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Himālaya : exploring the roof of the world Cover Image

Himālaya : exploring the roof of the world / John Keay.

Keay, John, (author.).

Summary:

More rugged and elevated than any other zone on earth, Himālaya embraces all of Tibet, plus six of the world's eight major mountain ranges and nearly all its highest peaks. Thirty-five percent of the global population depend on Himālaya's freshwater for crop irrigation, protein, and, increasingly, hydropower. It now sits seismically unstable, as tectonic plates consider to shift and the region remains gridlocked in a global debate surrounding climate change. Keay shows that, without our commitment to an ethos of respect for it confounding, fascinating features, Himālaya will soon cease to exist.-- Adapted from jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 140889114X
ISBN: 1408891158
ISBN: 1632869438
ISBN: 9781408891148
ISBN: 9781408891155
ISBN: 9781632869432
Physical Description: xliv, 377 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury, 2022.
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Prologue -- An orogenous zone -- War of the plates -- A domain of animals -- When men and monkeys meet -- Of flowers and towers -- Scholar, explorer, writer, pilgrim -- Pilgrims' progress -- The Karakoram anomaly -- Sublime deliverance -- Swede and swami -- Sages and heroes -- Gold dust and yak tails -- Shawl wars -- Mountains of destiny -- Epilogue.