When Men and Mountains Meet: The Explorers of the Western Himalayas 1820-75
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Editeur - Casa editrice |
John Murray | ||||||||
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London | ||||||||
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1977 | ||||||||
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Titolo originale | When Men and Mountains Meet: The Explorers of the Western Himalayas 1820-75 | ||||||||
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This omnibus volume combines When Men and Mountains Meet (1977) and its sequel, The Gilgit Game (LJ 3/1/79). The Western Himalayas provide a natural frontier to five nations; as far back as the 19th century, this region was considered strategically important. Keay's (The Honorable Company, Macmillan, 1994) book is a well-written, often humorous account of the 19th-century European (mainly British) explorers and adventurers lured by this inaccessible and lawless region. The book spans 75 years, beginning with the ill-fated William Moorcroft, a veterinarian in the service of the East India Company who arrived in the Himalayas in 1820, and ends with the men who were responsible for bringing the region of Chitral under British control in 1895. The biographical sketches are well researched, the list of sources covering several pages. Embellished with maps and period photographs, this book deserves a place in specialized collections and academic and large public libraries.
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Nato nel 1941 nel Devon, in Inghilterra, John Keay ha studiato all'Ampleforth College di York e al Magdalen College di Oxford, dove è stato demy (studioso) di Storia moderna. I suoi tutor includevano lo storico AJP Taylor e il drammaturgo Alan Bennet. Ha visitato l'India per la prima volta nel 1965 e da allora è tornato lì circa ogni due anni. Dopo un breve periodo come corrispondente politico (The Economist), ha collaborato alla revisione dell'ultima edizione del Manuale di John Murray per India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh e Sri Lanka (1975) e ha scritto Into India, il suo primo libro. | |||||||||
| Consulta anche: John Keay - Official Web Site | |||||||||
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