Sherpas : Reflections on Change in Himalayan Nepal
James F. Fisher
Bok Engelsk 1990 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Berkeley : : University of California Press, , 1990.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (248 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Note on Orthography and Sherpa Names; Maps; Nepal; Solu-Khumbu Region; Satellite View of Solu-Khumbu; Introduction: Monograph, Memoir, Confession; 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; Appendixes; A. Curriculum for Thawas at Tengboche Monastery; B. Khumjung School Curriculum; C. Chronology of Solu-Khumbu; D. Recent Change in Khumbu; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V. - WY; Z. - 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 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 E
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| ISBN | 0195626834. - 0520067703. - 0520069412
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