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Nature, Culture and Religion at the Crossroads of Asia
Language: en
Pages: 446
Authors: Marie Lecomte-Tilouine
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-08-03 - Publisher: Routledge

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This book explores how ethnic groups living in the Himalayan regions understand nature and culture. The first part addresses the opposition between nature and c
Routledge Handbook of Asian Borderlands
Language: en
Pages: 556
Authors: Alexander Horstmann
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-04-09 - Publisher: Routledge

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In Asia, where authoritarian-developmental states have proliferated, statehood and social control are heavily contested in borderland spaces. As a result, in th
Monsoon Rains, Great Rivers and the Development of Farming Civilisations in Asia
Language: en
Pages: 349
Authors: Peter D. Clift
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-01-07 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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A detailed review of climate change and its impacts on farming systems since the Neolithic, including anticipated future changes.
Religion and Modernity in the Himalaya
Language: en
Pages: 226
Authors: Megan Adamson Sijapati
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-03-10 - Publisher: Routledge

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Religion has long been a powerful cultural, social, and political force in the Himalaya. Increased economic and cultural flows, growth in tourism, and new forms
Routledge Handbook of Highland Asia
Language: en
Pages: 456
Authors: Jelle J.P. Wouters
Categories: Social Science
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The Routledge Handbook of Highland Asia is the first comprehensive and critical overview of the ethnographic and anthropological work in Highland Asia over the