ISBN10: 9027977003, ISBN13: 9789027977007, [publisher: De Gruyter Mouton] Hardcover xvi, 567 p. / Former Library copy English
[Roeselare, Belgium] [Publication Year: 1978]
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ISBN10: 9027977003, ISBN13: 9789027977007, [publisher: De Gruyter Mouton] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Frontmatter -- General Editor's Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction / FISHER, JAMES F. -- SECTION ONE General Issues -- Fourfold Classifications of Society in the Himalayas / ALLEN, N. J. -- Kinship and Culture in the Himalayan Region / MOODEY, RICHARD W. -- Cultural Implications of Tibetan History / NAKANE, CHIE -- Homo hierarchicus Nepalensis: A Cultural Subspecies / FISHER, JAMES F. -- Hierarchy or Stratification Two Case Studies from Nepal and East Africa / CAPLAN, A. PATRICIA -- Himalayan Research: What, Whither, and Whether / BERREMAN, GERALD D. -- SECTION TWO The South Asian Perspective -- Actual and Ideal Himalayas: Hindu Views of the Mountains / BHARATI, AGEHANANDA -- Stratification and Religion in a Himalayan Society / RAHA, MANIS KUMAR -- Changing Patterns of Multiethnic Interaction in the Western Himalayas / NITZBERG, FRANCES L. -- An Additional Perspective on the Nepali Caste System / HITCHCOCK, JOHN T. -- Maiti-Ghar: The Dual Role of High Caste Women in Nepal / BENNETT, LYNN -- Dhikurs: Rotating Credit Associations in Nepal / MESSERSCHMIDT, DONALD A. -- The Role of the Priest in Sunuwar Society / FOURNIER, ALAN -- A New Rural Elite in Central Nepal / HÖFER, ANDRÁS -- Nepalis in Tibet / BISTA, DOR BAHADUR -- Modernizing a Traditional Administrative System: Sikkim 1890-1973 / ROSE, LEO E. -- Bureaucracy and ...
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