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Origins of Himalayan Studiesby Thomas Trautmann; David Waterhouse
RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 188.00Brian Hodgson lived in Nepal from 1820-1843 during which time he wrote and published extensively on Nepalese culture, religion, natural history, architecture, ethnography and linguistics. more...
Sherpasby James F. Fisher; Sir Edmond Hillary
University of California Press 1990; US$ 12.95James 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 1964. Returning to the Everest region several times during the 1970s and 1980s, he discovered that the construction of the schools had far less impact than one of the by-products of their building: a short-take-off-and-landing airstrip. By reducing the time it took to travel between Kathmandu and the Everest region from a hike of several days to a 45-minute flight, the airstrip made a rapid increase in tourism possible. Beginning with his impressions... more...
Nepal and Bangladeshby Nanda R. Shrestha
ABC-CLIO 2003; US$ 55.00Often overshadowed on the world stage by issues surrounding India and Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh are nonetheless vital players in the theatre of Asia. This volume brings a refreshing level of clarity to a wide variety of topics surrounding both nations. more...
Local Democracy in South Asiaby David N Gellner; Krishna Hachhethu
SAGE India 2008; US$ 69.95This volume, the first in a new series on governance, conflict, and civic action. in South Asia, focuses on the larger countries of South AsiaPakistan, India,. Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and especially Nepal. The 15 essays in this volume analyze. democracy both as a process and as a value. The essays also examine in ethnographic. detail the way in which democracy is actually experienced in South Asia, ranging. far beyond conventional political structures to look at conflict resolution, rhetorics. of foreign aid, ethnic organizations, Maoist practices of local government, Dalit. resistance, and so on. Many of the processes that are analyzed in depth in the Nepalese context are. shown to have their analogues in other South Asian countries.... more...
DK Eyewitness Books: Everestby Rebecca Stephens
Dorling Kindersley 2001; US$ 15.99Here is an original and exciting new guide to the enthralling challenges of life and death on the world''s greatest mountain ranges. Spectacular, full-color photographs of secret mountain kingdoms and scenes of courageous climbers as they conquer the summits present an inspiring "eyewitness" view of the majesty of mountains. See castles among the clouds, cable cars, funiculars, and steep mountain roads, lost ruins of the fabled Inca and Aztec civilizations, and dramatic waterfalls and rock formations. Learn how mountains are created, where to seek shelter in an avalanche, why the body of Otzi, the Ice Man, lay undiscovered for centuries, and why the Crusaders perched castles on peaks.Discover the truth behind yetis and other mountain myths,... more...
Nepal Women in Culture, Business & Travelby World Trade Press
World Trade Press 2010; US$ 7.45Women often occupy different roles in a foreign culture. Avoid offensive assumptions and behavior by understanding the position of women in Nepalese society: their legal rights; access to education and health care; workforce participation; and their dating, marriage, and family life. more...
Nature's Wonders: Mount Everestby Ann Heinrichs
Marshall Cavendish 2009; US$ 35.64Discover Mount Everest--a mysterious, exciting, and exotic natural landform. more...
Nepalby Krishna P. Bhattarai
Infobase Publishing 2008; US$ 36.00The information-packed volumes in this series provide comprehensive overviews of each nation's people, geography, history, government, economy, and culture while taking readers on a voyage of discovery to far-away lands. more...
New Nepalby Nishchal Nath Pandey
SAGE India 2010; US$ 24.95This book analyses the tumultuous situation in post-republic Nepal, with spot diagnosis of the major issues facing the country such as federal structure, security sector reform, armed movement in the terai, and religious clashes that have wide implications for India and China. While there is no disagreement over the issue of state restructuring itself, New Nepal: The Fault Lines deals with possible spin-offs of the failure to address the questions of identity, ethnicity, language, religion, region, and culture in "New Nepal". Security sector governance, the structure of the political system and the relations between various organs of the state are yet to be determined while the law and order situation, supply of daily essentials,... more...
Paradise Lost?by Ali Riaz; Subho Basu
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 2007; US$ 34.99Paradise Lost? examines the state-society relationships in Nepal and demonstrates that the nature of the state, disjuncture between the state and the society, and the rupture of the ideological hegemony of the ruling class of Nepal have created a situation where existing institutional frameworks are disintegrating and the state is unraveling rapidly. more...









