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Author Jackson, Michael, 1940-

Title Life within limits : well-being in a world of want / Michael Jackson
Published Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 230 pages) : illustrations
Series e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Contents Imagining Firawa -- Fathers and sons -- Forty days -- Scenes from a marriage -- Smoke and mirrors -- Things hidden since the foundation of the world -- The reopening of the gate of effort -- Something's missing -- The politics of storytelling -- The road to Kabala -- Their eyes were watching God -- Albitaiya -- The year of supernatural abundance -- Strings attached -- The shape of the inconstruable question -- Not to find one's way in a city -- Coda
Summary An exploration of life satisfaction, happiness, and wellbeing in the first world and third world
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Happiness -- Sierra Leone
Well-being -- Sierra Leone
Poverty -- Sierra Leone
HISTORY -- Africa -- West.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Civilization
Economic history
Happiness
Poverty
Well-being
Feldforschung
Soziale Situation
Mangel
Armut
SUBJECT Sierra Leone -- Civilization
Sierra Leone -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85122347
Subject Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822393696
0822393697
1283252147
9781283252140
9786613252142
661325214X