Sherpas : reflections on change in Himalayan Nepal /

James Fisher combines the strengths of technical anthropology, literary memoir, and striking photography in this telling study of rapid social change in Himalayan Nepal. The author first visited the Sherpas of Nepal when he accompanied Sir Edmund Hilary on the Himalayan Schoolhouse Expedition of 196...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Fisher, James F.
Formaat: Licensed eBooks
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Berkeley : University of California Press ©1990.
Online toegang:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1ppb51
Inhoudsopgave:
  • 1. The Himalayan schoolhouse expedition, 1964
  • 2. A tradition of change
  • 3. Schools for Sherpas
  • 4. A torrent of tourists
  • 5. How Sherpas see the future
  • 6. Summary and conclusion.