Ancient futures : lessons from Ladakh for a globalizing world /

Norberg-Hodge, Helena.

Ancient futures : lessons from Ladakh for a globalizing world / Helena Norberg-Hodge ; foreword by the Dalai Lama ; introduction by Peter Matthiessen. - xiv, 226 pages : ill. , maps ; 23 cm.

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.

9780712606561

2008943363


Rural development projects--India--Ladākh.
Appropriate technology--India--Ladākh.


Ladākh (India)--Rural conditions.

HN690.L33 / N68 2009

307.1412