Caravans Of The Himalaya
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Caravans Of The Himalaya
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Author : Eric Valli
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Caravans Of The Himalaya written by Eric Valli and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Dolpā (Nepal) categories.
This is an account of the two years the authors' spent with the Dolpo-pa, a nomadic people who have made their home in one of the most remote and inhospitable areas of the world. The hidden land of Dolpo lies between the high peaks of the Himalaya and the Tibetan plateau Chang Tang. In this unwelcoming landscape the Dolpo-pa have existed for 2000 years, moving with their caravans and yaks between the mountains and the plateaux every summer to graze their livestock and to exchange their grain for Tibetan salt.
Trans Himalayan Caravans
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Author : Janet Rizvi
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2001
Trans Himalayan Caravans written by Janet Rizvi and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Business & Economics categories.
This book documents the extraordinarily complex pattern of trade upon which the pre-Independence economy of Ladakh largely depended. Although the trans-Himalayan traffic in subsistence commodities in other parts of the Himalaya has been researched, that in Ladakh has until now remained almost entirely undocumented. The book is based mainly on oral evidence; this is related to documentary sources ranging from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. This intriguing account of Ladakhi trade is spiced with enough personal details of the traders at all levels, to demonstrate that trade' is something more than a matter of routes and commodities, prices and rates of profit; it is an activity carried out by real human beings, profoundly colouring their entire way of life.
Caravans Of The Himalaya
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Author : Eric Valli
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Caravans Of The Himalaya written by Eric Valli and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.
This extraordinary travelogue takes readers on a two-year trek across the highest points of the world with Nepalese traders as they repeat the ancient journeys of their ancestors--crossing more than a thousand miles by foot. 130 full-color illustrations and 30 b&w drawings.
Caravan To Lhasa
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Author : Kamal Tuladhar
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Caravan To Lhasa written by Kamal Tuladhar and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Caravans categories.
Personal experiences of the author.
Caravans In Socio Cultural Perspective
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Author : Persis B. Clarkson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-11-30
Caravans In Socio Cultural Perspective written by Persis B. Clarkson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-30 with Social Science categories.
Ranging across space and time, this book brings together up-to-date research on the socio-cultural phenomenon of caravans. It shows that caravans for long-distance trade in arid lands are present in both the Old and New Worlds. Alongside historical and archival records, ethnographic analyses of modern caravans provide theoretical frameworks for reconstructing aspects of ancient caravans such as behaviour, ritual and material culture. The volume reflects on the changing foci of caravan research and the future of caravans, when memories of living caravaners are fading, and the fragile and remote nature of caravan-related sites means that they are at risk. It will be relevant to scholars from anthropology, archaeology and history and others with an interest in trade, travel and nomadism.
Wonders Of The Himalaya
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Author : Francis Younghusband
language : en
Publisher: La Línea Del Horizonte Ediciones
Release Date : 2014-03-20
Wonders Of The Himalaya written by Francis Younghusband and has been published by La Línea Del Horizonte Ediciones this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-20 with Travel categories.
Francis Younghusband was barely twenty years old when he set out in search of "the true spirit of the Himalayas". Written forty years later, this book takes a retrospective look at the two expeditions he made between 1886 and 1889 for which the Royal Geographic Society awarded him its Gold Medal. The first of these expeditions took him from Peking to Kashmir via a route that was 5,500 kilometers long. In the second, he explored the uncharted Karakoram and Pamir passes. Previously unpublished in Spanish, this work conveys with serenity the passion of his youth and the satisfaction he derived from those vast Himalayan landscapes. The present edition commemorates the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its author's birth.
Himalaya
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Author : Philip Parker
language : en
Publisher: Anova Books
Release Date : 2012-11-30
Himalaya written by Philip Parker and has been published by Anova Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-30 with Sports & Recreation categories.
At some 1500 miles long and 250 miles at its widest the Himalaya range is home to the fourteen greatest mountain peaks on the planet each of which towers over 8,000 metres. Celebrated by the region�s early ancient kingdoms, many of these peaks remain sacred in both the Hindu and Buddhist religions and have additionally inspired western explorers and adventurers for some 300 years. Himalaya examines the geographical origins of the region, its earliest peoples and the onward western discovery and exploration commencing with the Jesuits, progressing through myriad nineteenth century gentlemen surveyors, culminating in Edmund Hilary and Tensing Norgay�s ascent of Everest in 1953 and continuing to the present day with extreme mountaineers and adventure tourists. However the book does not solely deal with the attempts to summit the majestic Everest. Its broader brief, and chronological structure, allows the inclusion of narrative and journal extracts from the equally heroic pioneering ascents of Himalayan peaks including K2 (1954), Nanga Parbat (1953), Annapurna (1950), Kangchenjunga (1955), and Lhotse (1956) as well as subsequent new frontiers, peaks, routes and mountaineering techniques. The volume includes specially commissioned pieces where legendary climbers reflect on their intrepid experiences and heroism on the highest mountains on earth. These accounts are set beside stunning commissioned cartography, historical photographs, newly shot stills of ephemera and artifacts as well as the most recent Himalayan work from some of the world�s leading adventure photographers.
High Frontiers
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Author : Kenneth M. Bauer
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2004
High Frontiers written by Kenneth M. Bauer and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Business & Economics categories.
This is an ethnographic and ecological history of Dolpo, a culturally Tibetan region in western Nepal. Bauer describes Dolpo since the 1950s and traces how pastoralists living in the trans-Himalaya have adapted to sweeping changes in their economic, political and cultural circumstances.
Into The Untravelled Himalaya
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Author : Harish Kapadia
language : en
Publisher: Indus Publishing
Release Date : 2005
Into The Untravelled Himalaya written by Harish Kapadia and has been published by Indus Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Travel categories.
Himalaya Bound
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Author : Michael Benanav
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2018-01-02
Himalaya Bound written by Michael Benanav and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-02 with Travel categories.
A gorgeous work of literary journalism that follows a nomadic family’s fraught migration to the high Himalayan plains, as a changing world closes in around them. Following his vivid account of traveling with one of the last camel caravans on earth in Men of Salt, Michael Benanav now brings us along on a journey with a tribe of forest-dwelling nomads in India. Welcomed into a family of nomadic water buffalo herders, he joins them on their annual spring migration into the Himalayas, a superb adventure that explores the relationship between humankind and wild lands, and the dubious effect of environmental conservation on peoples whose lives are inseparably intertwined with the natural world.The migration Benanav embarked upon was plagued with problems, as government officials threatened to ban this nomadic family—and others in the Van Gujjar tribe—from the high alpine meadows where they had summered for centuries. Faced with the possibility that their beloved buffaloes would starve to death, and that their age-old way of life was doomed, the family charted a risky new course, which would culminating in an astonishing mountain rescue. And Benanav was arrested for documenting the story of their plight.Intimate and enthralling, Himalaya Bound paints a sublime picture of a rarely-seen world, revealing the hopes and fears, hardships and joys, of a people who wonder if there is still a place for them on this planet.