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Contents

Figures
Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I: Nodes Abroad : The Social Geography of the Manangi Trade Community

Chapter 1. A Community of Traders
Chapter 2. Manangi Rooming Houses Abroad

Part II: Local and Trans-Local Economies and Societies

Chapter 3. From Routes to Roots
Chapter 4. Kinship Arrangements and Economic Expansion
Chapter 5. Reinvestments in Nepal

Part III: Nodes at Home: Institutionalized Religious and Social Gatherings

Chapter 6. Money and Labor in Spiritual Transformation
Chapter 7. Pooling Resources for Work and Play

Conclusion

Glossary
Bibliography

Market and Monastery

Capitalism in Manangi Trade Diaspora

Prista Ratanapruck

304 pages, 43 ills., bibliog., index

ISBN  978-1-80539-845-5 Hb Published (February 2025)



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