Sherpa
Contributors: Adams, Vincanne, 1959-; Adams, Vincanne, 1959-; Brower, Barbara Anne; Fisher, James F.; Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995; Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995; Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995; Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995; Jerstad, Luther G.; Kunwar, Ramesh Raj; Mühlich, Michael; Ortner, Sherry B., 1941-; Ortner, Sherry B., 1941-; Ortner, Sherry B., 1941-; Paul, Robert A.; Paul, Robert A.; Paul, Robert A.; Stevens, Stanley F.; Weitz, Charles A.; Human Relations Area Files, inc
Series: eHRAF world cultures. Asia; eHRAF world cultures
Publisher: Human Relations Area Files
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New Haven, Conn
Language: eng
Subjects: Sherpa (Nepalese people); Ethnology; Civilization
Description: The Sherpa are a Tibetan-speaking people who moved into the valleys of eastern Nepal in the middle of the sixteenth century. They survived as traders transporting goods by Yak across the Himalayas, linking the markets of China to Nepal and India. This collection of 19 documents about the Sherpa covers a period from the 1950s to 1990s. The Sherpa environment, religion, and social change have received the most attention by these authors.
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