Imperial heights [[electronic resource] ] : Dalat and the making and undoing of French Indochina / / Eric T. Jennings |
Autore | Jennings Eric Thomas |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (372 p.) |
Disciplina | 959.7/6 |
Collana | From Indochina to Vietnam : revolution and war in a global perspective |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / General |
Soggetto non controllato |
asia scholars
asian history asian studies colonial historians colonial villas colonialism cultural anthropology cultural historians cultural perspective dalat ethnic relations ethnographers ethnography europe french empire french indochina gender relations health and medicine historians imperialism nonfiction political science postcolonialism regional history southern vietnam tourist destination world history |
ISBN |
0-520-94844-0
1-283-27764-6 9786613277640 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword by the Series Editors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Escaping Death in the Tropics -- 2. Murder on the Race for Altitude -- 3. Health, Altitude, and Climate -- 4. Early Dalat, 1898-1918 -- 5. Colonial Expectations, Pastimes, Comestibles, Comforts, and Discomforts -- 6. Situating the "Montagnards" -- 7. A Functional City? Architecture, Planning, Zoning, and Their Critics -- 8. The Dalat Palace Hotel -- 9. Vietnamese Dalat -- 10. Some Colonial Categories: Children, European Women, and Métis -- 11. Divine Dalat -- 12. The Maelstrom, 1940-1945 -- 13. Autonomous Province or Federal Capital? -- 14. Dalat at War and Peace, 1946-1975 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826371103321 |
Jennings Eric Thomas
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In pursuit of progress : narratives of development on a Philippine island / / Hannah C. M. Bulloch; David P. Chandler, Rita Smith Kipp |
Autore | Bulloch Hannah C. M. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Honolulu : , : University of Hawaii Press, , [2017] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 pages) |
Disciplina |
338.9599/5
305.80095995 |
Collana | Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, and Memory |
Soggetto topico |
Ethnology - Philippines - Siquijor Island
Poverty - Philippines - Siquijor Island Economic development - Philippines - Siquijor Island |
Soggetto non controllato |
Central Visayas
Filipinos Philippines Siquijor Southeast Asia Visayas anthropology discourses of development ethnography modernization |
ISBN |
0-8248-7364-5
0-8248-5890-5 0-8248-5888-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Multiple Meanings of Development -- 2. Poverty and Prosperity -- 3. Living off the Land -- 4. Imagining Amerika -- 5. Mystic Island -- 6. Performing Development -- 7. Revolution of the Mind -- 8. Moral Development -- 9. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910154289603321 |
Bulloch Hannah C. M.
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In pursuit of the good life : aspiration and suicide in globalizing South India / / Jocelyn Lim Chua |
Autore | Chua Jocelyn Lim |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.280954/83 |
Soggetto topico |
Suicide - Social aspects - India - Kerala
East Indians - India - Kerala - Psychology East Indians - India - Kerala - Social conditions |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropologists
asia scholars asian studies critical theory cultural anthropology ethnographers ethnography everyday life fieldwork global change globalization high suicide rates historical struggles human condition kerala life and death modern history modern india modernization nonfiction postcolonial world psychology retrospective social anxiety social aspirations social change social development social historians social history south india suicide tragic |
ISBN | 0-520-95764-4 |
Classificazione | SOC002010SOC002000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note -- Introduction -- 1. Between the Devil and the Deep Sea -- 2. Gazing at the Stars, Aiming for the Treetops -- 3. Tales the Dead Are Made to Tell -- 4. Care-full Acts -- 5. Anywhere but Here -- 6. Fit for the Future -- Afterword -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787604203321 |
Chua Jocelyn Lim
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In pursuit of the good life : aspiration and suicide in globalizing South India / / Jocelyn Lim Chua |
Autore | Chua Jocelyn Lim |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.280954/83 |
Soggetto topico |
Suicide - Social aspects - India - Kerala
East Indians - India - Kerala - Psychology East Indians - India - Kerala - Social conditions |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropologists
asia scholars asian studies critical theory cultural anthropology ethnographers ethnography everyday life fieldwork global change globalization high suicide rates historical struggles human condition kerala life and death modern history modern india modernization nonfiction postcolonial world psychology retrospective social anxiety social aspirations social change social development social historians social history south india suicide tragic |
ISBN | 0-520-95764-4 |
Classificazione | SOC002010SOC002000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note -- Introduction -- 1. Between the Devil and the Deep Sea -- 2. Gazing at the Stars, Aiming for the Treetops -- 3. Tales the Dead Are Made to Tell -- 4. Care-full Acts -- 5. Anywhere but Here -- 6. Fit for the Future -- Afterword -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815414903321 |
Chua Jocelyn Lim
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In the absence of the gift : new forms of value and personhood in a Papua New Guinea community / / by Anders Emil Rasmussen |
Autore | Rasmussen Anders Emil |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn Books, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (210 p.) |
Disciplina | 995.8/1 |
Collana | Pacific perspectives : studies of the European society for oceanists |
Soggetto topico |
Ethnology - Papua New Guinea
Community life - Papua New Guinea Kinship - Papua New Guinea Social values - Papua New Guinea Identity (Psychology) - Papua New Guinea Individuality - Papua New Guinea |
Soggetto non controllato |
admiralty islands
bismarck archipelago bureaucrats businessmen cash economy community member community development ethnography family bonds family kinship manus province manus mbuke islands migrant relatives motivation papua new guinea papua new guinean community people of the mbuke islands personhood relative remittance documents remittance motivations social connections society teachers urban centers value |
ISBN | 1-78238-782-X |
Classificazione | LC 20692 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The Historical Roots of a Singaut Economy -- 2 Visible While Away -- 3 The Power of Words -- 4 It’s Never Tomorrow -- 5 The Historical Roots of Community as a Level of Organization and as a Concept -- 6 To Benefit the Community -- 7 All Things Considered -- Conclusion -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797894503321 |
Rasmussen Anders Emil
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In the absence of the gift : new forms of value and personhood in a Papua New Guinea community / / by Anders Emil Rasmussen |
Autore | Rasmussen Anders Emil |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn Books, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (210 p.) |
Disciplina | 995.8/1 |
Collana | Pacific perspectives : studies of the European society for oceanists |
Soggetto topico |
Ethnology - Papua New Guinea
Community life - Papua New Guinea Kinship - Papua New Guinea Social values - Papua New Guinea Identity (Psychology) - Papua New Guinea Individuality - Papua New Guinea |
Soggetto non controllato |
admiralty islands
bismarck archipelago bureaucrats businessmen cash economy community member community development ethnography family bonds family kinship manus province manus mbuke islands migrant relatives motivation papua new guinea papua new guinean community people of the mbuke islands personhood relative remittance documents remittance motivations social connections society teachers urban centers value |
ISBN | 1-78238-782-X |
Classificazione | LC 20692 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The Historical Roots of a Singaut Economy -- 2 Visible While Away -- 3 The Power of Words -- 4 It’s Never Tomorrow -- 5 The Historical Roots of Community as a Level of Organization and as a Concept -- 6 To Benefit the Community -- 7 All Things Considered -- Conclusion -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820537203321 |
Rasmussen Anders Emil
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Innovative Catholicism and the human condition / / by Jane Anderson |
Autore | Anderson Jane (Jane Estelle) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Taylor & Francis, 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (212 p.) |
Disciplina | 282.09/045 |
Collana | Routledge Studies in Religion |
Soggetto topico |
Theological anthropology - Catholic Church
Church renewal - Catholic Church Christianity and culture |
Soggetto non controllato |
Australia
authentic self autocratic governance Communitas celebrancy classical morality Eucharistic interpretations eco-spirituality emotional reflexivity ethnography human condition innovative Catholicism Jane Anderson Joseph Ratzinger Jürgen Habermas moral conflicts Pope Benedict XVI Pope Francis parish governance postconciliar papcies preconciliar era progressive Catholicism Roman Catholic Church reflexivity religious identity secularisation secularization secular society social advocacy spiritual reflexivity |
ISBN |
1-317-22477-9
1-315-62302-1 1-317-22476-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. The research project -- 2. Reconceptualising the person -- 3. Revising the self -- 4. Updating identity -- 5. Modernising morality -- 6. Adapting governance -- 7. Reconfiguring ritual -- 8. Scrutinising worldviews. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910504297303321 |
Anderson Jane (Jane Estelle)
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Taylor & Francis, 2016 | ||
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The insecure American [[electronic resource] ] : how we got here and what we should do about it / / edited by Hugh Gusterson and Catherine Besteman ; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (387 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.93 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GustersonHugh
BestemanCatherine Lowe |
Soggetto topico |
Security (Psychology) - United States
Nationalism - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
american culture
american life american society americans anthropology anxious debt levels drug addiction ethnography gated communities health care system health insurance immigration insecure america insecurity job uncertainty money neoliberalism new economy policy politics poverty punitive governance race in america racial resentments racism safety net terrorism terrorist attacks undocumented immigration united states of america vulnerability wal mart war on drugs war on terror warmaking |
ISBN | 0-520-94508-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A Nation of Gated Communities -- 2. Warmaking as the American Way of Life -- 3. Republic of Fear The Rise of Punitive Governance in America -- 4. Neoliberalism, or The Bureaucratization of the World -- 5. The Age of Wal-Mart -- 6. Deindustrializing Chicago: A Daughter's Story -- 7. Racism, Risk, and the New Color of Dirty Jobs -- 8. Normal Insecurities, Healthy Insecurities -- 9. Cultivating Insecurity: How Marketers Are Commercializing Childhood -- 10. Uneasy Street -- 11. Body and Soul Profits from Poverty -- 12. Useless Suffering The War on Homeless Drug Addicts -- 13. Walling Out Immigrants -- 14. Compounding Insecurity: What the Neocon Core Reveals about America Today -- 15. Deploying Law as a Weapon in America's War on Terror -- 16. Death and Dying in Anxious America -- 17. Get Religion -- contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789999503321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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The insecure American [[electronic resource] ] : how we got here and what we should do about it / / edited by Hugh Gusterson and Catherine Besteman ; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (387 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.93 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GustersonHugh
BestemanCatherine Lowe |
Soggetto topico |
Security (Psychology) - United States
Nationalism - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
american culture
american life american society americans anthropology anxious debt levels drug addiction ethnography gated communities health care system health insurance immigration insecure america insecurity job uncertainty money neoliberalism new economy policy politics poverty punitive governance race in america racial resentments racism safety net terrorism terrorist attacks undocumented immigration united states of america vulnerability wal mart war on drugs war on terror warmaking |
ISBN | 0-520-94508-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A Nation of Gated Communities -- 2. Warmaking as the American Way of Life -- 3. Republic of Fear The Rise of Punitive Governance in America -- 4. Neoliberalism, or The Bureaucratization of the World -- 5. The Age of Wal-Mart -- 6. Deindustrializing Chicago: A Daughter's Story -- 7. Racism, Risk, and the New Color of Dirty Jobs -- 8. Normal Insecurities, Healthy Insecurities -- 9. Cultivating Insecurity: How Marketers Are Commercializing Childhood -- 10. Uneasy Street -- 11. Body and Soul Profits from Poverty -- 12. Useless Suffering The War on Homeless Drug Addicts -- 13. Walling Out Immigrants -- 14. Compounding Insecurity: What the Neocon Core Reveals about America Today -- 15. Deploying Law as a Weapon in America's War on Terror -- 16. Death and Dying in Anxious America -- 17. Get Religion -- contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811973503321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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The intimate economies of Bangkok [[electronic resource] ] : tomboys, tycoons, and Avon ladies in the global city / / Ara Wilson |
Autore | Wilson Ara |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
Disciplina | 381/.1/09593 |
Soggetto topico |
Sex role - Thailand - Bangkok
Capitalism - Social aspects - Thailand - Bangkok Globalization Women - Thailand - Social conditions Women - Thailand - Economic conditions |
Soggetto non controllato |
amway
anthropological study anthropologists avon ladies avon bangkok business relationships capitalism case studies commerce and business contemporary bangkok department stores economic boom economic development economic expansion economic history ethnographers ethnography feminist theory global economy globalization gogo bars identities malls modern lifestyles modern markets private life public life sex workers telecommunications textbooks thai society thailand tomboys tycoons |
ISBN |
1-282-35976-2
9786612359767 0-520-93743-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Notes On Transliteration And Dates -- Introduction: Intimate Economies -- 1. From Shophouse To Department Store -- 2. The Economies Of Intimacy In The Go-Go Bar -- 3. MBK: The Retail Revolution And The Infrastructure Of Romance -- 4. The Flexible Citizens Of IBC Cable TV -- 5. The Avon Lady, The Amway Plan, And The Making Of Thai Entrepreneurs -- Conclusion: The Intimacy Of Capitalism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778486503321 |
Wilson Ara
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