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a very readable account of the history of a remarkable people... highly interesting... highly credible -- Book review in Studies in Nepali History & Society journal, 2005, vol 10, no 2, by Tor H. Aase
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concise, accessible, and well-written... shows the great gift of synthetic yet analytic writing... clearly the author has done his homework -- Book review in Himalaya journal, 2004, vol 24, issue 1-2, by Dr. Wim van Spengen
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extremely well researched... accompanied by stunning color photographs -- Book review in ECS magazine, January 2005, issue 4, by Kajori Aikat
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Written for a broad audience and illustrated with beautiful color photographs, the book provides a fascinating view of the history, culture, economy, and landscape of perhaps the most enigmatic and picturesque valley in the high mountains of the Himalaya. The author's extensive research among the extraordinarily entrepreneurial Manang community residing in the Annapurna region of highland Nepal reveals a fascinating combination of factors responsible for the remarkable emergence of the group as prominent international traders in the 1960s and re-emergence as flourishing tourism entrepreneurs in the 1990s. A must read for visitors and for those with an interest in Tibetan Buddhist culture and the developing Himalaya region, the book offers compelling insights into the phenomena of entrepreneurship, cooperation, and competition within village communities.
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REVIEW #1:
a very readable account of the history of a remarkable people... highly interesting... highly credible -- Book review in Studies in Nepali History & Society journal, 2005, vol 10, no 2, by Tor H. Aase
REVIEW #2:
concise, accessible, and well-written... shows the great gift of synthetic yet analytic writing... clearly the author has done his homework -- Book review in Himalaya journal, 2004, vol 24, issue 1-2, by Dr. Wim van Spengen
REVIEW #3:
extremely well researched... accompanied by stunning color photographs -- Book review in ECS magazine, January 2005, issue 4, by Kajori Aikat
Book Description
Written for a broad audience and illustrated with beautiful color photographs, the book provides a fascinating view of the history, culture, economy, and landscape of perhaps the most enigmatic and picturesque valley in the high mountains of the Himalaya. The author's extensive research among the extraordinarily entrepreneurial Manang community residing in the Annapurna region of highland Nepal reveals a fascinating combination of factors responsible for the remarkable emergence of the group as prominent international traders in the 1960s and re-emergence as flourishing tourism entrepreneurs in the 1990s. A must read for visitors and for those with an interest in Tibetan Buddhist culture and the developing Himalaya region, the book offers compelling insights into the phenomena of entrepreneurship, cooperation, and competition within village communities.
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entrepreneurial emergence, trekking tourism, passport grant, tourism entrepreneurs, highland groups, entrepreneurial community, trekking route, trade ventures, luxury consumer goods, trade privileges, mountain climbing expeditions, commercial opportunities, tourism businesses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Nepal's Himalayan, King Mahendra, Annapurna Himal, Factors Behind Manang's Entrepreneurial Emergence, Great Himalaya, Kathmandu-resident Nyishangte, Marsyandi River, Tibetan Buddhism, United States, Annapurna Conservation Area Project, Kuala Lumpur, Thorong High Camp, South Asia, Tibetan Buddhist, Yak Kharka New!
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entrepreneurial emergence, trekking tourism, passport grant, tourism entrepreneurs, highland groups, entrepreneurial community, trekking route, trade ventures, luxury consumer goods, trade privileges, mountain climbing expeditions, commercial opportunities, tourism businesses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Nepal's Himalayan, King Mahendra, Annapurna Himal, Factors Behind Manang's Entrepreneurial Emergence, Great Himalaya, Kathmandu-resident Nyishangte, Marsyandi River, Tibetan Buddhism, United States, Annapurna Conservation Area Project, Kuala Lumpur, Thorong High Camp, South Asia, Tibetan Buddhist, Yak Kharka New!
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- The Himalaya: Aspects of Change: A Selection (Oxford India Paperbacks) by J. S. Lall in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Himalayan Pilgrimage by David L. Snellgrove in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- People of Nepal by Dor Bahadur Bista in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Claiming the High Ground: Sherpas, Subsistence, and Environmental Change in the Highest Himalaya by Stanley F. Stevens in Back Matter
- Himalaya: Life on the Edge of the World by Professor David Zurick PhD in Back Matter
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