Common Reading Program

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Recommended Books

Bibliography for themes related to:
Little Princes: One Man’s Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
by Connor Grennan

Nepal culture, history and politics:

Baral, Lok Raj. Nepal, Nation-state in the Wilderness: Managing State, Democracy, and Geopolitics. Los Angeles: Sage, 2012. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007682177

Chadda, Maya. Building Democracy in South Asia: India, Nepal, Pakistan. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/001204410

Einsiedel, Sebastian von, David Malone, and Suman Pradhan, eds. Nepal in Transition: From People's War to Fragile Peace. New York: Cambridge UP, 2012. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007682156

Feller, Tessa. Nepal. New York: Kuperard, 2008. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007266850

Hutt, Michael. Himalayan People's War: Nepal's Maoist Rebellion. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 2004. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007682180

Lawoti, Mahendra, and Anup K. Pahari, eds. The Maoist Insurgency in Nepal: Revolution in the Twenty-first Century. New York: Routledge, 2010. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007682175

Lawoti, Mahendra, and Susan Hangen, eds. Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Nepal: Identities and Mobilization After 1990. New York: Routledge, 2013. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007682166

Muzzini, Elisa, and Gabriela Aparicio. Urban Growth and Spatial Transition in Nepal: An Initial Assessment. Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 2013. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007682170

Onesto, Li. Dispatches From the People's War in Nepal. Chicago: Pluto Press, 2005. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007682176

Pandey, Nishchal N. New Nepal: The Fault Lines. Los Angeles: Sage, 2010. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007682167

Whelpton, John. A History of Nepal. New York: Cambridge UP, 2005. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/005330111

 

Human trafficking:

Aronowitz, Alexis A. Human Trafficking, Human Misery: The Global Trade in Human Beings. Westport: Praeger, 2009. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/006979862

Cameron, Sally, and Edward Newman, eds. Trafficking in Humans: Social, Cultural and Political Dimensions. New York: United Nations UP, 2008. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/006707205

Cullen-DuPont, Kathryn. Human Trafficking. New York: Facts on File, 2009. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007406336

Dimitrova, Dessi, ed. Marshaling Every Resource: State and Local Responses to Human Trafficking. Princeton: Policy Research Institute for the Region, 2007. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/006428821

Hua, Julietta. Trafficking Women's Human Rights. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2011. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007472223

Quirk, Joel. The Anti-slavery Project: From the Slave Trade to Human Trafficking. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007467226

Poverty and poor children:

Cancian, Maria, and Sheldon Danziger, eds. Changing Poverty, Changing Policies. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2009. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007219791

Coles, Robert, Michael H. Coles, and Randy-Michael Testa, eds. Growing Up Poor: A Literary Anthology. New York: New Press, 2001. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/001214741

Crane, D. Russell, and Tim B. Heaton, eds. Handbook of Families & Poverty. Los Angeles: Sage, 2008. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/006623963

Lindsey, Duncan. Child Poverty and Inequality: Securing a Better Future for America's Children. New York: Oxford UP, 2009. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/006905444

Godinot, Xavier, and Judith Stone. Eradicating Extreme Poverty: Democracy, Globalisation and Human Rights. New York: Pluto Press, 2012. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007499390

Karnani, Aneel. Fighting Poverty Together: Rethinking Strategies for Business, Governments, and Civil Society to Reduce Poverty. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at:  https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007361301 

Miller, Richard W. Globalizing Justice: The Ethics of Poverty and Power. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2010. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at:  https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007114503

Neuman, Susan B. Changing the Odds for Children At Risk: Seven Essential Principles of Educational Programs That Break the Cycle of Poverty. Westport: Praeger, 2009. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/006931458

Noah, Timothy. The Great Divergence: America's Growing Inequality Crisis and What We Can Do About It. New York: Bloomsbury, 2012. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007559717

Pimpare, Stephen. A People's History of Poverty in America. New York: New Press, 2008. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007021057

Royce, Edward Cary. Poverty and Power: The Problem of Structural Inequality. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/006794916

Templeton, Beth Lindsay. Understanding Poverty in the Classroom: Changing Perceptions for Student Success. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2011. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007404862

Wolff, Jonathan. The Human Right to Health. New York: Norton, 2012. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007590589

Volunteering, service learning and travel abroad:

Benckendorff, Pierre, Gianna Moscardo, and Donna Pendergast, eds. Tourism and Generation Y. Cambridge: CAB International, 2010. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007058322

Chetkovich, Carol A. and Frances Kunreuther. From the Ground Up: Grassroots Organizations Making Social Change. Ithaca: ILR Press, 2006. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/006665154

Clinton, Bill. Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World. New York: Knopf, 2007. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/006511778

Cress, Christine M., Peter J. Collier, and Vicki L. Reitenauer. Learning Through Serving: A Student Guidebook for Service-learning Across the Disciplines. Sterling: Stylus, 2005. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/006689898

Dekker, Paul, and Loek Halman, eds. The Values of Volunteering: Cross-cultural Perspectives. New York: Kluwer, 2003. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/002966337

Eikenberry, Angela M. Giving Circles: Philanthropy, Voluntary Association, and Democracy. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 2009. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007211696

Jackson, Jane. Intercultural Journeys: From Study to Residence Abroad. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007312618

Johnson, Brian R., and Brian F Kingshott. Safe Overseas Travel: Maximizing Enjoyment By Minimizing Risk. Flushing: Looseleaf Law Publications, 2009. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/006722049

Parish, Billy, and Dev Aujla. Making Good: Finding Meaning, Money, and Community in a Changing World. Emmaus: Rodale, 2012. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007591200

Savicki, Victor, ed. Developing Intercultural Competence and Transformation: Theory, Research, and Application in International Education. Sterling: Stylus, 2008. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/006584534

Singh, Tejvir, ed. Critical Debates in Tourism. Buffalo: Channel View Publications, 2012. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007660622

Steves, Rick. Rick Steves' Travel as a Political Act. New York: Nation Books, 2009. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007447496

Walton, Andrew, and Marybeth Gasman, eds. Philanthropy, Volunteerism & Fundraising in Higher Education. Boston: Pearson, 2008. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/006901659

Wearing, Stephen, and John Neil. Ecotourism: Impacts, Potentials and Possibilities? Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2009. In the SCSU Miller Center Library at: https://mplus.mnpals.net/vufind/Record/007058275

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