Katy Gardner: 4 books
Anthropology and Development
Challenges for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
Western aid is in decline. Non-traditional development actors from the developing countries and elsewhere are in the ascendant. A new set of global economic and political processes are shaping the twenty-first century.
Anthropology and Development is a completely rewritten new edition of the...
Songs At the River's Edge
Stories From a Bangladeshi Village
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 1997
Katy Gardner’s account of her fifteen-month stay in the small Bangladeshi village of Talukpur has become a classic study of rural life in South Asia. *BR**BR*Through a series of beautifully crafted narratives, the villagers and their stories are brought vividly to life and the author’s role as...
by Katy Gardner
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2002
This is the story of Gemma and me: how I lost her, I suppose. I don't usually tell it to anyone but myself;
I save it for the darkest moments.
Losing Gemma, Katy's Gardners debut novel about adventure, losing your best friend, and self-discovery, has been translates into twelve languages...
Discordant Development
Global Capitalism and the Struggle for Connection in Bangladesh
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2012
What happened when Chevron, a multinational mining company, opened a gas plant right next to densely populated villages in rural Bangladesh? *BR**BR*This book reveals contradictory ways that local people attempt to connect to, and are disconnected by, foreign capital. Commentators on the situation...