Kathmandu

Paper wrappers chipped at corners and margins. 15mm chip to lower corner of title page. The folding map at rear has a 50 x 20mm chip to the left margin and part of the ocean area. The lower corner of the blank rear wrapper has a large 65 x 55mm chip. ; First UK edition. xxviii, 500 pages. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 233 x 155mm. Illustrated. "Kathmandu is the greatest city of the Himalaya; here cultural practices still survive that died out in India a thousand years ago. It is a carnival of sexual license and hypocricy, 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. Closed to the outside world until 1951 and trapped in a medieval time warp, Kathmandu's rapid modernisation is an extreme version of what is happening in many traditional societies. The many layers of the city's development are reflect in the successive generations of its gods and goddesses, witches and ghosts; the comforts of caste; the ethos of aristocracy and kingship; and the lately destabilising spirits of consumer aspiration, individuality, egalitarianism, communism and democracy. 'Kathmandu' follows the author's story through a decade in the city, and unravels the city's history through successive reinventions of itself. Erudite, entertaining and accessible, it is the fascinating chronicle of a unique city.' - from dust-jacket blurb.

Product Info

ISBN: 1910376388

ISBN-13: 9781910376386

Publisher: Haus Publishing

Year: (2016)

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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