cultural Region/IndianPublish date:11/30/2012Pages:224
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Orchid PressISBN-13:9789745241251ISBN-10:9745241253UPC:9789745241251Book Category:Social Science, History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Asia, Public PolicyBook Topic:Cultural & Social, South, Social Services & WelfareSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.63 inchesWeight:0.431Product ID:SCPKACE86E
A detailed first-hand account-and critical analysis-of the impact of the first contingent of American Peace Corps volunteers to live and work in Nepal, arriving in 1962 just following the King's seizure of absolute power and the tentative opening of the country to the outside world. The account not only explores the successes and failures of the volunteers in their efforts to have a positive effect on Nepalese development, but also the reverse effects of their transformative experience on the lives of the volunteers themselves. The narrative is further expanded as the author places the mission in the broader perspective of the globalization process that has so expanded our world in the past 50 years. A richly rewarding account for all with interests in globalization, social change, and transnational anthropology.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Orchid PressISBN-13:9789745241251ISBN-10:9745241253UPC:9789745241251Book Category:Social Science, History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Asia, Public PolicyBook Topic:Cultural & Social, South, Social Services & WelfareSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.63 inchesWeight:0.431Product ID:SCPKACE86E
Fisher, James F.: - Dr James F. Fisher has done fieldwork in Nepal off and on over the last 30 years on many aspects of Nepalese anthropology. As a visiting Fulbright Professor, he spent two years helping start a new Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Tribhuvan University. Dr. Fisher, having retired from a long academic career in the USA, is now Chair of Sociology and Anthropology at a new college he is helping to start in Bhutan.
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