Book
Himālaya : exploring the roof of the world / John Keay.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781632869432 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xliv, 377 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- An orogenous zone -- War of the plates -- A domain of animals -- When men and monkeys meet -- Of flowers and towers -- Scholar, explorer, writer, pilgrim -- Pilgrims' progress -- The Karakoram anomaly -- Sublime deliverance -- Swede and swami -- Sages and heroes -- Gold dust and yak tails -- Shawl wars -- Mountains of destiny -- Epilogue. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Himalaya Mountains. Nepal. Tibet. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | 954.96 Kea | 31681010301794 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Examines how Himalyaâone of the most unique regions in the worldâplays an integral geophysical role in society, one which is becoming increasingly endangered by global climate change. 30,000 first printing. Illustrations. - Baker & Taylor
Examines how Himalya?â?one of the most unique regions in the world?â?plays an integral geophysical role in society, one which is becoming increasingly endangered by global climate change. 30,000 first printing. Illustrations. - Baker & Taylor
"A groundbreaking new look at Himalaya and how climate change is re-casting one of the world's most unique geophysical, historical, environmental, and social regions"-- - McMillan Palgrave
A groundbreaking new look at Himalaya and how climate change is re-casting one of the world's most unique geophysical, historical, environmental, and social regions. - McMillan Palgrave
"Excellent ... packed with information and interesting anecdotes."--The Washington Post
A groundbreaking new look at Himalaya and how climate change is re-casting one of the world's most unique geophysical, historical, environmental, and social regions.
More rugged and elevated than any other zone on earth, Himalaya embraces all of Tibet, plus six of the world's eight major mountain ranges and nearly all its highest peaks. It contains around 50,000 glaciers and the most extensive permafrost outside the polar region. 35% of the global population depends on Himalaya's freshwater for crop-irrigation, protein, and, increasingly, hydro-power. Over an area nearly as big as Europe, the population is scattered, often nomadic and always sparse. Many languages are spoken, some are written, and few are related. Religious allegiances are equally diverse. The region is also politically fragmented, its borders belonging to multiple nations with no unity in how to address the risks posed by Himalaya's environment, including a volatile, near-tropical latitude in which temperatures climb from sub-zero at night to 80°F by day.
Himalaya has drawn an illustrious succession of admirers, from explorers, surveyors, and sportsmen, to botanists and zoologists, ethnologists and geologists, missionaries and mountaineers. It now sits seismically unstable, as tectonic plates continue to shift and the region remains gridlocked in a global debate surrounding climate change. Himalaya is historian John Keay's striking case for this spectacular but endangered corner of the planet as one if its most essential wonders. Without an other-worldly ethos and respect for its confounding, utterly fascinating features, John argues, Himalaya will soon cease to exist.
