In this book, for the first time, the Himalayas are treated as a whole: geography, geology, zoology, botany, ethnology and history as well as cultures, religions and art of the region. In addition to 220 superb images, chosen by the internationally acclaimed author, photographer and world traveller Alain Chenevière, because they so perfectly illustrate the sumptuousness of the mountains and the splendour of the societies that have developed there. A very impressive and comprehensive work about the Himalayas with surprising photographs (even if you have been there).
Table of contents:
I. A description of the Himalayan Region (An extraordinary geographical entity, The geological history of
the Himalayas, The flora,The fauna,The history of men)
II. The Western Himalayas: from Chitral to Himachal Pradesh (The pagans of the eastern Hindu Kush,
The “Suspended Territory” of Karakorum, The happy valleys of Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh)
III. The central Himalayas: from Kumaon to Nepal (The stairway to heaven, One of the lowest incomes in
the world, Himalayan Hinduism, The Conquest of the Roof of the World)
And from Ladakh to Tibet (A land of poor mountain folk, Religious and domestic architecture,
Lamaism,Tibetan art)
IV. The eastern Himalayas: from Sikkim to Arunachal Pradesh (A garden of rhododendrons, One river
shapes Sikkim, Bhutan, the kingdom of the dragon, The land of the rising sun
Format: 32.5x28 cm.
Weight: 2245 gr.