Sherpas : Reflections on Change in Himalayan Nepal /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fisher, James F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1990.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sherpa (peuple du Nepal)
Tourisme > Nepal.
Sozialer Wandel
Travel.
Tourism.
Sherpa (Nepalese people)
Education.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
TRAVEL.
Tourisme > Nepal > Solukhumbū.
Éducation > Nepal > Solukhumbū.
Sherpa (Peuple du Nepal)
Tourism > Nepal > Solukhumbū.
Education > Nepal > Solukhumbū.
Sherpa.
Solukhumbu (Nepal) > Descriptions et voyages.
Nepal > Solukhumbū.
Solukhumbū (Nepal) > Descriptions et voyages.
Solukhumbū (Nepal) > Description and travel.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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