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  • The Routledge International Handbook of Himalayan Environments, Development and Wellbeing

    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    Shifting dynamics of peoples, livelihoods and territories, influenced by global warming, require new ways of thinking and new kinds of politics beyond the sovereignties of idealized traditional European nation-states. The Routledge International Handbook of Himalayan Environments, Development and Wellbeing features over 70 scholars from the social sciences, humanities and natural sciences who ... Read more

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  • The Routledge Companion to Northeast India

    The Routledge Companion to Northeast India is a trans-disciplinary and comprehensive compendium of a vital yet under-researched region in South Asia. It provides a unique guide to prevailing themes, theories, arguments, and history of Northeast India by discussing its life-forms – human and not – languages, landscapes, and lifeways in all its diversity and difference. The companion contains ... Read more

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  • Nepali Diaspora in a Globalised Era

    Edited by Tanka B. Subba, A. C. Sinha ...
    Series series Nepal and Himalayan Studies
    This is one of the first books to explore Nepali diaspora in a global context, across India and other parts of South Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, and Australia. It discusses the social, political and economic status and aspirations of the Nepali community worldwide. The essays in the volume cover a range of themes including belonging and identity politics among Nepalese migrants, representation ... Read more

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  • Nature, Environment and Society

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  • Environmental Humanities in the New Himalayas

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    Series series Key Issues in Cultural Heritage
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