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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Tác giả chính: Fisher, James F.
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Berkeley : University of California Press ©1990.
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1ppb51
Mục lục:
  • 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.