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Calcutta is notorious for its pavement dwellers, street children, and scavengers that have become a portrait of the worst sort of human degradation. In this illuminating critique, Thomas investigates the standard solutions - improved housing, increased job creation, and intervention of social services agencies - only to come to the conclusion that such initiatives have little effect on the inherent nature of the problem of poverty. Based on historical and anthropological findings, and the author´s visits to the slums of Calcutta, what becomes clear is that even in the midst of great poverty, there is a nobility of character, a vitality of ethnic and cultural ties, and an energy that bring out inventiveness and ingenuity in the lives of the poor. If Calcutta´s poverty is not to be an intractable problem, these internal forces must be awakened to generate solutions. Illustrated with stunning photographs, Thomas´s reflections provide new insight into an age-old problem. Inquiry into the Intractability of Poverty Buch (fremdspr.) gebundene Ausgabe 01.1997 Bücher>Fremdsprachige Bücher>Englische Bücher, M E Sharpe Inc, 01.1997
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ISBN: 9781563249815
"Calcutta" is notorious for its pavement dwellers, street children, and scavengers that have become a portrait of the worst sort of human degradation. In this illuminating critique, Thomas investigates the standard solutions -- improved housing, increased job creation, and intervention of social service agencies -- only to come to the conclusion that such initiatives have little effect on the inherent nature of the problem of poverty. Based on historical and anthropological finding, and the author's visits to the slums of Calcutta, what becomes clear is that even in the midst of great poverty, there is a nobility of character, a vitality of ethnic and cultural ties and an energy that bring out inventiveness and ingenuity in the lives of the poor. If Calcutta's poverty is not an intractable problem, these internal forces must be awakened to generate solutions. Illustrated with stunning photographs, Thomas' reflections provide new insight into an age-old problem. Calcutta Poor: Elegies on a City Above Pretense Thomas, Frederic C., M.E. Sharpe
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ISBN: 9781563249815
Calcutta is notorious for its pavement dwellers, street children, and scavengers that have become a portrait of the worst sort of human degradation. In this illuminating critique, Thomas investigates the standard solutions - improved housing, increased job creation, and intervention of social services agencies - only to come to the conclusion that such initiatives have little effect on the inherent nature of the problem of poverty. Based on historical and anthropological findings, and the author's visits to the slums of Calcutta, what becomes clear is that even in the midst of great poverty, there is a nobility of character, a vitality of ethnic and cultural ties, and an energy that bring out inventiveness and ingenuity in the lives of the poor. If Calcutta's poverty is not to be an intractable problem, these internal forces must be awakened to generate solutions. Illustrated with stunning photographs, Thomas's reflections provide new insight into an age-old problem. Social Science Social Science eBook, Taylor and Francis
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1996, ISBN: 9781563249815
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Calcutta is notorious for its pavement dwellers, street children, and scavengers that have become a portrait of the worst sort of human degradation. In this illuminating critique, Thomas … More...
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1996, ISBN: 9781563249815
Inquiry into the Intractability of Poverty, Hardcover, Buch, [PU: M.E. Sharpe]
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1996, ISBN: 9781563249815
Inquiry into the Intractability of Poverty, Hardcover, Buch, [PU: M.E. Sharpe]
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Details of the book - Calcutta Poor: Elegies on a City Above Pretense
EAN (ISBN-13): 9781563249815
ISBN (ISBN-10): 1563249812
Hardcover
Publishing year: 1997
Publisher: M E SHARPE INC
208 Pages
Weight: 0,499 kg
Language: eng/Englisch
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ISBN/EAN: 1563249812
ISBN - alternate spelling:
1-56324-981-2, 978-1-56324-981-5
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