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Ancient futures : lessons from Ladakh for a globalizing world / Helena Norberg-Hodge ; foreword by the Dalai Lama ; introduction by Peter Matthiessen.

By: Publication details: San Francisco : Sierra Club Books, c2009.Description: xiv, 226 p. : ill. , maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781578051625 (pbk.)
  • 1578051622 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HN690.L33 N67 2009
Contents:
"Little Tibet" -- Living with the land -- Doctors and Shamans -- We have to live together -- Unchoreographed dance -- Buddhism: a way of life -- Joie de vivre -- The coming of the West -- People from Mars -- Money makes the world go round -- From Lama to engineer -- Learning the Western way -- Pull to the center -- A people divided -- Nothing is black, nothing is white -- The development hoax -- Counter-development -- The Ladakh project -- Epilogue: ancient futures.
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection HN 690 .L33 N67 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5002034

"Updated with a new afterword by the author."

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

"Little Tibet" -- Living with the land -- Doctors and Shamans -- We have to live together -- Unchoreographed dance -- Buddhism: a way of life -- Joie de vivre -- The coming of the West -- People from Mars -- Money makes the world go round -- From Lama to engineer -- Learning the Western way -- Pull to the center -- A people divided -- Nothing is black, nothing is white -- The development hoax -- Counter-development -- The Ladakh project -- Epilogue: ancient futures.

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