Himalaya A Human History Ed Douglas Norton 2021 1st Edition Asia Tibet HC DJ NEW

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Himalaya A Human History Ed Douglas Norton 2021 1st Edition Asia Tibet HC DJ NEW. Enlightening Minds · Asian History · Himalaya · Tibet · Nepal · Mountaineering · 1st Edition NEW. Himalaya: A Human History, published January 5, 2021. The book's original UK edition appeared in 2020 from Random House/Bodley Head; this. Enlightening Minds · Asian History · Himalaya · Tibet · Nepal · Mountaineering · 1st Edition NEW W. W. Norton & Company · January 5, 2021 · US First Edition Hardcover with DJ · 581 Pages · 16pp Illustrations · 4 Color Photos · Maps ☸ NEW · 1st Printing · ISBN 9780393541991 Himalaya A Human History Ed Douglas Author of Tenzing: Hero of Everest · 13 books on mountains & their people · 25+ years reporting from the region A magisterial 581-page narrative nearly two decades in the making — spanning millennia from the earliest Himalayan inhabitants through the present conflicts over Tibet and Everest "History written on the grandest yet also the most human scale — encompassing geology and genetics, botany and art" ☸ ☸ ☸ ☸ NEW Condition · First Edition / First Printing This copy is a brand-new first printing of the W. W. Norton US first edition of Himalaya: A Human History, published January 5, 2021. The book's original UK edition appeared in 2020 from Random House/Bodley Head; this Norton hardcover is the authorized US edition. Hardcover with original dust jacket, all 581 pages plus 16 pages of illustrations and 4 color photographs intact and unhandled. Suitable for collector libraries, gift-giving, and serious reference use. ☸ ☸ ☸ About This Book Himalaya: A Human History by Ed Douglas is a 581-page magisterial narrative history of the world's highest mountain range — nearly two decades in the making — covering everything from the geological emergence of the range fifty million years ago to the contemporary geopolitical conflicts over Tibet, Everest, Kashmir, and Nepal. Published by W. W. Norton & Company in the United States on January 5, 2021 (and originally in the United Kingdom by Random House/Bodley Head in 2020), the book has been described as the most ambitious single-volume treatment of the Himalayan region ever attempted in English. Douglas's central argument is that the Himalaya — long imagined in Western and downland Asian thought as a romantic wilderness of mountaineers, pilgrims, and lost horizons — is in fact one of the most historically dense and culturally consequential regions on earth: a crucible of world religions (the foundational sites of Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Hinduism, Bon, Sikhism, and Islam in the subcontinent all sit within or adjacent to the range), a meeting point of empires (the British East India Company, Qing dynasty China, the Mughals, the Sikh Empire, Mao's PRC, modern India and Pakistan), and a crossroads of trade routes that linked South Asia, Central Asia, China, and Tibet for centuries. The book's chapters move through Himalayan geological formation, the earliest inhabitants, the rise of Tibetan Buddhist civilization, the great kingdoms of Nepal and Kathmandu, the Mughal incursions, the long East India Company–Qing rivalry, the Great Game, the 19th- and 20th-century European mountaineering era, the 1950 Chinese occupation of Tibet, the Maoist insurgency in Nepal, and the contemporary climate and tourism crises reshaping the range today. The work draws on Douglas's 25-plus years of journalism from the Himalayan region — he has reported on the Maoist insurgency in Nepal, the Tibetan occupation, mountaineering politics, and the broader region for The Guardian, The Observer, Alpinist, and other outlets — combined with extensive primary research in archival materials and scholarly literature across multiple Himalayan languages and cultures. The 16 pages of black-and-white illustrations, 4 color photographs, and detailed maps support the narrative throughout. The volume includes substantial bibliography and index apparatus appropriate to a work of this scholarly ambition. Did You Know? Author Ed Douglas wrote the first full-length English-language biography of Tenzing Norgay — the Sherpa mountaineer who reached the summit of Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary on May 29, 1953 — published as Tenzing: Hero of Everest (2003). The biography established Douglas as one of the leading English-language journalists writing on Himalayan mountaineering, Sherpa culture, and the politics of the region. He has subsequently written thirteen books on mountains and their peoples, ranging across the Alps, Patagonia, and the Caucasus as well as the Himalaya. Himalaya: A Human History represents the consolidation of his life's reporting and research into a single magisterial volume. The book's nearly two-decade gestation reflects Douglas's commitment to incorporating perspectives from the region's own scholars and indigenous communities — not just outsider European mountaineering and exploration accounts, but Nepali, Tibetan, Indian, Bhutanese, and Sherpa voices on their own history. ☸ What This Book Covers ☸ Geological Formation — the collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates roughly 50 million years ago; the range still rising ~5mm per year Earliest Human Inhabitants — indigenous Himalayan peoples and their settlement of the high valleys and plateaus The Birth of Tibetan Buddhism — Padmasambhava, the great monasteries, the lamas, and the Tibetan civilizational synthesis Religious Crossroads — Hinduism, Buddhism, Bon, Islam, Sikhism in their Himalayan contexts The Great Kingdoms — the kings of Nepal and Kathmandu, the Mughal Empire's northern frontiers, the Sikh Empire The East India Company in the Himalaya — British arrival and the long rivalry with Qing China The Great Game — 19th-century Anglo-Russian imperial rivalry across the Pamirs and Tibet The British Raj & the Himalaya — hill stations, surveying, and the discovery of the world's highest peaks The Mountaineering Era — from Mallory and Everest to Tenzing & Hillary 1953 and beyond The Tibetan Occupation — the 1950 Chinese invasion, the Dalai Lama's exile, and the cultural-political consequences Modern Geopolitics — India-China, India-Pakistan, Kashmir, Bhutan, Nepal-India relations The Nepali Maoist Insurgency — the 1996-2006 People's War and its aftermath Sherpa Culture & Mountaineering Labor — the people whose work makes modern Himalayan mountaineering possible Climate Change & Glacier Retreat — the ecological transformation now reshaping the range Mass Tourism & Everest — overcrowding, commercialization, and Sherpa labor disputes ☸ About Ed Douglas Ed Douglas is a British journalist and author who has reported from the Himalayan region for more than twenty-five years. He is the author of thirteen books about mountains and their peoples, including the influential Tenzing: Hero of Everest (2003) — the first full-length English-language biography of the Sherpa mountaineer who summited Everest with Edmund Hillary in 1953 — as well as Chomolungma Sings the Blues (cultural reportage from Everest base camps), and various contributions to Alpinist, Climber's Diary, The Guardian, and The Observer. His journalism has covered the Maoist insurgency in Nepal, the long political and cultural consequences of the Tibetan occupation, Sherpa labor politics, and the broader politics of mountaineering in the region. Douglas is widely regarded as one of the leading English-language writers on Himalayan culture and history. He lives in Yorkshire, England. Himalaya: A Human History is the consolidation of his career's reporting and reading into a single substantial volume — nearly two decades of writing supported by twenty-five years of reporting on the ground in Nepal, Tibet, India, Bhutan, and the broader Himalayan region. Endorsed by Michael Pye, author of The Edge of the World: "Ed Douglas knows this story in his bones, from his travels and a wonderful range of scholarship, which leaves him perfectly placed to fill a huge gap in our view of how the world fits together." ☸ ☸ ☸ 🏔️ Geological OriginsFrom the 50-million-year-old plate collision to today's still-rising peaks. ☸ Religious CrossroadsTibetan Buddhism, Hinduism, Bon, Islam, Sikhism in their Himalayan contexts. 🏛️ Empires & PoliticsEast India Company, Qing China, British Raj, modern India/Pakistan/China. ⛰️ Mountaineering HistoryFrom Mallory through Tenzing & Hillary 1953 to the modern commercial era. 🏴 Tibet & Nepal Politics1950 occupation, Maoist insurgency, contemporary geopolitical tensions. 🌡️ Climate & TourismGlacier retreat, ecological transformation, mass tourism's reshaping of the range. Title Himalaya: A Human History Author Ed Douglas US Publisher W. W. Norton & Company · New York US Publication January 5, 2021 · US First Edition UK Original Random House / Bodley Head · 2020 UK Original ISBN 9781473546141 (separate edition) Author Credentials 13 books on mountains · Tenzing Norgay biographer Author Reporting 25+ years in the Himalayan region Research Process Nearly two decades in the making Endorsements Michael Pye, Alpinist, The Guardian Format Hardcover with original dust jacket Pages 581 pages Dimensions 9.5 × 6.25 inches Illustrations 16pp B&W illustrations · 4 color photographs · maps Apparatus Substantial bibliography & index Number of Chapters 20 Companion Reading Krakauer's Into Thin Air · Younghusband biographies Subject Areas Himalayan history · Asian studies · mountaineering · geopolitics ISBN-13 9780393541991 ISBN-10 0393541991 Edition Status First Edition · First Printing Condition NEW · See Notes ✓ Condition — NEW · First Printing Brand-new condition — completely unread, never handled First Edition / First Printing of the W. W. Norton US edition (January 5, 2021) Original dust jacket present, bright, crisp, intact — no creases, no tears, no chips Hardcover boards pristine beneath the dust jacket — no bumps, no shelf wear Binding tight and square — uncracked, uncreased spine Pages bright, clean, unmarked — no creases, folds, dog-ears, or tears No writing, highlighting, underlining, or marginalia anywhere No previous-owner inscriptions or bookplates All 581 text pages plus 16pp illustrations plus 4 color photographs plus maps intact Suitable for collector libraries, institutional purchase, or gift-giving Ideal For Himalayan History Library Mountaineering History Collectors Tibet · Nepal · Bhutan Studies Asian Studies Library Tibetan Buddhism Resources Ed Douglas Bibliography Tenzing Norgay / Edmund Hillary Tradition World History Library Geopolitical History of Asia Nepali Maoist Insurgency Studies Sherpa Culture History Mountain Adventure Reading Into Thin Air Companion Reading Jon Krakauer Adjacent Readers W. 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