The Oxford handbook of the Himalayas edited by Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa

Contributor:

Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, Amy, editor.

Series:

Oxford handbooks online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Himalaya Mountains Region--Religion.

Himalaya Mountains Region.

Himalaya Mountains Region--Politics and government.

Himalaya Mountains Region--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

illustration

Other Title:

Handbook of the Himalayas

Himalayas

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press USA, 2026.

New York, NY Oxford University Press [2026]

Summary:

The Himalayas are not just mountains. They are also not just places for mountaineering, exploring, or extracting commodities. The Himalayan region is dynamic. Spanning eight contemporary nation states, the region is home to great diversity of people, languages, political formations, and ecosystems. It is also a region that is frequently imagined through siloed disciplinary perspectives, for its beautiful mountain vistas and geography, or its anthropological complexity. These perspectives developed during European colonial expansion in the region which has had long lasting repercussions for the making of borders and nation states as well as academic disciplines. This handbook provides an overview of the many ways that the Himalayas as a region are conceptualized and studied from the perspective of academics across multiple fields

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 13, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780190685065

0190685069

9780190685058

9780197831489

0190685050

0197831486

OCLC:

1603181519

Publisher Number:

CIPO000415259

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license