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Claiming the high ground : Sherpas, subsistence, and environmental change in the highest Himalaya
- Title
- Claiming the high ground : Sherpas, subsistence, and environmental change in the highest Himalaya / Stanley F. Stevens.
- Author
- Stevens, Stanley F.
- Publication
- Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1993.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book/Text | Use in library | GF696.N35 S74 1993 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xx, 537 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Subject
- Human ecology > Nepal > Khumbu Valley
- Sherpa (Nepalese people) > Economic conditions
- Landscape changes > Nepal > Khumbu Valley
- 74.21 geography of Asia
- Economic history
- Human ecology
- Landscape changes
- Sherpa (Nepalese people) > Economic conditions
- Humanökologie
- Sherpa
- Sozialökologie
- Umweltschutz
- Wirtschaftsentwicklung
- Sociaal-economische ontwikkeling
- Sherpa's
- Ecologische aspecten
- Écologie humaine > Népal > Khumbu
- Sherpa (peuple tibétain) > Conditions économiques
- Paysage > Modifications > Népal > Khumbu
- Khumbu Valley (Nepal) > Economic conditions
- Nepal > Khumbu Valley
- Khumbu Himal
- Khumbu (Népal) > Conditions économiques
- Sherpa
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 507-520) and index.
- Contents
- pt. 1. Sherpa Cultural Ecology -- 1. Sherpa Country -- 2. High-Altitude Economy -- 3. Farming on the Roof of the World -- 4. Good Country for Yak -- 5. Sacred Forests and Fuel Wood -- pt. 2. Economic and Environmental Change -- 6. Four Centuries of Agropastoral Change -- 7. Subsistence, Adaptation, and Environmental Change -- 8. Local Resource Management: Decline and Persistence -- 9. From Tibet Trading to the Tourist Trade -- 10. Tourism, Local Economy, and Environment. Appendix A: Major Himalayan Peaks -- Appendix B: The Sherpa/Tibetan Calendar -- Appendix C: Chronology of Khumbu History.
- ISBN
- 0520076990
- 9780520076990
- LCCN
- 92004808
- OCLC
- ocm25508378
- 25508378
- SCSB-1979717
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library