James F. Fisher

At Home in the World

Globalization and the Peace Corps in Nepal

Buch

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 p… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-974-524-125-1
EAN: 9789745241251
Produktnummer: 39144307
Verlag: Orchid Press Publishing Limited
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 224 S.
Masse: H22.2 cm x B14.5 cm x D1.6 cm 455 g
Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Gewicht: 455

Über den Autor

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.