"The Rulings of the Night offers something new to the anthropology of language and ritual. Built on impeccably careful fieldwork, and beautiful at times in its transparency, the book gets back to the ... .. read
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In the early years of the 20th century when every country, including Japan, was looking to the west for advanced studies and training in modern technology, Nepal looked to the east, Japan, for its lea ... .. read
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"This book identifies one reason- the failure to consider sociocultural information in planning health care - for the enormous and chronic gap between policy- making and programme impl ... .. read
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This volume presents an account of political developments in Nepal since the ending of the Rana autocracy and the beginning of experiments with democracy. The book also analyzes the differing concepti ... .. read
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Nepali political parties have recently stepped into a new phase of party building. With the restoration of democracy in 1990, political parties, the Nepali Congress (NC) and the Communist Party of Nep ... .. read
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To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the triumph f Mount Everest, the Himalayan trust Advisory committee takes pride in presenting this volume, a tribute to Sir Edmund Hillary from the Sherpa people o ... .. read
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Completely updated and expanded, the seventh edition of the best-selling TREKKING IN NEPAL: A TRAVELER'S GUIDE by Stephen Bezruchka, sends trekkers to Nepal equipped with comprehensive information on ... .. read
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This book describes in detail the history of urbanization of Pokhara town, which is the fastest growing and one of the best-known towns in Nepal. The extraordinary history of growth and change over th ... .. read
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In these volumes Mary Slusser has documented and illustrated the origins and evolution of the remarkable Nepalese civilization that evolved in the Kathmandu Valley - known for much of its long history ... .. read
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What happens when a highly segmented, traditional society begins to experiment with modern, basically alien political concepts in order to accelerate national development? This is the question that Jo ... .. read
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