Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9789555774666
Category : Hambantota (Sri Lanka : District)
Languages : en
Pages : 691
Book Description
Census of Population and Housing, 2001, Sri Lanka
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9789555774666
Category : Hambantota (Sri Lanka : District)
Languages : en
Pages : 691
Book Description
Census of Population and Housing, 2001, Sri Lanka: Colombo District report
Author: Childhood in a Sri Lankan Village
Author: Bambi L. ChapinPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813572908
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Like toddlers all over the world, Sri Lankan children go through a period that in the U.S. is referred to as the “terrible twos.” Yet once they reach elementary school age, they appear uncannily passive, compliant, and undemanding compared to their Western counterparts. Clearly, these children have undergone some process of socialization, but what? Over ten years ago, anthropologist Bambi Chapin traveled to a rural Sri Lankan village to begin answering this question, getting to know the toddlers in the village, then returning to track their development over the course of the following decade. Childhood in a Sri Lankan Village offers an intimate look at how these children, raised on the tenets of Buddhism, are trained to set aside selfish desires for the good of their families and the community. Chapin reveals how this cultural conditioning is carried out through small everyday practices, including eating and sleeping arrangements, yet she also explores how the village’s attitudes and customs continue to evolve with each new generation. Combining penetrating psychological insights with a rigorous observation of larger social structures, Chapin enables us to see the world through the eyes of Sri Lankan children searching for a place within their families and communities. Childhood in a Sri Lankan Village offers a fresh, global perspective on child development and the transmission of culture.
Census of Population and Housing 2001, Sri Lanka
Author: Sri Lanka. Janalēkhana hā Saṅkhyālēkhana DepārtamēntuvaPublisher:
ISBN: 9789555775694
Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 819
Book Description
Census of Population and Housing, 2001, Sri Lanka: Galle District report
Author: Census of Population and Housing, 2001, Sri Lanka: Gampaha District report
Author: Britannica Book of the Year 2011
Author: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
ISBN: 1615355006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
The Britannica Book fo the Year 2011 provides a valuable viewpoint on the people and events that shaped the year. In addition to keeping the Encyclopaedia Britannica updated, it serves as a great reference source for the latest news on the ever-changing populations, governments, and economies throughout the world.
Census of Population and Housing, 2001, Sri Lanka: Matale District report
Author: Sri Lanka News
Author: People's Spaces
Author: Nihal PereraPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317962591
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Who controls space? Powerful corporations, institutions, and individuals have great power to create physical and political space through income and influence. People’s Spaces attempts to understand the struggle between people and institutions in the spaces they make. Current literature on cities and planning often looks at popular resistance to institutional authority through open, mass-movement protest. These views overlook the fact that subaltern classes are not often afforded the luxury of open, organized political protest. People’s Spaces investigates individual’s diverse approaches in reconciling the difference between their spatial needs and spatial availability. Through case studies in Southeast Asia, India, Nepal, and Central Asia, the book explores how people accommodate their spatial needs for everyday activities and cultural practices within a larger abstract spatial context produced by the power-holders.