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Norberg-Hodge, Helena

Ancient futures lessons from Ladakh for a globalizing world - San Francisco Sierra Club Books 2009 - xiv,226p. ill. , maps 23 cm.

"Updated with a new afterword by the author."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-218) and index.

Prologue: Learning from Ladakh -- Part 1. Tradition. "Little Tibet" ; Living with the land ; Doctors and Shamans ; We have to live together ; An unchoreographed dance ; Buddhism: a way of life ; Joie de vivre -- Part 2. Change. The coming of the West ; People from Mars ; Money makes the world go round ; From Lama to engineer ; Learning the Western way ; A pull to the center ; A people divided -- Part 3. Looking ahead. Nothing is black, nothing is white ; The development hoax ; Counter-development ; The Ladakh project -- Epilogue: Ancient futures -- Afterword: An economics of happiness.

ISBN: 9780692530627

LCCN: 2008943363

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Rural development projects--India--Ladākh.
Appropriate technology--India--Ladākh.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Ladākh (India)--Rural conditions.

LC Class. No.: HN690.L33 / N68 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 307.1412 / NO-A