The ordination of a tree: The buddhist ecology movement in Thailand

Ethnology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-15

  Darlington, Susan M ^a  

^a HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDDHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE; TREE ORDINATION;

THAILAND;

EID: 0031831456     PISSN: 00141828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3773845     Document Type: Article

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