Himalaya, the Journal of theAssociation for Nepal and

Himalayan StudiesVolume 14Number 1 Himalayan Research Bulletin no. 1 & 2 Article 15

1994

Recent Publications

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Books

Amatya, Saphalya . 1991 Art and Culture of Nepal. Jaipur: Nirala Publications. Subjects covered: Nepali art and popular culture.

Chand, Diwaker. 1991 Development Through Non-Government Organizations in Nepal. Kathmandu: Institute for National Development, Research and Social Services. 128 p . Subjects covered: Non-governmental organizations in Nepal; Economic policy.

Fricke, Tom. I 994 Himalayan Households: Tamang Demography and Domestic Processes. New York: Columbia University Press. 243 p . Subjects covered: Demography and social conditions in Nepal.

Himalayan Voices: An Introduction to Modern Nepali Literature. 1991 Translated and Edited by Michael James Hutt. Berkeley: University of Califomia Press . Includes bibliographic references (pp. 317-323) and index. Subjects covered: Poetry.

Himalaya to the Sea: Geology, Geomorphology and the Quaternary. 1993 Edited by John F. Shrader, Jr. New York: Routledge. 432p . Includes illustrations and bibliography . Subjects Covered: Archaeology; Glaciation and landforms; Erosion and deposition; Natural hazards; Tectonics.

Jha, Hari Bansh. 1992 Tibetans in Nepal. Description: 128 p. Subjects Covered: Tibetan social conditions; Political refugees, Nepal, China and Tibet; Economic conditions; Nepali exiles.

Joshi, Shankar La!. 1993 Nepal under Amsuvarma, Golden Period. New Delhi: Anmol Publication . 244 p. Subjects covered: Amsuvarman, King of Nepal; History To 1768.

Khadka, Narayan . 199 I Foreign Aid, Poverty, and Stagnation in Nepal. New Delhi : Vikas Publication House. 447 p. Includes illustrations. Subjects covered: Economic assistance, policy, and conditions:

La II, Kesar . 1991 Gods and Mountains: The Folk Culture of a Himalayan Kingdom , Nepal .

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Jaipur: Nirala Publications . Subjects covered: Folklore; Social life and customs.

Macfarlane, Alan. 1990 Gurungs of Nepal: A Guide to the Gurungs . Kathmandu: Ratna Pustak Bhandar . 39 p. Includes bibliographical references. Subjects covered: Gurungs, social life and customs.

Miera, Dorothy. 1991 Himalayan Animal Tales. Kathmandu: Pilgrims. Subjects covered: Alpine fauna.

Mishra, Tirtha Prasad . 1991 The Taming of Tibet: A Historical Account of Compromise and Confrontation in Nepal-Tibet Relations, 1900-1930 . Jaipur: Nirala Publication. 322 p. Includes 120 pp . of plates. Subjects covered: Nepal foreign relations with China and Tibet; Nepal history 1768-1951.

Population and Development in Nepal. 1992 Edited by Bal Kumar K.C, et al. Kathmandu: Central Department of Population Studies, Tribhuvan University. Subjects covered: Congresses on rural development and population .

Pradhan, Kumar. 1991 The Gorkha Conquests: The Process and Consequences of the Unification of Nepal, with Particular Reference to Eastern Nepal. New York: Oxford University Press. 282 p. Includes maps. Subjects covered : Nepal history 1768-1951.

Raeper, William. 1992 Spring Awakening: An Account of the 1990 Revolution in Nepal. New York: Viking . Includes bibliographical references (pp. 235-237) and index. Subjects covered: Politics and government.

Satma, Nagendra. 1992 Secrets of Shangri-La: An Inquiry into the Lore, Legend and Culture of Nepal. Description : 292 p. Includes illustrations. Subjects covered : Legends and proverbs; Civilization and history; Social life and customs.

Schmidt, Jeremy. 1991 Himalayan Passages: Seven Months in the High Country of Tibet, Nepal, China, India and Pakistan. Seattle: Mountaineers. Subjects covered: Description and travel in the Himalayas.

Scot, Barbara J . 1993 The Violet Shyness of Their Eyes: Notes from Nepal. 270 p. Includes illu strations . Subjects covered: Journeys in Nepal; Description and travel.

Sever, Adrien. 1993 Nepal under the Ranas. New Delhi: Oxford and IBH Publication Co.

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Includes "Photographs from the collection of Gharendra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana," bibliographical references (pp. 491-493) and index . Subjects covered: Nepal hi story 1768-1951 .

Shakya, Bijendra M. 1991 Foreign Trade and Export Management: With Nepalese Perspective. 152p . Subjects covered : Commerce; Export marketing management .in Nepal; Case studies .

St ill, Michael. 1992 The Atlas of Nepal in the Modern World. London : Earthscan Publications. Includes bibliographical references (pp . 153-156) and index . Subjects covered: Anthropogeography and human ecology.

The Anthropology of Nepal, from Tradition to Modernity. Proceedings of the Franco­Nepalese Seminar held in the French Cultural Center, Kathmandu, 18-20 March 1992. 1993 Edited by Gerald Toffin.

Toba, Sueyoshi. 1992 Language Issues in Nepal. Kathmandu: Samdan Books and Stationers. Subjects covered: Languages.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 199 2 Development of Literacy Follow-up Materials for Women and Other Disadvantaged Population. Final report of the regional workshops on the preparation of literacy follow~up materials in Asia and the Pacific. Bangkok . Available from: UNESCO . Bangkok, Thailand . Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific .

Contains materials from a workshop to provide training in audiovisual materials development for women and other disadvantaged populations , such as slum dwellers, minorities, and migrants. The proceedings sections contains an introduction, objective, and summaries of opening, workshop, and other presentations. Chapter 1 provides details of the group work, chapter 2 contains summaries of papers, and chapter 3 consists of an outline for preparation of national follow-up activity and plans submitted by Bangladesh, China, India , Laos, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Appendixes include the workshop program, participant list, and three opening addresses.

Joshi, Maheshwar P., Allen C. Fanger and Charles W . Brown (eds). 1994 Himalaya: Past and Present. Volume II 1991-1992; AI mora, U .P. Shree Almora Book Depot.

Editorial

Chapter I: Statistical Sketch of Kamaon George William Trail!

Contents:

Chapter II: Statistical Report on the Bhotia Mehals of Kamaon George William Trail!

Chapter lll: "What we ca ll'Bhotias' are in reality not Bhotias": Perspectives of British Colonial Conceptions

C. W . Bro\VII Chapter IV: Hindu Kingship in its Ritual Realm: The Garhwali Configuration

Jean-Claude Galey Chapter V: Economic Resource Management in the Kumaon of the Chandras

Maheshwar P. Joshi Chapter VI: Caste and Economic Exchange in a Traditional Himalayan Village

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Allen C. Fanger Chapter VII: Perspective on the Rohila Invasion of Kumaon

Vidyadhar S. Negi Chapter VIII: Spiti - A Historical Survey

Tobdan Chapter IX:. Excavations at Sekta (Manipur) 1991.

A.K. Sharma and S.B .. Ota Chapter X: The Logic and Conflicts of a Nepalese Pantheon

G. Toffin

Joshi, Maheshwar P., Allen C. Fanger and Charles W. Brown (eds). 1994 Himalaya : Past and Present. Volume III 1992-1993. Almora, U.P. Shree AI mora Book Depot.

Contents: Editmial List of Contributors Chapter I: Narrative of a Survey for the Purpose of Discovering the Sources of the Ganges

Capt. F . V. Raper Chapter II: The Depressed Classes of Kumaun Hills

E.H.H. Edye Chapter III : Sanskritization and Environmental Perception Among Tibeto-Burman Speaking Groups

Klaus Seeland Chapter IV : The Ideology of the Householder Among the Kashmiri Pandits

T.N. Madan Chapter V: Spirit Possession in the Social Context: Gender and Social Order in Tehli Garhwal

Bhuvana Rao Chapter VI: Salt, Barley, Pashmina and Tineal- contexts of being Bhotiya in Traill's Kumaon ..

C . W. Brown Chapter VII : Was there a Central Pahari? An Appraisal of Grierson's Classification of Three Pahmi Language Groups

Maheshwar P . Joshi and Vidyadhar S. Negi Chapter VIII: MatTiage Exchanges Among the Jimadaras of the Central Himalayas

Allen C. Fanger Chapter IX: The Silpakaras (Artisans) of Central Himalaya: a Diachronic Study

Maheshwar P. Joshi Chapter X: Land Holdings' Scenario in the Himalaya

R. Swarup, P.K. Samal and N. A. Farooquee

French Cultural Center.

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1993 The Anthropology of Nepal. Almora, U.P. Shree Almora Book Depot.

Chapter I: Introduction G.Toffin

Contents:

Chapter II: Cultural Pluralism in Nepal: Problems and Prospects of its Preservation I. and D. Baral

Religion and Society

Chapter III: The 32 Maharjan tols of Kathmandu City. A. Holle , G. Toffin & K.P. Rima/

Chapter IV: Religious Traditions and Beliefs of the People of Western Nepal. R.N. Pandey

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Chapter V: A Ritual King: some Ethnographic Dates on the Dasain Festival in Argha Rajas thai.

P. Ramirez Chapter VI: Preliminary Remarks on a Sherpa Pilgrimage .

K. Buffetril/e Change and Development

Chapter VI A Recent Phenomenon: the Emergence of Buddhist Monasteries around the Stupa of Bodnath. ·

M. Helffer Chapter VIII: Tradition and Adaptation: A Study in Continuity and Change in the Gurung Culture of Nepal.

J. Gurung C hapter IX: Socio-Economic Determinants of Women's Work in the Service Sector.

N. Mercier Chapter X : French Anthropological Studies and Development Issues in Nepal.

C. Jest Chapter XI: French Research on the Anthropology of Nepal 1954-1993. A Bibliography.

L. Boulnois , P. Massone/, G. Toffin G. & F. Vigny

Articles

Adams, Vincanne. 199 2 Tourism and Sherpas, Nepal: Reconstruction of Reciprocity. Dept. of Antlu·opology, Princeton University, NJ,Annals ofTourism Research, 1992 19(3): 534-554 . Abstract: Data collected during 18 months of field research among Z cohorts of Sherpas in Nepal (N=I ,059 respondents [Rs] in 249 households) are drawn on to show how, despite nearly 40 years of involvement in tourism and its heavy demands for wage labor, Sherpas (R's) have found ways to reconstitute traditional productive relations in their new economy . Sherpa reciprocal labor in the form of kinship and other types of exchanges, has been reconstituted in mountain tourism alongs ide well-established patterns of wage labor. It is suggested that the logic which informs and shapes Sherpa economic endeavors is a cultural logic revolving around tendencies toward both independence and interdependence into which new tourism opportunities can fit. 47 references . (Adapted from the source document)

Amacher, Gregory S., William F. Hyde , and Bharat R. Joshee . 199 3 Joint Production and Consumption in Traditional Households: Fuel and Crop Residues in two Districts in Nepal. The lou mal of Development Studies, October 1993 41:206-25 Subjects covered: Wood as fuel; Fuel consumption; Mathematical models for households; Forests and forestty .

Axinn, William G. 1991 The Influence of Interviewer sex on Responses to Sensitive Questions in Nepal. Social Science Research, September 1991 20 :303-18. Subjects covered : Social surveys response set; Interviews and interviewing; Sex roles.

Axinn, William G. 1992 Rural Income-Generating Programs and Fertility Limitation: Evidence from a Micr odemogr aphic Study in Nepal. Rural Sociology, Fall 1992 57:396-4 13. Subjects covered: Birth contro l; Farmers and rural development; Citizen partic ipation .

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Baral, Lok Raj. 1992 India-Nepal Relations: Continuity and Change. Asian Survey, September 1992 32:815-29. Subjects covered: Relations and history.

Brower , Barbara. 1991 Crisis and Conservation in Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal. Sociely and Natural Resources, April-June 19914(2):151-163. Abstract: In Khumbu, Nepal, Western-trained resource managers' perception of acute environmental crisis caused them to join with the national government in the planning, establishment, and ongoing management of Sagarmatha National Park. Spurred by an underlying sense of urgency, the park's planners hastily imposed imported conservation ideology and management techniques, based on western models and predicated on an apparently erroneous assessment of the nature, degree, and pace of environmental deterioration in the high Himalaya. In addition, park management failed to address actual environmental problems and undermined indigenous resource management practices. 1 Figure, 51 references . (Adapted from the source document)

Caplan, Lionel . 1991 From Tribe to Peasant? The Limbus and the Nepalese State. School Oriental and African Studies, University of London Journal of peasant studies, Jan . 1991 18(2):305-321. Abstract: Based on fieldwork conducted in 1964-65 and in the late 1980's and secondary data, the demise of the kipat communal land tenure system of the Limbus tribal group in Nepal is explored. The monarchy, in order to incorporate the Limbus into the state, transformation from the kipat and encouraged immigration of high caste Hindus into the region, resulting in a tribal to a peasant economy. The importance of the land to the Limbus and the effects of the loss of communal land on their identity are considered. 42 references. (Adapted from the source document)

Comings, John P ., et al. 1992 A Secondary Analysis of a Nepalese National Literacy Program. Comparative Education Review, May 1992 36(2):212-26. Subjects covered: Analyzes data from evaluations of seven Nepalese literacy programs (five for adults and two for out-of-school children) using the same instructional materials and design. Examines drop-out rates, female participation, language of instruction, skill acquisition, skill retention, changes in attitudes and knowledge, effects on elementary enrollment, and costs.

Cromwell, Godfrey. 1992 What Makes Technology Transfer? Small-Scale Hydro-Power in Nepal's Public and Private Sectors. World Development, July 1992 20:979-89. Subjects covered: Technology transfer; Hydroelectric plants; Technical assistance .

Desjarlais , Robert R. 1992 Yolmo Aesthetics of Body, Health and 'Soul Loss.' Social Science and Medicine, May 1992 34( 1 0): 1105-17 . Subjects covered: Medicinal anthropology~ Aesthetics; Mind and body; Sherpas and medicine.

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1992 Variation and Change in Fertility in West Central Nepal. Human Ecology, June 1992 20:225-48 . Subjects covered : Human fertility; Hindus and social conditions.

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Fricke, Tom, William G. Axinn, and Arland Thorton. 1993 Marriage, Social Inequality, and Women's Contact with their Natal Families in Alliance Societies: Two Tamang Examples. American Anthropologist, June 1993 95:395-419. Subjects covered: Tamang family; Social exchange; Women's social conditions .

Gaige, Fred., and Scholz, John T. I 991 The 1991 Parliamentary Elections in Nepal: Political Freedom and Stability. Asian Survey, November 1991 31: 1040-60 . Subjects covered: Elections; political campaigns.

Garver, John W. 1991 China-India Rivalry in Nepal: The Clash over Chinese Arms Sales. Asian Survey, October 1991 31:956-75. Subjects covered: Nepali politics and government; Arms transfers China; India foreign relations with China; Nepal foreign relations with China.

Gellner, David N. 1991 Hinduism, Tribalism and the Position of Women: The Problem of Newar Identity. Man, March 1991 26: I 05-25. Subjects covered: Newars social structure; Hinduism; Women and social condition.

Gittelsohn, Joel. 1991 Opening the Box: Intrahousehold Food Allocation in Rural Nepal (part of a symposium on: The household production of nutrition) . Social Science and Medicine, 1991 33(10): 1141-54. Subjects covered: Food consumption; sex of children and parental preference; rural families; child nutrition; households.

Hutt, Michael. 1991 Drafting the Nepal Constitution, 1990. Asian Survey , November 1991 31:1020-39. Subjects covered: Nepal constitution. ·

Khadka, Narayan. 1993 Democracy and Development in Nepal: Prospects and Challenges. Pacific Affairs. Spring 1993 66:44-71. Subjects covered: Democracy, politics and government.

Maskarinec, Gregory G. 1992 A Shamanic Etiology of Affliction from Western Nepal. Social Science and Medicine, September 1992 35(5):723-34. Subjects covered: Medicinal anthropology; Shamanism; Disease and causes.

Metz, John J . 1991 A Reassessment of the Causes and Severity of Nepal's Environmental Crisis. World Development, July 1991 19:805-20 . Subjects covered: Deforestation of the Himalayan region, Nepal; Landuse; Taxation.

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Mumford, Stan . (This is a review only) I 992 Himalayan Dialogue; Tibetan Lamas and Gurung Shamans in Nepal. Reviewed by : Mchugh, Ernestine L. in Comparative Stud{es in Society and History. July 1992 34:552-9.

Pandey, Shanta, and Gautan N. Yadama. 1992 Community Development Programs in Nepal: A Test of Diffusion of Innovation Theory. Social Service Review, December 1992 66:582-97. Subjects covered: Technological innovations; Diffusion of innovations.

Shrestha , Nanda R., Raja P. Velu, and Dennis Conway . 1993 Frontier Migration and Upward Mobility: The Case of Nepal. Economic Development and Cultural Change , July 1993 41:787-816. Subjects covered: Land settlement; Migration and internal-migration; Social mobility; Economic conditions .

Soussan, John., et al. 1991 Planning for Sustainability: Access to Fuelwood in Dhanusha District, Nepal. World Development, October 1991 19 :1299-1314. Subjects covered: Wood as fuel; Biomass energy; Landuse planning; Sustainable development.

Thapa, Bhekh B . 1992 Nepal in 1991: A Consolidation of Democratic Pluralism. (part of a symposium on Asia in 1991) Asian Survey. February 1992 32:175-83 . Subjects covered: Politics and government.

Ward , M.P., and P.K. Clark. 1992 Everest 1951: Cartographic and Photographic Evidence of a New Route from Nepal. The Geographical Journal, March 1992 158:47-56. Subjects covered: Mount Everest (China and Nepal).

Watkins, David ., and Murari Regmi. 1993 The Basis of Self-Esteem of Urban and Rural Nepalese Children. The Journal of Social Psychology, April 1993 133:255-7 . Subjects covered: Children; Self-esteem; Rural-urban differences .

Zurick, David N.

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1992 Adventure Travel and Sustainable Tourism in the Peripheral Economy of Nepal. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 1992 82(4):608-629. Subjects covered : Tourist trade; Regional economic development .

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