Description
| Product ID: | 9781784704483 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Himalaya |
| Subtitle: | A Human History |
| Authors: | Author: Ed Douglas |
| Page Count: | 592 |
| Subjects: | Asian history, Asian history, General and world history, Social and cultural history, Cultural studies, Rural communities, Sociology and anthropology, Geopolitics, Mountains and uplands, History: earliest times to present day, Social & cultural history, Cultural studies, Rural communities, Sociology & anthropology, Geopolitics, Mountains, Himalayas |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 'Magnificent ... this book is unlikely to be surpassed' TelegraphThis is the first major history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures and adventures among the world's highest mountains. SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 DUFF COOPER PRIZEAn epic story of peoples, cultures and adventures among the world's highest mountains: here Jesuit missionaries exchanged technologies with Tibetan Lamas, Mongol Khans employed Nepali craftsmen, Armenian merchants exchanged musk and gold with Mughals. Featuring scholars and tyrants, bandits and CIA agents, go-betweens and revolutionaries, Himalaya is a panoramic, character-driven history on the grandest but also the most human scale, by far the most comprehensive yet written, encompassing geology and genetics, botany and art, and bursting with stories of courage and resourcefulness. 'Magisterial' The Times'His observations are sharp...his writing glows' New York Review of BooksSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOARDMAN TASKER AWARD FOR MOUNTAIN LITERATURE ''Magnificent ... this book is unlikely to be surpassed'' Telegraph |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-07-15 |