James F Fisher

-This important follow-up study accompanies the author's original report on the village culture of northwestern Nepal (Trans-Himalayan Traders, ISBN 9789745242012 based on work five decades earlier and recently reprinted) -Both volumes will be of interest to social scientists, developmental workers and others focused on the changing South and Central Asian worlds Returning to Tarang, a remote village in northwestern Nepal, 44 years after conducting his groundbreaking study there, anthropologist Fisher explores the ways in which modernization and mobility have transformed the livelihood and culture of these once-isolated people. Through individual life histories he constructs and analyzes the economic and cultural impacts that political, environmental and commercial revolutions in Nepalese society at large have had on the people of Tarang, both transforming their lives and also consolidating and elaborating centuries-old societal patterns.Together with Fisher's original study (Trans-Himalayan Traders, ISBN 9789745242012 recently republished) this volume will be of interest to social scientists and others focused on the changing South and Central Asian worlds. Contents: Acknowledgments, Note on Geographical Names, 1 Return of the Non-Native: You Can Go Home Again, 2 Lank Man: The Carpet Legacy, 3 Bhim and Sukar: Generation X, 4 Modern Migrants: Life in Kathmandu, 5 Dhanu: Yarsagumba and Politics, 6 Back to Tarang, 7 The Next Day, 8 The More Things Change, 9 Chandra Man Rokaya: Rags to Riches, 10 Conclusions, Postscript, Appendices, Bibliography, Index

-This groundbreaking work was conducted in the late 1960s, together with a recent follow-up volume (Trans-Himalayan Traders Transformed, ISBN 9789745242029 which traces the evolution that has occurred in northwestern Nepal in the subsequent five decades) -It will be of interest to social scientists, developmental workers, and others focused on the changing South and Central Asian worlds On an isolated Himalayan hillside in northwest Nepal, the village that was the subject of this groundbreaking study in the late '60s was two weeks' walk from the nearest commercial transportation. Yet it was as culturally complex as it was remote. While the villagers were largely self-sufficient, it was the ways in which they still depended on outside forces that anthropologist Fisher analyzes in this compelling work. Republished almost 50 years after the original fieldwork, to coincide with the publication of a recent follow-up investigation by Fisher (Trans-Himalayan Traders Transformed, ISBN 9789745242029), the two volumes provide a fascinating and significant view of the evolution of this once-remote culture. (Reprint; originally published by University of California Press, 1987.) ..".Well researched, well analysed and equally well-written ethnography. The author's style is insightful and easy-going, with a certain wit and frankness - exceptionally good." Donald A. Messerschmidt, Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 6, No. 4. Contents: Acknowledgments, Note on Orthography, 1 Introduction, 2 The Land and Its People, 3 Himalayan Farmers, 4 Transactions: The Salt Circuit, 5 Transactions: The Commodities Circuit, 6 Control and Uses of Wealth: The Traditional Context, 7 Transactions: The Village Context, 8 Summary and Conclusions: Ethnicity and Interaction, Appendices, Notes, Bibliography, Index

Suitable for all with an interest in globalization, third world development and intercultural anthropology, this title explores the successes and failures of the volunteers in their efforts to have a positive effect on Nepalese development, and also the reverse effects of their transformative experience on the lives of the volunteers themselves. This is a detailed first-hand account - and critical analysis - of the impact of the first contingent of American Peace Corps volunteers to live and work in Nepal, arriving in 1962 just following the reinstatement

A detailed first-hand account-and critical analysis-of the impact of the first contingent of American Peace Corps volunteers to live and work in Nepal, arriving in 1962 just following the King's seizure of absolute power and the tentative opening of the country to the outside world. The account not only explores the successes and failures of the volunteers in their efforts to have a positive effect on Nepalese development, but also the reverse effects of their transformative experience on the lives of the volunteers themselves. The narrative is further expanded as the author places the mission in the broader perspective of the globalization process that has so expanded our world in the past 50 years. A richly rewarding account for all with interests in globalization, social change, and transnational anthropology.

Interest in multilevel statistical models for social science and public health studies has been aroused dramatically since the mid-1980s. New multilevel modeling techniques are giving researchers tools for analyzing data that have a hierarchical or clustered structure. Multilevel models are now applied to a wide range of studies in sociology, population studies, education studies, psychology, economics, epidemiology, and public health. This book covers a broad range of topics about multilevel modeling. The goal of the authors is to help students and researchers who are interested in analysis of multilevel data to understand the basic concepts, theoretical frameworks and application methods of multilevel modeling. The book is written in non-mathematical terms, focusing on the methods and application of various multilevel models, using the internationally widely used statistical software, the Statistics Analysis System (SAS®). Examples are drawn from analysis of real-world research data. The authors focus on twolevel models in this book because it is most frequently encountered situation in real research. These models can be readily expanded to models with three or more levels when applicable. A wide range of linear and non-linear multilevel models are introduced and demonstrated.

James Fisher combines the strengths of technical anthropology, literary memoir, and striking photography in this telling study of rapid social change in Himalayan Nepal. The author first visited the Sherpas of Nepal when he accompanied Sir Edmund Hilary on the Himalayan Schoolhouse Expedition of 1964. Returning to the Everest region several times during the 1970s and 1980s, he discovered that the construction of the schools had far less impact than one of the by-products of their building: a short-take-off-and-landing airstrip. By reducing the time it took to travel between Kathmandu and the Everest region from a hike of several days to a 45-minute flight, the airstrip made a rapid increase in tourism possible. Beginning with his impressions of Sherpa society in pre-tourist days, Fisher traces the trajectory of contemporary Sherpa society reeling under the impact of modern education and mass tourism, and assesses the Sherpa's concerns for their future and how they believe these problems should be and eventually will be resolved.