Kathmandu
Seiten
2017
Haus Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-910376-77-5 (ISBN)
Haus Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-910376-77-5 (ISBN)
Kathmandu is the greatest city of the Himalaya; a place where unique cultural practices that died out in India a thousand years ago have survived. It is a carnival of sexual license and hypocrisy, a jewel of world art, a hotbed of communist revolution, a paradigm of failed democracy.
Kathmandu is the greatest city of the Himalaya; a place where unique cultural practices that died out in India a thousand years ago have survived. It is a carnival of sexual license and hypocrisy, a jewel of world art, a hotbed of communist revolution, a paradigm of failed democracy, a case study in bungled Western intervention, and an environmental catastrophe.
Kathmandu’s rapid modernisation is an extreme version of what is happening in many traditional societies with the destabilising spirits of consumer aspiration, individuality, egalitarianism, communism and democracy. Erudite, entertaining and accessible, this is the fascinating chronicle of a unique city.
Kathmandu is the greatest city of the Himalaya; a place where unique cultural practices that died out in India a thousand years ago have survived. It is a carnival of sexual license and hypocrisy, a jewel of world art, a hotbed of communist revolution, a paradigm of failed democracy, a case study in bungled Western intervention, and an environmental catastrophe.
Kathmandu’s rapid modernisation is an extreme version of what is happening in many traditional societies with the destabilising spirits of consumer aspiration, individuality, egalitarianism, communism and democracy. Erudite, entertaining and accessible, this is the fascinating chronicle of a unique city.
THOMAS BELL studied at Oxford and the Courtauld Institute of Art before moving to Kathmandu to cover the civil war in Nepal for the Daily Telegraph and The Economist.
Photos and Illustrations // xiii
Preface // xviii
PART I - THE BEGINNINGS // 1
PART II - THE REVOLUTIONS // 153
PART III - WITHOUT END // 353
Epilogue // 447
Notes // 466
Bibliography // 499
Acknowledgements // 514
Index // 516
| Erscheinungsdatum | 28.09.2017 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 36 |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 130 x 195 mm |
| Gewicht | 485 g |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Bildbände ► Asien |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-910376-77-9 / 1910376779 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-910376-77-5 / 9781910376775 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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