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Health Services and Some Cultural Factors in Eastern Nepal
The article describes certain aspects of illness and of health facilities on a comparative basis between geographical regions in East Nepal. The article focuses on diseases whose remedies have implica...
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Odyssey Illustrated Guide to Tibet
The Odyssey Illustrated Guide to Tibet sets itself apart from other guidebooks on Central and Western Tibet with its narrative and artistic focus. While Odyssey Tibet covers many (if not...
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Warrior Gentlemen: “Gurkhas” in the Western Imagination
Creator’s Description: In recent years there has been a growing interest in how non-Western peoples are depicted in the literatures of the West. This study eschews the tendency to regard virt...
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Warrior Gentlemen: “Gurkhas” in the Western Imagination
Creator’s Description: In recent years there has been a growing interest in how non-Western peoples are depicted in the literatures of the West. This study eschews the tendency to regard virt...
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Arriving Ahead of Time: The Ma ’das sprul sku and Issues of Sprul sku Personhood
Creator's Description: A ma ’das sprul sku is a non-hereditary reincarnate lama (sprul sku) who assumes his or her predecessor’s status, but who takes birth before his or her ...
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In the Hidden Valley of the White Conch: The Inscription of a Bhutanese Pure Land
Creator's Description: This article examines a relatively recent (1974) inscription from a Ma ṇi gdung 'khor lha khang near U rgyan phug, Bhutan, and connects it to a much older site in Lho b...
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Land and Social Change in East Nepal: A Study of Hindu-Tribal Relations (Second Edition, with a Postscript)
Creator’s Description: This book examines the relations between the Limbus, an indigenous "tribal" people, and the Hindus who have entered their region during the past two hundred years. It d...
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Ascetics in Western Nepal
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A History of Modern Tibet, Volume 2: The Calm before the Storm, 1951-55
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Administration and Politics in a Nepalese Town: The Study of a District Capital and Its Environs
Creator’s Description: This book describes and analyzes the processes by which recent economic and political developments have impinged on traditional social institutions and relationships wi...
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