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Book Title
Sherpas : Reflections on Change in Himalayan Nepal
Publication Name
Sherpas
Title
Sherpas
Subtitle
Reflections on Change in Himalayan Nepal
Author
James F. Fisher
Contributor
Edmond Hillary (Foreword by)
Format
Trade Paperback
ISBN-10
0520069412
EAN
9780520069411
ISBN
9780520069411
Publisher
University of California Press
Genre
Travel, Social Science
Topic
Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Asia / India & South Asia
Release Year
1990
Release Date
01/05/1990
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
0.7in
Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
12.8 Oz
Publication Year
1990
Number of Pages
248 Pages

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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 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 of Sherpa society in pre-tourist days, Fisher traces the trajectory of contemporary Sherpa society reeling under the impact of modern education and mass tourism, and assesses the Sherpa's concerns for their future and how they believe these problems should be and eventually will be resolved.

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Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520069412
ISBN-13
9780520069411
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1088290

Product Key Features

Book Title
Sherpas : Reflections on Change in Himalayan Nepal
Author
James F. Fisher
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Asia / India & South Asia
Publication Year
1990
Genre
Travel, Social Science
Number of Pages
248 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
12.8 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ds493.9.S5f57 1990
Copyright Date
1990
Lccn
89-027155
Dewey Decimal
915.496
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes

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