Himalayan Households
Title | Himalayan Households PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Earl Fricke |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780231100076 |
Reprint of the UMI Research Press work originally published in 1986 in the series Studies in Cultural Anthropology. Contains a new (5pp.) introduction. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Himalayan Households
Title | Himalayan Households PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Earl Fricke |
Publisher | |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 1993 |
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Himalayan Households Tamang Demography And Domestic Processes
Title | Himalayan Households Tamang Demography And Domestic Processes PDF eBook |
Author | T. Fricke |
Publisher | |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 2004-01-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9788121104005 |
Throughout the Nepal Himalaya socio-economic changes are transforming the lives of remote agropastoral peoples, bringing them into new relationships with once-distant elities. This book is a comprehensive study of the cultural ecology, demography, and domestic organization of one village undergoing these changes. The Tamang community of Timling faced for the first time with an inability to procure most subsistence needs from their local environment. These Tamang have joined the flow of people from rural Nepal who compete for wage labor to supplement their household economies. These changes are profoundly altering internal village relationships which are organized by both marriage and an ethic of reciprocity.
Himalayan Histories
Title | Himalayan Histories PDF eBook |
Author | Chetan Singh |
Publisher | SUNY Press |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 2018-12-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1438475217 |
A rare look at the history of Himalayan peasant society and the relationship between culture and environment in the Himalayas. Himalayan Histories, by one of Indias most reputed historians of the Himalaya, is essential for a more complete understanding of Indian history. Because Indian historians have mainly studied riverine belts and life in the plains, sophisticated mountain histories are relatively rare. In this book, Chetan Singh identifies essential aspects of the material, mental, and spiritual world of western Himalayan peasant society. Human enterprise and mountainous terrain long existed in a precarious balance, occasionally disrupted by natural adversity, in this large and difficult region. Small peasant communities lived in scattered environmental niches and tenaciously extracted from their harsh surroundings a rudimentary but sustainable livelihood. These communities were integral constituents of larger political economies that asserted themselves through institutions of hegemonic control, the state being one such institution. This laboriously created life-world was enlivened by myth, folklore, legend, and religious tradition. When colonial rule was established in the region during the nineteenth century, it transformed the peasants relationship with their natural surroundings. While old political allegiances were weakened, resilient customary hierarchies retained their influence through religio-cultural practices.
Love and Family Life
Title | Love and Family Life PDF eBook |
Author | Swami Rama |
Publisher | Himalayan Institute Press |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 2007-02-08 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 9780893891336 |
Guides the reader to understand the interplay between loving relationships and the path to spirituality.
Man and His House in the Himalayas
Title | Man and His House in the Himalayas PDF eBook |
Author | Gérard Toffin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Architecture |
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The Himalayas
Title | The Himalayas PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew J. Hund |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 465 |
Release | 2018-06-15 |
Genre | Science |
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A thorough and detailed resource that describes the history, culture, and geography of the Himalayan region, providing an indispensable reference work to both general readers and seasoned scholars in the field. The Himalayas: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture serves as a convenient and authoritative reference for anyone exploring the region and seeking to better understand the history, events, peoples, and geopolitical details of this unique area of the world. It explores the geography and details of the demographics, discusses relevant historical events, and addresses socioeconomic movements, political intrigues and controversies, and cultural details as to give an overarching impression of the region as a coherent and cohesive whole. Readers will come away with a vastly heightened understanding of the geographical region we recognize as the Himalayas, and grasp the issues of geography, history, and culture that are central to contemporary understandings of the human culture in the region. The alphabetically arranged and succinct entries provide easy access to detailed, authoritative information. Additionally, sidebars throughout the book relate compelling facts that point readers to new and interesting avenues of exploration. The volume also includes a chronological overview of the region, ten primary source documents, and a comprehensive bibliography of supporting works.