The Origins of Himalayan Studies: Brian Houghton Hodgson in Nepal and Darjeeling, 1820-1858David M. Waterhouse Psychology Press, 2004 - 280 pages Brian Hodgson lived in Nepal from 1820 to 1843 during which time he wrote and published extensively on Nepalese culture, religion, natural history, architecture, ethnography and linguistics. Contributors from leading historians of Nepal and South Asia and from specialists in Buddhist studies, art history, linguistics, ornithology and ethnography, critically examine Hodgson's life and achievement within the context of his contribution to scholarship. Many of the drawings photographed for this book have not previously been published. |
Table des matières
The political role of Brian Hodgson | 25 |
Hodgsons contributions | 49 |
Hodgson | 77 |
Zoology amuses me much | 134 |
Brian Hodgson and the mammals and other animals | 154 |
A pioneer of Himalayan ornithology | 172 |
Hodgson Hooker and the Himalayan frontier 18481850 | 189 |
Science on the Himalayan frontier | 195 |
Hodgsons TibetoBurman and TibetoBurman today | 227 |
IndoChinese | 233 |
Hodgson as a TibetoBurmanist | 243 |
111 | 245 |
Hodgsons legacy | 249 |
134 | 257 |
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Brian Hodgson as ethnographer and ethnologist | 206 |
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The Origins of Himalayan Studies: Brian Houghton Hodgson in Nepal and Darjeeling David Waterhouse Aucun aperçu disponible - 2014 |
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Informations bibliographiques
| Titre | The Origins of Himalayan Studies: Brian Houghton Hodgson in Nepal and Darjeeling, 1820-1858 Royal Asiatic Society books |
| Rédacteur | David M. Waterhouse |
| Édition | illustrée |
| Éditeur | Psychology Press, 2004 |
| ISBN | 0415312159, 9780415312158 |
| Longueur | 280 pages |
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