Building the Sherpa's New Present in the Age of Globalization

by Eberhard Berg

The central concern of this book is a detailed examination of both the strategy and the means employed whereby the Sherpas have been successfully managing the creation of a novel tradition beyond the narrow confines of their traditional particularism and, in firm association, a new wider, i.e. all-embracive, collectivity and a corresponding greater, pan-Sherpa identity. This achievement proves to be of crucial importance in their dealings not only...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3895004553
• ISBN13: 9783895004551
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Dr Ludwig Reichert Verlag
• Weight: 40.07 lbs.