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Kathmandu is the greatest city of the Himalaya; a place where unique cultural practices that died out in India a thousand years ago have survived. It is a carnival of sexual license and... Læs mere
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Jianglin Li provides the first clear historical account of the Chinese crackdown in Lhasa in 1959. Sifting facts from the distortions of propaganda and partisan politics, she... Læs mere
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The more than two dozen Rai languages in eastern Nepal, which make up the larger part of the Kiranti language family, are linguistically highly varied. This volume for... Læs mere
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This ethnography of a river restoration project in Kathmandu, Nepal s capital and one of the fastest-growing cities in Southeast Asia, contributes to the nascent anthropology of urban environments.
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This is the study of a small group of Tibetan Buddhists called the Nyishangba who have maintained an egalitarian culture, where... Læs mere
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Documenting one of the rare success stories in the history of wildlife conservation, The Return of the... Læs mere
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Explores the interrelationship of mind, self, emotion and the development of moral consciousness in the Nepalese city of Bhaktapur. The author investigates how the citizens have developed moral awareness in the context of cultural life.
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Examining the relationship between societal practice, historical processes, and culture in a Nepali society, this book tells the story of the Thakali's search for identity and their efforts to clarify and represent their culture and history.
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This is a comprehensive study of the cultural ecology, demography and domestic organization of the Tamang, the largest Tibeto-Burman-speaking population in Nepal. It describes how the Tamang are coping with an agricultural crisis brought about by population growth.
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An inspirational book capturing the wonders of trekking in Nepal, in eight vivid stories from Kev Reynolds and #039; journals exploring the Himalaya.... Læs mere
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A comprehensive trekking guidebook to the Annapurna region - the most popular trekking area in Nepal. Fourteen diverse treks are described... Læs mere
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"Tiger Moon" is the powerful, poetic story of the Sunquists' two years studying tigers in Nepal. A new afterword tells the story of promising efforts to reconnect fractured Nepalese tiger habitats.