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UNINA9910455165303321 |
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Titolo |
Asian material culture [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Marianne Hulsbosch (senior editor), Elizabeth Bedford and Martha Chaiklin (co-editors) |
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Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-40180-7 |
9786612401800 |
90-485-0817-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (233 p.) |
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Collana |
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ICAS publications series. Edited volumes ; ; 4 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HulsboschMarianne |
BedfordElizabeth |
ChaiklinMartha <1960-> |
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Material culture - East Asia |
Material culture - Asia |
Electronic books. |
East Asia Social life and customs |
Asia Social life and customs |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Table of Contents; Foreword; ASIAN MATERIAL CULTURE IN CONTEXT; MOON CAKES AND THE CHINESE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL: A MATTER OF HABITUS; UP IN THE HAIR: STRANDS OF MEANING IN WOMEN'S ORNAMENTAL HAIR ACCESSORIES IN EARLY MODERN JAPAN; NONYA BEADWORK AND CONTEMPORARY PERANAKAN CHINESE CULTURE IN SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA; EVERYBODY WAS KUNG-FU FIGHTING: THE LION DANCE AND CHINESE NATIONAL IDENTITY IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES; WORKS LIKE A CHARM: CULTURAL TOURISM, COLOUR AND ITS EFFICACY IN CHINESE MIAO TRADITIONAL DRESS |
FLUTTERING LIKE FLOWERS IN A SUMMER'S BREEZE: HAIR JEWELLERY OF CHRISTIAN MOLUCCAN WOMEN OF THE DUTCH EAST INDIESTENSION ON THE BACK-STRAP LOOM; CONTRIBUTORS |
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An informative overview of the materiality of Asian cultures and the ways in which objects and practices can embody and also exhibit individual as well as collective tastes and values |
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UNINA9910790486403321 |
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Autore |
Pallotta Dan |
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Charity case [[electronic resource] ] : how the nonprofit community can stand up for itself and really change the world / / Dan Pallotta |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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San Francisco, : Jossey-Bass, c2012 |
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1-118-23768-4 |
1-282-24190-7 |
9786613813022 |
1-118-22448-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (254 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Charity organization |
Nonprofit organizations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Charity Case; Contents; Preface; Special Note; 1: And You Thought Public Perception of Congress Was Bad; A History of Suspicion; A Circular Mess; How I Got Here; A New Industry; A Discriminatory Rule Book; The Question We Have to Stop Asking; If It's Such a Bad Question, Why Do We Keep Asking It?; People in the Humanitarian Sector Crave a New Direction; We Need a National Leadership Movement; Announcing the Charity Defense Council; 2: Build an Anti-Defamation League for Charity; Voiceless; Double Standards; These Distortions Abound; Other Communities Stand Up for Themselves; Next Steps |
3: Create a "Got Milk?" Campaign for Charity The Nature of Zero; "The Incredible, Edible Egg"; "Pork, the Other White Meat"; Do You Own an Oil Company?; "Got Milk?"; "It's Too Expensive!"; Imagine; What About Social Media? Are They All They're Cracked Up to Be?; In Summary: What We Need to Build; In Conclusion; 4: Build a Legal Defense Fund for |
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Charity; Unintended Consequences; More Bad Policy Cloaked in Good Rhetoric; Pro Bono Is Not an Ultimate Solution; Los Angeles, a Case Study; Other Examples of Bad Public Policy Abound; Next Steps; In Conclusion |
5: Enact a National Civil Rights Act for Charity and Social Enterprise Create a Corporate Structure for For-Profit Foundations; Use the Corporate Structure to Create For-Profit Charities; Change IRS Regulations to Define Fundraising as Having a Charitable Purpose; Fund an iTunes for Charity; Visions from Visionaries; Where We Go from Here; 6: Organize Ourselves; 1 Become a Member; 2 Donate; 3 Start a Local "Nonprofits Anonymous" Discussion Group; 4 Hold an Introductory Office Meeting at Your Organization's Offices, and Commit to Bringing in at Least Five New Members |
5 Sign On to Our Rapid Response Media Team 6 Sign On to Our Rapid Response Public Policy Team; 7 Sign On to Our One-Thing-a-Day List; 8 Submit Stories for Our Research Project on the Negative Effects of Lack of Investment in Overhead; 9 Help Us Recruit Great "I'm Overhead" Stories; 10 Organize Regional Seminars for Board Members; 11 Organize Regional Seminars for Major Donors; 12 Sponsor an All-Staff Presentation at Your Organization; 13 Ask Your State Legislator to Come to a Regional Meeting, and Get Her to Say Yes; 14 Work with Local Media to Get Ad Space Donated |
15 Reach Out to Five Charities and Ask If They've Heard About This Effort 16 Wear the "I'm Overhead" Shirt, Post the Bumper Sticker, Put up the Poster at Your Office, Fly the Flag in Your Reception Area, and Share the Ideas in This Book with Others; 17 Be Creative; We Haven't Thought of Everything Here; 7: You Cannot Stop the Spring; Deadlines Make All the Difference; Let's Think Huge; Notes; Thank You; About the Author; Index |
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A blueprint for a national leadership movement to transform the way the public thinks about giving Virtually everything our society has been taught about charity is backwards. We deny the social sector the ability to grow because of our short-sighted demand that it send every short-term dollar into direct services. Yet if the sector cannot grow, it can never match the scale of our great social problems. In the face of this dilemma, the sector has remained silent, defenseless, and disorganized. In Charity Case, Pallotta proposes a visionary solution: a Charity Defense Council |
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