book chapter
Himalayan traders: life in highland Nepal
John Murray • London • Published In 1975 • Pages:
By: Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von.
Abstract
This work is a sequel to the author's book, THE SHERPAS OF NEPAL (1: Fürer-Haimendorf). The present source covers subjects not discussed in the previous study, such as settlement patterns, the farming economy, trade, crafts, tourism, and social and political change. Much emphasis here is on the effects of agriculture, animal husbandry, and trade on the Sherpa economy. Chapter 3 provides some rather interesting data on the employment of Sherpas as mountaineering and tourist guides by foreign nationals. Several chapters deal with other non-Sherpa populations of Nepal and have not been processed (chapters 5-7).
- Subjects
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Pastoral activities
- Dairying
- Tillage
- Cordage
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Normal garb
- Clothing manufacture
- Settlement patterns
- Production and supply
- External trade
- Labor supply and employment
- culture
- Sherpa
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Central Asia
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1991
- Field Date
- 1953-1972
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Khumbu region, Nepal
- Notes
- [by] Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf
- Includes bibliographical references
- Pages included: i-xvi, 1-105, 286-313
- LCSH
- Sherpa (Nepalese people)