Culture and the Environment in the Himalaya

Book Overview

Drawing on Himalayan ethnography to interrogate and critique contemporary theorizing about the environment, this book examines how the environment is conceptualized among different social groups in the region. A new approach to the study of the environment in South Asia, this book introduces the new thinking in environmental anthropology and geography into the study of the Himalaya.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415533147
• ISBN13: 9780415533140
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"