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Kathmandu - Thomas Bell

Kathmandu

Biography of a City

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Buch | Hardcover
463 Seiten
2016
Haus Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-910376-38-6 (ISBN)
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One of the greatest cities of the Himalaya, Kathmandu, Nepal, is a unique blend of thousand-year-old cultural practices and accelerated urban development. In this book, Asia expert Thomas Bell recounts his experiences from his many years in the city exploring in the process the rich history of Kathmandu and its many instances of self-reinvention. Closed to the outside world until 1951 and trapped in a medieval time warp, Kathmandu is, as Bell argues, a jewel of the art world, a carnival of sexual license, a hotbed of communist revolution, a paradigm of failed democracy, a case study in bungled western intervention, and an environmental catastrophe. The layered development of the city can be seen in the successive generations of its gods and goddesses; its comfort in the caste system and ethos of aristocracy and kingship; and the recent destabilizing effects of consumerist approaches and the push for egalitarianism and democracy. In important ways, Kathmandu s rapid modernization can be seen as an extreme version of what is happening in other traditional societies. Bell also discusses the ramifications of the recent Nepal earthquake.A comprehensive look at a top global destination, "Kathmandu" is an entertaining and accessible chronicle for anyone eager to learn more about this fascinating city.
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Thomas Bell, who was born in England and studied at the University of Oxford and the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, is a former South East Asia correspondent for the UK "Daily Telegraph." He lives in Kathmandu.

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Geschichte / Politik Allgemeines / Lexika
Reiseführer Asien Indien
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10 1-910376-38-8 / 1910376388
ISBN-13 978-1-910376-38-6 / 9781910376386
Zustand Neuware
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