02198nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10753168 CaPaEBR m o u cr cn||||||||| 130624s2013 cauab sb 001 0 eng d 2013025716 9780804786515 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780804788557 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)857365060 a-np--- HD8670.9.Z8 K374 2013eb 331.6/2095496 23 Hindman, Heather. Mediating the global [electronic resource] : expatria's forms and consequences in Kathmandu / Heather Hindman. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2013. viii, 277 p. : ill., map. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction : expatria in Nepal -- Conjunctures of mediations : the historical logics of expatriate Nepal -- Families that fail : the mechanisms and labor of productivity -- Market basket economics : the practice of paperwork and shopping like an expatriate -- The protean expatriate : flexibility and the modern worker -- Saving business from culture : cross-cultural training and multicultural performances -- Living in expatria : institutions and the mobile community -- Conclusion : Kathmandu's twenty-first-century expatria. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Foreign workers Nepal Kathmandu Social life and customs. Professional employees Nepal Kathmandu Social life and customs. International agencies Officials and employees Nepal Kathmandu. International business enterprises Nepal Kathmandu Employees. Labor and globalization Nepal Kathmandu. Culture and globalization Nepal Kathmandu. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10753168 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 218212 218212