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Volume 1, Number 1, 1981 (incomplete)
Hofer, Andras "German Research in Nepal" 4-7
Seddon, David "School of Development Studies, Overseas Development Group
Work in Nepal" 8-9
Book Reviews
Cronin, Edward W., Jr. The Arun: A Natural History of the World's Deepest
Valley
Book reviewed by Donald Messerschmidt. p. 12.
Hofer, Andras The Caste Hierarchy and the State in Nepal: A Study of
the Muluki Ain of 1854 Book reviewed by Donald Messerschmidt. p. 15.
Dissertation Abstracts
Anthony, Charles Ross "Health, Population, ant Income: A Theoretical
and Empirical Investigation Using Survey Data from Rural Nepal" Ph.D.
dissertation abstract. p. 18.
Kargl, Raymond Charles, "The Arhats in Tibetan Painting" Ph.D. dissertation
abstract. p.19.
Mali, Ganesh Bahadur "Cognitive Development of Nepalese Children" Ph.D.
dissertation abstract. p. 19.
Manzardo, Andrew Eric tTo be Kings of the North: Community, Adaptation,
and Impression Management in the Thakali of Western Nepal" Ph.D. dissertation
abstract. p.21.
Ragsdale, Tod Anthony "Ethnicity and Educational Change: The Gurungs
of Nepal and the New Education PlanW Ph.D. dissertation abstract. p. 22.
Bernier, Ronald M., "Nepalese Architecture," p.35
Sunquist, Melvin Eugene "The Movements and Activities of Tigers (Panthera
tigris tigris) in Royal Park, Nepal" Ph.D. dissertation abstract. p.36.
Volume I, Number 2, 1981 (incomplete)
Dissertation Abstracts
Joshi, Gopal Man "A Comparative Analysis of the Requirements for Initial
Office Employment in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal" Ed.D. dissertation abstract.
p. 23.
Sakala. Carol Women of South Asia: A Guide to Resources Book
reviewed by Donald Messerschmidt. Vol. I, No. 2, p. 43.
Fisher, Robert Earl, "Buddhist Architecture of Kashmir" Ph.D. dissertation
abstract. Vol. I, No. 2, p. 21.
Schaaf, Carl Dietrich "Population Size and Structure and Habitat Relations
of the Barasingha (Cervus D. Duvauceli) in Sukla Phanta Wildlife
Reserve, Nepal" Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol. I, No. Z, p. 30.
Ashby, Jacqueline Anne "Small Farms in Transition: Changes in Agriculture,
Schooling and Employment in the Hills of Nepal" Ph.D. dissertation abstract.
Vol. I, No. 2, p. 17.
Asay, Merril Boice "Diploma Level Agricultural Education Follow-lJp Study:
Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Rampur, Nepal" Ph.D. dissertation
abstract. Vol. I, No. 2, p. 15.
Population of Nepal Country monograph. Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific. (ESCAP) Book reviewed by Shyam Thapa. Vol. I,
No. 2, p. 46.
Sii F.nder f.arw "The Development of Road Transportation in Nepal and
its Relationship to Agricultural Development" Ph.D. dissertation abstract.
Vol. I, No. 2, p. I8.
Joshi, Puspa Lai "Stochastic Models for the Evaluation of Family Planning
Programs with Application to Nepal Dr.P.H. dissertation abstract. Vol.
I, No. 2, p. 25.
Pachico, Douglas Henry "Small Farmer Decision Making: An Economic Analysis
of Three Farming Systems in the Hills of Nepal" Ph.D. dissertation abstract.
Vol. I, No. 2, p. 27.
Shrestha, Vijaya "Community Leadership in Rural Nepal"
Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol. I, No. Z, p. 34.
Suvedi, Purushottam Sharma "Organizational Change and Employee-Attitudes
in Nepal: A Behavioral Study"Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol. I, No.
Z, p. 37.
llpretti. Nayantara Sharma"A Study of the Family Support System: Child
Bearing and Child Rearing Rituals in Kathmandu, Nepal" Ph.D. dissertation
abstract. Vol. I, No. 2, p. 38.
Rana, Madhukar Shumshere J. B. The Status of Women in Nepal (Three
volumes) Books reviewed by Donald Messerschmidt. Vol. I, No. 2, p. 43.
March, Kathryn S. "The Intermediacy of Women: Female Gender Symbolism
and the Social Position of Women Among Tamangs and Sherpas of Highland
Nepal" Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol. I, No. 2, p. 26.
Winleler, Walter Frank nThe Evolution of Caste Organization in a Subregion
of Far Western Nepal" Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol. I, No. 2, p. 40.
Shrestha, Surendra Bahadur "Chinese and Indian Policies Toward Nepal:
An Analysis of Political, Economic, and SecurityIssues, 1960-75" Ph.D.
dissertation abstract. Vol. 1, No. Z, p. 33.
Holmberg, David H. "Lama, Shaman, and Lambu in Tamang Religious Practice"
Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol. I, No. 2, p. 22.
Fanger, Allen C. "Diachronic and Synchronic Perspectives on Kumaoni Society
and Culture" Ph.D. dissertation abstracts. Vol. I, No. 2, p. 20.
Verma, M. K. and T. N. Sharma
Intermediate Nepali: Volume 1-- Structure, Volume Z -- Reader
Book reviewed by Donald Messerschmidt. Vol. I, No. Z, p. 45.
Yadav, Ramawatar
"Maithili Phonetics and Phonology"
Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol. I, No. Z, p. 41.
Sharma, Tara Nath
"The Auxiliary in Nepali"
Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol. I, No. Z, p. 31.
Sharma, Tika Nath
"A Study of the Most Frequently Used Words in Nepali Business and Government
Correspondence in Nepal"
M.S. thesis abstract. Vol. I, No. Z, p. 32.
Sharma, Tika Nath
"An Analysis of Errors, Letter Styles, and Formats Found in Nepali Letters"
Ed.D. dissertation abstract. Vol. I, No. Z, p. 41.
Walker, David Addison "Understanding Pictares: A Study in the Design
of Appropriate Visual Materials for Education in Developing Countries"
Ed.D. dissertation abstract. Vol. I, No. 2, p. 39.
Sakya, Bajra Raj "Teacher Expectation Biases as Effected by Hereditary
Social Structures in Nepal" Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol. l, No. Z,
p. Z9.
Volume I, Number 3, 1981 (incomplete)
Himalayan Images as Manifestations of Shiva Exhibition reviewed by Ronald
Bernier. Vol. I, No. 3, p. 37.
Boulnois, Lucette and Andras Hofer "Some Recent French Publications on
Nepal"
Vol. I, No. 3, pp. 23-33.
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Editions du
L'homme et son environment a haute altitude (Environmental and
Human Population
Problems at High Altitude)
Book reviewed by Donald Messerschmidt. Vol. I, No. 3, p. 39.
Volume II, Number 1, 1982 (incomplete)
Weisner, Ulrich Nepalese Temple Architecture: Its Characteristics and
Its Relation to Indian Development Book reviewed by Ronald M. Bernier.
Vol. II, No. l, p. 35.
Ojha, Durga Prashad "Planned and Spontaneous Land Settlement in Nepal:
A Study of Two Tarai Settlements in the Kanchanpur District" Ph.D. dissertation
abstract. Vol. IV, No. 1, p. 44 and Vol. II, No. 1, p. 31.
Muller, Ulrike
"Thimi: Social and Economic Studies on a Newar Settlement in the Kathmandu
Valley"
Vol. II, No. 1, pp. 10-15.
English, Richard "Nepali and Kirati: Political Economy in the Eastern
Hills" Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol.II, No. 1, p. 29.
Hafer, Andras
Tamang Ritual Texts I:_Preliminary Studies in the Folk Religon of an
Ethnic Minority in
Nepal
Book reviewed by David Holmberg. Vol. I1, No. 1, p. 37.
Volume II, Number 2 (incomplete)
S Blaikie, P. J., et al Nepal in Crisis: Growth and Stagnation at
the Peripherv Book reviewed by John Scholz. Vol. II, No. 2, p. 83.
BeIbase, Lekh Nath "Problems of Planning and Implementing Vocational
Education in a Developing Country A Case of Nepal" Ph.D. dissertation
abstract. Vol. II, No. 2, p. 32.
Seddon, D. et al Peasants and Workers in Nepal Book reviewed
by Harvey S. Blustain. Vol. I[, No. Z, p. 74.
Sharma, Jyoti K. "Kathmandu: Concepts for Rejuvenation"
Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol.II No. Z, p. 40.
Thapa, Shyam "Migration and Urbanization in Nepal: Research Issues 8~_
Challenges"
Vol. I1, No. Z, pp. 55-?Z.
Vaidya, Rameshananda "The Role of the Construction Industry in Economic
Development: The Case of Nepal"Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol. II~_,
No. Z, p. 44.
Schroeder, Elaine "Sexual Behavior of Chetri-Brahmin Women in Nepal"
Vol. II, No. 2, pp. 47-54.
Poffenberger, Mark
Patterns of Change in the Nepal Himalaya
Book reviewed by Dilli Dahal. Vol. lI, No. Z, p. 81.
Oppitz, Michael
Schamanen im Blinden Land. Ein Bilderbuch aus dem Himalaya [ Shamans
in the Blind
Country. A Picture Book from the Himalayas]
Book reviewed by Andras Hofer. Vol. I1, No. 2, p. 77.
Campbell, J. G. et al.
The Use and Misuse of Social Science Research in Nepal
Book reviewed by Harvey Blustain. Vol. 1I, No. 2, p. 85.
Banister, Judith and Shyam Thapa The Population Dynamics of Nepal
Book reviewed by Mohan N. Shrestha. Vol. II, No. 2, p. 80.
Barre, V. et. al
Panauti: Une Ville au Nepal
Book reviewed by Andras Hofer. Vol. II, No. 2, p. 73.
Hari, Anna Marie
"An Investigation of the Tones of Lhasa Tibetan"
Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol. I[, No. 2, p. 34.
Michailovsky, Boyd
rGrammaire de la Lange Hayu (Nepal) (French: "A Grammar of the Hayu Language
Nepal")
Dissertation abstract. Vol. II, No. 2, p. 38.
Shrestha, Balaram "The Relationship Between Role Expectations and Training
Needs of Educational Supervisors in Nepal" PhD. dissertation abstract.
Vol. II, No. 2, p. 43.
Pradhan, Ratna Man "Planning of Higher Education in Nepal: An Analysis
of Resource Allocation at Tribhuvan Ilniversity" Ph.D. dissertation abstract.
Vol. I[, No. 2, p. 37.
Pudasaini, Som Prasad "The Contribution of Education to Agricultural
Productivity, Efficiency, and Development in Nepal" Ph.D. dissertation
abstract. Vol. m, No. 3, p. 31 and Vol. II, No. 2, p. 32.
Volume II, Number 3 Fall 1982
News 1-12
Research Projects and Issues 13-16
Development Projects and Issues 17-22
Publication News 23-28
Dissertation Abstracts 29-36
Ehrhard, Franz-Karl, Zur Gnoseologie der rNying ma pa-Schule: Mi phams
Nges shes rin po che'i sgron me (Kap. I & V).
Mewafarosh, J.L., Bhutan: A Political, Constitutional and Administrative
Analysis.
Pandharipande, Rajeshwari Vijay, Syntax and Semantics of the Passive
Construction in Selected South Asian Languages.
Pudasaini, Som Prasad, The Contribution of Education to Agricultural
Productivity, Efficiency and Development in Nepal.
Ross, James Larry, Hindu and Tibetan Reproduction and Fertility in
Northwestern Nepal: A Study of Population, Ecology and Economics.
Tan, Jee Peng, A Comparative Study of the Marital Fertility of Older
Women in Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Tiwari, Naresh Kumar, Political Development in Nepal: A Study.
Wallace, Michael Bruce, Solving Common-Property Resource Problems:
Deforestation in Nepal.
Research Reports 37-50
Bernier, Ronald M., Vajrayana in Art of Ladakh & Bhutan - Some
Clues .
Sharma, Arvind, Was the Occupation of Tibet the Result of Bad Karma?
Levy, Robert I., The Cultural Heritage of the Kathmandu Valley, a
Survey of Active Research Workers and Research Interests
Book Reviews 51-64
Aris, Michael, Views of Medieval Bhutan. The Diary and Drawings of
Samuel Davis 1783 by Ronald M Bernier
Toffin, G., Barre, L., and Jest, C. (eds),L'homme et la maison en
Himalaya, ecologie du Nepal by Andras Hofer
Ekvall, Robert B. The Lama Knows by Nancy E. Levine
Peters, Larry Ecstacy and Healing in Nepal by Linda Stone
Shepherd, Gary Life Among the Magars by Donald Messerschmidt
Comment on Survey Research Data by Shyam Thapa
Membership Information Responses 65
Volume III, Number 1, 1983 (incomplete)
Upraity, Trailokya Nath "Western Scholars' Contributions to Nepal Studies"
Vol. m, No. 1, pp. 7-12.
Justice, Judithanne "International Planning and Health: An Anthropological
Case Study of Nepal" Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol. III No. 1, p. 41.
Regmi, Mahesh C. Thatched Huts and Stucco Palaces: Peasants and Landlords
in 19th Century Nepal Book reviewed by Shyam Thapa. Vol. III No. 1, p.
43.
Lichter, David John "Person, Action, and Causation in a Bhote Ethic"
PhD. dissertation abstract. Vol. III, No. 1, p. 42.
"Ayurveda in Nepal: A Medical Belief System in Action" Ph n di**ortaticn
abatract. Vol. m. No. 1. n. 40.
Rh>Rin. Veena (nee SehRal)
-
"Ecological Influence on the Socio-Cultural System of the Gaddis of
Bharmour Sub-Tehsil
Chamba District, Himachal Pradesh"
Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol. m, No. 1, p. 39.
Volume III, Number 2, 1983
President's Letter 1-2
News 3-8
Research Projects and Paper Abstracts 9-12
Study Programs 13-14
Publication and Film News 15-16
Dissertation Abstracts 17-20
Bala, Madhu, Phonological Study of Kangra Dialect.
Pradhan, Krishna Lall Bhai, The Structure of the Simple Clause in
Nepali.
Scheibler, Giovanni. Bauen in Entwicklungslandern am beispiel Bhaktapur
[Building in Developing Countries as Seen in the Example of Bhaktapur]
Dr. Sc. Tech. dissertation abstract. Vol. IV, No. 3, p. 61 and Vol. m,
No. 2, p. 17.
Book Reviews 21-34
Slusser, Mary Shepherd, Nepal Mandala - A Cultural Study of the Kathmandu
Valley (Review by Bernier)
L'Homme, Les Fetes dans le Monde Hindou (Festivals in the Hindu World)
(Review by Holmberg)
Macdonald, A.W., Les royaumes de l'Himalaya (Himalayan Kingdoms):
Histoire et civilisation. Le ladakh, le Bhoutan, le Sikkim, le Nepal
(Review by Hofer)
Acharya, Meena, Bennett, Lynn, Hardman, Charlotte, Molnar, Augusta, Pradhan,
Bina, Rajaure, Drone, Schular, Sidney, and Shrestha, Indira, The Status
of Women in Nepal, Volume I (Parts 1-4) and Volume II Parts 1-3, 5-7,
& 9) (Review by March)
Chase, Judith, Nepali Handmade Objects on Exhibit (Review by Shimkhada)
Limberg, W., Untersuchungen tber Besiedlung, Landbesitz und Feldbau
in Solu-Khumbu (Mount Everest-Gebiet, Ost-Nepal) (Studies of Settlement,
Land Tenure and cultivation in Solu-Khumbu, Mount Everest Region, East
Nepal) (Review by Hoier)
F.W. Funke, W. Frerkes, Ts.T. Thingo, P. Tsering, W.A. Frank Die Sherpa
und ihre Nachbarn (The Sherpa and Their Neighbors ) (Review by Hofer)
Cooke, Hope, Time change: An Autobiography (Review by Blackwell)
Correspondence and Commentary 35-36
Membership Information and responses 37
Volume III, Number 3, 1983
From the Editors
News 1-4
Research Projects and Paper Abstracts 5-12
Publication and Film News 13-18
Dissertation Abstracts 19-20
Euler, Claus, Aspects of Tamang History and Mythology
Shastri, Vijaya S., A Study of Economic Realtions Between India and
Nepal Since 1950.
Book Reviews 21-26
Coburn, Broughton, Nepali Aama: Portrait of a Nepalese Hill Woman.
(Two reviews: A.D by Barbara Nimri Aziz B. by Michael C. Tobias)
Dargyay, Eva K., Tibetan Village Communities (Review by Barbara
Nimri Aziz)
Correspondence and Commentary 27-28
Membership Information and Responses 29
Volume IV, Number 1, 1984 (incomplete)
Dissertation Abstracts
Brilliant, Girija Elaine "Determinants of Cataract Surgery Utilization
in Nepal" Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol. IV, No. 1, p. 46.
Melnick, Don Jay "Microevolution in a Population of Himalayan
Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca Mulatta)" Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol.
IV, No. 1~_ p. 43.
Pearl, Mary Corliss "Networks of Social Relations Among Himalayan Rhesus
Monkeys (Macaca Mulatta)" Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol. IV, No. 1,
p. 4Z.
Pvakuryal RA h "Ethnicity and Rural Development: A Sociological Study
of Four Tharu Villages in Chitwan, Nepaln Ph.D. dissertation abstract.
Vol. IV, No. 1, p. 40.
Uprety, Tulsi Prasad "Rural Settlements and Policy Processes: A Comparative
Study of Government Planned and Spontaneous Settlements in Nepal"
Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol. IV, No. 1, p. 44.
Snellgrove, David and Tadeusz Skorupski The Cultural Heritage of Ladakh
Vols I & II Books reviewed by Paljor Tsarong. Vol. IV, No. 1~_ p.
51.
Shrestha, Bishnu Bahadur "The Prehistoric Archaeology of Nepal with Special
Reference to the Beginning of Agriculture" Ph.D. dissertation abstract.
Vol. IV, No. 1, p. 42.
Shrestha, Nanda Raj "The Procers of Rural-To-Rural Migration in the
Economy of Nepal" Ph D. dissertation abstract. Vol. IV, No. 1, p. 41.
Paul, Robert A.
The Tibetan Symbolic World
iiwed by James Fisher. Vol. IV, No. 1, p. 49.
Peissel, Michael
The Great Himalayan Passage
i——i wa Vol. IV, No. 1, p. 50.
Gyatso, Janet
"A Literary Transmission of the Traditions of Thang-Stong Rgyal-Po:
A Study of Visionary
Buddhism in Tibet"
Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol.IV, No. 1~_ p. 39.
Ossorio, Janet Rae W. "Tsang Tibetan Phonology" Ph.D. dissertation abstract.
Vol. IV, No. 1~_ p. 45.
Shrestha, Shashi Maya "Perceptions of Educational Leaders of the Kathmandu
Valley Goncerning the Administrative Skills and Knowledge Needed by Secondary
School Headmasters of Nepal" Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol. IV, No.
1, p. 40.
Volume IV, Number 2, 1984
John Hitchcock Special Issue
Preface 1-2
Pach III, Alfred, and Fricke, Thomas E.,John Thayer Hitchcock: Appreciation
and Retrospective 3-16
Fricke, Thomas E.,Talking About the Household: A Tamang Case From
North Central Nepal 17-30
Molnar, Augusta, Female Ambiguity and Liminality in Kham Magar Belief
31-42
Winkler, Walter F., Oral History and the Evolution of Thakuri Political
Authority in A Subregion of Far Western Nepal 43-50
Pradhan, Krishna Lall Bhai., Nepali Passives 51-58
Bernier, Ronald M., Survival of Wooden Art in Nepal: Three Masterworks
59-64
Volume IV, Number 3, 1984
News 1-6
Paper Abstracts 7-12
Research News, projects and Reports 13-38
Development Projects and Issues 39-40
Publication and Film News 41-52
DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS 53-66
Adhikari, R.B., "Application of Social Cost Benmefit Analysis in Nepal."
Ali, Thair, "The Burusho of Hunza: Social Structure and Household Viability
in a Mountain Desert Kingdom."
Bajracharya
Boggs, Robert Kirby Jr. "The Political Basis of Socioeconomic Development:
The Case of Nepal" Ph.D. dissertation abstract.
Brown, Kevitt Deane Studies in the Evaluation and Improvement of Cold
Tolerence in Rice Ph.D. dissertation abstract.
Chandler, Charles Groce "Appropriate Technology for Planning Hydroelectric
Power Projects in Nepal: The Need for Assumption Analysis" Ph.D. dissertation
abstract.
Dahal, Dilli Ram "Poverty or Plenty: Innovative Responses to Population
Pressure in an Eastern Nepalese Hill Community" Ph.D. dissertation abstract.
Scheibler, G. "Bauen in Entwicklungslandern am beispiel Bhaktapur [ "Building
in Developing Countries as Seen in the Example of Bhaktapur" ] Dr. Sc.
Tech. dissertation abstract.
Schuler, Sidney Ruth "Fraternal Polyandry and Single Women: A Study of
Marriage, Social Stratification and Property in Chumik, tA Tibetan Society
of the Nepalese Himalayas" PhD. dissertation abstract. Vol. IV, No. 3,
p. 62.
Sperling, Elliot Harris "Early Ming Policy Toward Tibet: An Examination
of the Proposition That the Early Ming Emperors Adopted A 'Divide and
Rule' Policy Toward Tibet" Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol IV, No. 3,
p. 63.
Tamang, Kirti Man "The Status of the Tiger (Panthera Tigris Tigris) and
its Impact on Principal Prey Population in the Royal Chitwan National
Park, Nepal" Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol. IV, No. 3, p. 63.
BOOK AND EXHIBITION REVIEWS 67-72
Kantowsky, D. and R. Sanders (eds.) Recent Research on Ladakh. History,
Culture, Sociology, Ecology. Proceedings of a Conference Held at the
Unigersity of Konstanz (Constance) 23-Z6 November, 1981 Book reviewed
by Andras Hofer.
Gutschow, Neils Stadtraum und Ritual der newarischen Stadte im Katmandu--Tal.Eine
architekturanthropologische Untersuchung [ Urban Space and Ritual in the
Newar Towns of the Kathmandu Valley. A Study of Architectural Anthropolo]
Book reviewed by Andras Hafer.
"Light of Asia: Buddha Sakyamuni in Asian Art" Art exhibition reviewed
by Deepak Shimkhada.
Membership Information and Responses 73-77
Volume V, Number 1, 1985
Note from the Editors
News 1-10
Paper Abstracts 11-18
Research News, Projects and Reports 19-42
Development Projects and Issues 43-48
Publication and Film News 49-60
Study Programs 61-62
Book Reviews 63-68
Bennettt, Lynn. Dangerous Wives and Sacred Sisters: Social and Symbolic
Roles of High-Caste Women in Nepal by Stacy Leigh Pigg.
Bernbaum, Edwin The Way to Shambhala by Fritz Blackwell.
Joshi, S.C., Rural Development in the Himalaya: Problems and Prospects
by Harihar Acharya.
Seddon, David., Nepal—A State of Poverty: The Political Economy of
Population Growth and Social Deprivation, A Report to the ILO by
Harihar Acharya.
M. Tachikawa, K. Mikame, M. Hoshi and Y. Nagano Anthropological and
Linguistic Studies of the Gandaki Area of Nepal by M. T. Cooke.
Membership Information and Responses 69
Membership Information Form
Volume V, Number 2/3, 1985
News 1-4
Paper Abstracts 5-6
Research News, Projects and Reports 7-16
Publication and Film News 17-30
Study Programs and Grants 31-34
Dissertation Abstracts 35-48
Book Review 49
4 Villages: Architecture in Nepal Katherine D. Blair (Reviewed
by John Williamson)
Membership Information and Responses 51
Membership Information Form
South Asia Conference Registration Forms
Volume Vl, Number 1
News 1-6
Paper Abstracts 7-22
Research News 23-24
Publication and Film News 25-36
Study Programs and Grants 37-38
Dissertation Abstracts 39-42
Das, Uma Devi. Guidelines for Selecting Primary Care
Nursing Content for the Professional Certificate Nursing Program in Nepal.
Columbia University Teachers College, 1984, 110 pp.
Martin, Edward D. Resource Mobilization, Water Allocation,
and Farmer Organization in Hill Irrigation Systems in Nepal. Cornell
University, 1986, 345 pp.
Smith, James L. David. Dispersal, Communication, and Conservation
Strategies for the Tiger (Panthera Tigris) in Royal Chitwan National Park
Nepal, University of Minnesota, 1984, 155 pp.
Yoder, Robert D. The Performance of Farmer-Managed Irrigation Systems
in the Hills of Nepal, Cornell University, 1986, 375 pp.
Book and Film Reviews 43-48
Sherpa
Directed by Robert Godfrey (Review by Heidi J. Larson)
English-Tibetan Dictionary of Modern Tibetan
Melvin C. Goldstein (Review by Lawrence Epstein)
Sikkim Himalaya: Development in Mountain Environment
Pradyumna P. Karan (Review by Donald Messerschmidt)
Traditional Potato Production and Farmers' Selection of Varieties in
Eastern Nepal
Robert E. Rhoades (Review by Jim Lorenz)
Jung Bahadur in Europe: The First Nepalese Mission to the West
John Whelpton (Review by Kamala Adhikari)
Membership Information and Responses 49-50
Boulnois, L. and A. Hofer "Recent French Research on the Himalayas" Vol.
VI, No. 1, pp. 51-75.
Bernier, Ronald M. "Interaction Between Non-Secular and Secular Architecture
in the Himalaya" Vol. VI, No. 1, pp. 17-18.??
Reeves, Muriel E."A Comparison of the Relationship of Sculpture and Architecture
in Nepal and India" Vol. VI, No. l, pp. 18-20.
Shimkhada, Deepak "Interaction Between Painting and Architecture in Nepali
Art"
Vol. Vl, No. l, pp. Z0-2Z.
Gilbert, Suzanne Schwartz Trachoma in Nepal: An Investigation into Socio-Cultural
and Individual Factors" Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol. VI, No. 1, p.
39.
Lal, Kaushal Kishore "Genotype X Environment Interaction and Stability
Parameters for Yield and Other Agronomic Traits Among Maize (Zea Mays
L.) Composites in Nepal"
Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol. VI, No. 1, p. 42.
Neupane, Fanindra Prasad "The Bionics of the Maize Borer Chilo Partellus
(Swinhoe) in Nepal" Ph. D. dissertation abstract. Vol. VI, No. 1, p. 44.
Smith, James L. David "Dispersal, Communication, and Conservation Strategies
for the Tiger (Panthera Tigris) in Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal"
Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol. VI, No. 1, p. 40.
Bhatti, Nasir Ali, "Depositional Environment of Phosphate Deposits of
the Hazara District, Southern Himalaya, Pakistan" Ph.D. dissertation abstract.
Vol. Vl, No. 1, p. 36.
Burbank. Doualas W^~_t "The Chronologic and Stratigraphic Evolution of
the Kashmir and Peshawar Intermontane Basins, Northwestern Himalaya" Ph.D.
dissertation abstract. Vol. Vl, No. 1, p. 36.
"A Surface Wave Study of Crustal and Upper Mantle Structures of Eurasia"
Ph.D. dissertation. Vol. VI, No. 1, pp. 38-9.
Chapagain, Devendra Prasad "Managing Public Lands as a Common Property
Resource: A Village Case Study in Nepal" Ph.D. dissertation abstract.
Vol. Vl, No. 1, p. 37.
Gross, Philip Howard "The Potential Effects of a Community Development
Program on Demographic Variables in Himalayan Indian Villages" Dr.P.H.
dissertation abstract. Vol. Vl, No. 1, p. 40.
Karan, Pradyumna P. Sikkim Himalaya: Development in Mountain Environment
Book reviewed by Donald Messerschmidt. Vol. YI, No. 1, p. 45.
Martin, Edward D. "Resource Mobilization, Water Allocation, and Farmer
Organization in Hill Irrigation Systems in Nepal" Ph.D. dissertation abstract.
Vol. VI, No. 1, p. 40.
Rhoades, Robert E. Traditional Potatoe Production and Farmers' Selection
of Varieties in Eastern Nepal Book reviewed by Jim Lorenzen. Vol.
VI, No. 1, p. 46.
Sharma, Bharat Raj "Center for Economic Development and Administration:
A Case Study of Institution Building and Development in Nepal" Ph.D. dissertation
abstract. Vol. VI, No. 1, p. 45.
Yoder, Robert D. "The Performance of Farmer-Managed Irrigation Systems
in the Hills of Nepal"Ph.D. dissertation abstract. Vol. VI, No. 1, p.
41.
Whelpton, John Jung Bahadur in Europe: The First Nepalese Mission
to the West Book review by Kamala Adhikari. Vol. VI, No. 1, p. 47.
Godfrey, Robert (Director) Sherpa Film reviewed by Heidi J. Larson.
Vol. Vl, No. 1, p. 43.
Fricke, Thomas Earl "And Another Plough the Fields ... Economy, Demography,
and the Household in a Tamang Village of North Central Nepal" Ph.D. dissertation
abstract. Vol. VI, No. 1, p. 39.
Gombo, Ugen VI (1)
Nbetan Refugees In the Eathmandu Valley: A Study in
Sosfo-Cultural Change and Continuity and the Adaptation of a Population
in Exile, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1985, 350
pp.
Grimshaw. Anna
Rizong: A Monastic Communily in Ladakh, University of Cambridge
(England), 1983, 306 pp.
Gubhaju, Bhakta Bahadur VI (1)
Demographk and Social Correlates of Infant and Child
Mortality in Nepal, The Australian National University (Australia),
1984, 274 pp.
Jackson David Palll Sa-Slya Pandita on Indian and
Tibetan Traditions of Philosophical Debate: The MJchas Pa Rnarns Jug Pa
i Sgo, Section • I, University of Washington, 1985.
Joshi, Radha Krishna VI (g An Identif cation of Knowledge,
Skills, and Attitudes Essential for Preparation of Primary School Teachers
in Nepal, University of Connecticut, 1985, 216 pp.
Khan, Chandra Kanta VI (1) Trans-Himalayan Politics:
China, Britain and TiDet, 1842-1914, Pennsylvania State University,
1984, 237 pp.
Lewis, Todd Thornton The Tuladhars of Eathmandu: A Shldy of Buddhist
Tradition in a Newar Merchant Community,
Columbia University, 1984, 658 pp.
MaharJan, Tulsi Ram VI (1) A Comparadve Study of Caste
and Ethnic Group Parents Attihades Conceming Secondary Education in Nepal,
American University, 1985, 108 pp.
Marh, Bbupinder Singh VI (1) Geomorphology of the
Ravi River Near Chamba rown, Himachal Pradesh, India, Indiana State
University, 1985, 137 pp.
Mumford, Stanley Royal VI (1) Transmutation and Dialogue:
Tibetan Lamaism and Gurung Shamanism in Nepal, Princeton University,
1985, 402 pp.
Sharma, Shankar P. VI (1)
Agency Costs, Agricultural Organization, and Development in Nepal,
University of Hawaii, 1984, 205
Shepard, Joyce Wolf
Symbolic Space in Newar Culture, University of Michigan, 1985,
325 pp.
Shrestha, Durgesh M. Singh A Short-Term Macroeconometric Modelforan
Open Agrarian Economy: Nepal, University of Florida, 1984, 168 pp.
Stewart, Bruce JohnA Translation of and Introduction
to the "Direct Perception n Chapter of Go-Rams-Pais Sde Bdun Mdo
Dan Bcos Pa'l Dgons Pa Phyin Ci Ma Log Par 'Grel Pa Tshad Ma Rigs Pa'l
Gter Gyi Don Gsal Bar Byed Pa, Columbia University, 1983, 395 pp.
Thapa, Shyam Pratap VI (1)
Fertility in Nepal: A Sociodemographic Analysis, Brown University,
1985, 207 pp.
Wallace, William Daud VI (1) Subjects and Subjecxhood in Nepali: An
Analysis of Nepali Clause Structure and its Challenges to Relational
Grarnmar and Govemment & Binding, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign, 1984, 686 pp.
Wilson Joe Bransford. Jr. The Meaning of Mind in the Mahayana Buddhist
Philosophy of Mind-Only (Cittamatra): A Study of a Presentation by the
rbetan Scholar Gun&Tang Jam-Bay-Yang (Gung-Thant'Jarn-Pa'L- Dbyangs)
of Asanga's Theory of Mind-Basis-Of-All (Alayavijn0la) and Related Topics
in Buddhist Theories of Personal Continuity, Epistemology, and Hermeneutics,
University of Virginia, 1984, 1075 pp.
Volume VI, Number 2, 1986
Letter From the Editors 1-2
News 3-4
Paper Abstracts 5-6
Research News 7-8
Publication and Film News 9-12
Study Programs 13-14
Dissertation Abstracts 15-30
Book and Film Reviews 31-36
Membership Information and Responses 37-40
Index 41-54
Volume VI, Number 3, 1986
Conferences and Seminars 1-9
Paper Abstracts 10-15
Dissertation Abstracts 16-20
Book Reviews 21-25
Trans-Himalayan Traders: Economy. Society. and Culture in Northwest
Nepal James F. Fisher (Review by Sarah E. Miller)
Policies. Plans. and People: Culture and Health Development in Nepal
Judith Justice (Review by Katharine Coon)
Death. Intermediate State and Rebirth in Tibetan Buddhism Laiti
Rinpochay and Jeffrey Hopkins (Review by Bruce Owens)
Nepal Rediscovered: Photographs from the Archives of the Nepal Kingdom
Foundation Padma Prakash Shrestha (Review by David Rahmo Sassoon)
Recent Publications 26-31
Recent Research 32-33
Study Programs 34
Notices 35-38
Membership Information and Responses 39-41
Volume VII, Number 1, 1987
Anthropological fieldwork in Tibet Studying Nomadic Pastoralists on the
Changtang by Melvin C. Goldstein and Cynthia M. Beall
Bibliographic Research Report by Ruth Schmidt
Book Review
Recent Research on Nepal. Klaus Seeland (ed.). Review by Theodore
Riccardi. Jr.
Recent Publications (Articles, Books Journals)
Conferences and Seminars
Dissertation Abstracts
Cooke, Merit Todd The People of Nyishang Identity, Tradition and Change
in the Nepal-Tibet Borderland. Ph.D.., University of California, Berkeley,
1985. 347 pp. Engineering), Cornell University, 1987.
Khatry, Prem Kumar Childrearing and Socialization among the Newar
of Dolakha and Bungmati: A Study on the Impact of Cultural Change and
Continuity. Ph.D.., University of California, Riverside, 1986. 238
pp
Martin, Edward D Resource A Mobilization, Water Allocation,
and Farmer Organization in Hill Irrigation Systems in Nepal Ph.D..,
Cornell University, 1986. 364 pp.
McHenry, John Persons A Theoretical and empirical Critique of the
Easterlin-Crimmins Synthesis Model of Fertility-with Applications to Columbia,
Costa Rica, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the United States Ph.D.., University
of Pennsylvania, 1986. 777 pp.
Misra, Raman Raj Determinants of Family Size Norm
in the Terai of Nepal. Ph.D.., University of Kentucky, 1986. 212 pp.
Napper, Elizabeth Stirling Dependent-Arising and Emptiness: A Tibetan
Buddhist Interpretation of Madhyamika Philosophy Emphasizing the Compatibility
of Emptiness and Conventional Phenomena. Ph.D.., University of Virginia,
1985. 1074 pp.
Schuler, Margaret Ann Women, Law, and Development: An Exploration
of Legal, Educational and Organizational Strategies to Raise the Status
of Low-Income Third World Women. Ed.D., The George Washington University,
1986. 253 pp.
Simkhada Shambhu Ram Study of Peace Zones with Special Reference to
Nepal's Zone of Peace Proposal and its Political, Economic and Security
Implications. PhD.., University of Miami, 1986. 247 pp.
Thapa, Poonam Socioeconomic Change and Rural Migration in Nepal: Individual
and Household Relations.
Ph.D.., Indiana University, 1986. 290 pp. Recent and Ongoing
Research
Tiwari, Chitra Krishna VII (1)
Security in South Asia: Internal and External Dimensions.
Ph.D.., (Political Science), George Washington University, 1987.
Tuladhar, Jyoti Constituency and Negation in Newari:
Ph.D.., Georgetown University, 1985. 373 pp.
Whelpton, David Nepali Politics and the Rise of Jang Bahadur Rana,
183$1857.
Yadava, Mohan Prasad Development of Teacher Education in Nepal.
Ph.D.., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1986. 282
pp.
Palmieri, Richard P. VII (1)
Domestication and Exploitation of Livestock in the Nepal Himalaya
and Tibet: An Ecological,
Functional, and Culture Historical Study of Yak and Yak Hybrids in Society,
Economy, and Culture.
Ph.D.., University of California, Davis, 1976.
Adhikari, Babu Ram An Assessment of Water Requirement for Flooded
Rice Cultivation in the River Terraces of Nepal and Implications on Water
Management. M.S., (Agricultural
Notices (Local Organizations, Programs)
Constitution of the Nepal Studies Association
Membership Information
Executive Committee Ballot
Volume VII, Numbers 2 and 3, 1987
Tibet Today: Current Conditions and Prospects John F. Avedon
Brief Communication
Tibetan Nomads Before the Chinese Invasion Thomas Cox
Book Reviews
Jean-Francois Dobremez (ed.). Les collines du Nepal Central. Ecosystems,
structures sociales et systemes agraires. (Andras Hofer.)
Thomas E. Fricke. Himalayan Households: Tamang Democratic and Domestic
Processes. (William F. Fisher.)
Bernhard Kolver and Hemraj Sakya (eds.). Documents from the
Rudravarna-Mahavihara, Patan. (Andras Hofer.)
Ulrike Muller. Die landlichen Newar-Siedlungen im Kathmandu-Tal. Eine
vereleichende Untersuchung sozialer und okonomischer Organisationsformen
der Newar. (Andras Hofer.)
Manis Kumar Raha and Satya Narayan Mahato. The Kinnaurese of the Himalayas.
(William F. Fisher.)
Gerard Toffin. Societe et re]iron chez le Newar du Nepal. (Andras
Hofer.)
Recent Publications
Conferences and Seminars
Dissertation Abstracts
Tuladhar, R. Stratabound Sulfide Mineralization in Volcano-Sedimentary
Greenschist and Amphibolite Facies Terrains: Bamangoan, Far-western Nepal
and Abfaltersbach, Eastern Tyrol, Austria. Ph.D., Montanuniversitat
Leoben, 1986. 161 pp.
Lowdin, Per Olou Food, Ritual and Society: A Study of Social Structure
and Food Symbolism Among the Newars., Uppsala Universitet, 1986. 176
pp.
Abbott. Sharon E. The Socio-Economic Impact of Tourism in the Khumbu
Region of Nepal. M.N.R.M. thesis, University of Manitoba, 1985. (Order
copies from the Canadian Theses on Microfiche Service, National Library
of Canada, Ottawa KLX ON4; available only in microfiche format, fiche
no. 62386.)
Burns, M.C. The Ecology of Abies pindrow in the North-west Himalaya.
M.Phil. thesis, University of Exeter (England), 1984.
Joshi, M.R. Prediction of Biomass in a Plantation Stand of Chir Pine
(Pinus rosburghii Sarg) in Nepal. MSc. thesis, University of Oxford,
1985. (For copies write to the Keeper, Department of Western Manuscripts,
The Bodleian Library, Oxford, England.)
Lamichhaney, B.P. Variation of Alnus nepalensis in Nepal. M.Sc.
thesis, University of Oxford, I984.
Mingma Norbu Conservation for Survival: A Conservation
Strategy for Resource Self-Sufficiency in the Khumbu Region of Nepal.
M.N.R.M. thesis, University of Manitoba (Winnipeg), 1985. (Order copies
from the Canadian Theses on Microfiche Service, National
Library of Canada, Ottawa KL~_ ON4; available only in microfiche format,
fiche no. 64208.)
Roberts, N.C.E. Programmes and Studies: An Examination of the Linked
Influences of Practical Experience and Field Studies on the Evolving Design
of a Rural Development Programme in East Nepal. M.Phil. thesis, University
of Reading (England), 1983.
Sen, Al. Aspects of the Economic and Social Organisation
of Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries. M.Litt. thesis, University of Oxford,
1984.
Sterner,Judith Ann High Altitude Adaptations: Physiology
and Culture in the Andes and the Tibetan Plateau~_M.A. thesis, University
of Calgary, 1985. 187 pp. (Order copies from the Canadian Theses on Microfiche
Service, National Library of Canada, Ottawa KL~_ ON4; available only in
microfiche format, fiche no. 21152.)
Recent and Ongoing Research
Notices (Local Organizations, Programs)
Letter to the Editors
Obituary
Executive Committee and Officers of NSA
New Members
VIII, Number 1, 1988
Four Nepali Short Stories
Introduced and Translated l)y Theodore Riccardi, Jr.
Pushkar Shamsher, CircuMstantial Evidence (Paribanda)
Sri Guruprasad Mainali, The Ward (Naso)
Balkrishna Sama, Nicotine Fit (Taltal)
Sivakumar Rai, Tlle Surmawalla of Delhi (Dilliko Surmavala)
Comment: Tibet Today--Propaganda! Recold and Policy Graham E. Clarke
Reviews
Stephen E. Batchelor. The Tibet Guide. (Grallalll E. Clarke)
Barbara Brower. Yak. Man and Mountain: Sherpa Livestock management
in Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) National Park! Nepal. (Naomi H. Bishop)
Keith Dowman. The Power-Places at Central Tibet: The PilgrimsGuide.
(WFF)
Peter Gold. Altar of the Earth: The Life. Land and Spirit ofTibet.
(WFF)
Deepak Shimkada, ed. Himalayas at a Crossroads: Portrait of a Changing
World. A Collection of papers on Himalayan Arts and Culture.
(TR)
Recent and Ongoing Research
Recent Publications
Dissertation Abstracts
Acharya, Meena. A Stue of Rurai Labor Markets in Nepal. PhD.,
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1987. 231 pp.
Ames, Willian Longstreet. Bhavaviveka's Prajnapradipa Six Chapters.
PbD., University of Washington, 1986. 652 pp.
Blangero, John. Population Genetic Approaches to Phenotypic Microevolution
in the Jirels of Nepal. Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1987.
212 pp.
Cabezon, Jose Ignacio. The Development of a Buddhist Philosophy of
Language and its Culmination in rbetan Madhyarnika Thought. Ph.D.,
The Universit of Wisconsin-Madison, 1987. 1112 pp.
Dhungel, Sanat K. Ecology of the Hog Deer in Royal Chitwan National
Park, Nepal. Ph.D., University of Montana, 1985. 126 pp.
Duvadi Ashok Kumar. Geology of the Himalayas and Southem Nbet.
M.Sc, Carleton University, 1984. 105 pp.
Gombo, Ugen, Nbetan Refugees in the Kathmandu Valley:
A Study in Socio-cultural Change and Continuity and the Adaptation of
a Population in Exile.
Ph.D, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1985.
350 pp.
Johnson, Rodney Lewis. Mother-Infant Relations among Wld Monkeys in
India and Nepal.
PhD., Colorado (Boulder), 1985. 158 pp.
Krause, Inga-Britt Kirzhip and Economics in North-West
Nepal. Ph.D., London School of Economics and Political Science. 399
pp.
McHenry, John Persons. VIII (1) A Theoretical and
Empirical Critique of the Easterlin-Crimmins Synthesis Model of Fertility:
Mth Applications to Colombia, Costa Rica, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the United
States.
Ph.D., Pennsylvania, 1986. m pp.
Nayava, Janak Lal. VIII (1)
Climates of Nepal the Their Implications forAgricultural Development.
Ph.D., Australian National University, 1982. xdi. 284 pp. (For
copies, write to the Australian
National University Library, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia.)
Pfau, Geeta. Primary Health Care Needs within "Pode Tole" in Kathmandu,
Nepal. Ph.D., The University of Connecticut, 1986. 196 pp.
Rarnble, Charles Albert. The Larnas of Lubra Nbetan Bonpo Householder
Priests in Westem Nepal. D Phil., Oxford, 1985. 426 pp.
Ramsay, Williarn James Hope. Erosion in the Middle Himalaya, Nepal,
with a Case Study of the Phewa Valley. M.Sc., University of British
Columbia, 1985. 178 pp.
Schuler, Margaret Ann. VIII (1) Women. Law, and Development: An Exploration
of Legal, Educational and Organizational Strategies to Raise the Status
of Low-Income Third World Women. Ed.D., George Washington, 1986. 253
pp.
Shapiro, Allan Aaron. Salagramasila: A Study of Salagrama Stones with
Text and Translation of Salagramapariksa. Ph.D., Colunbia University,
1987. 860 pp.
Simkhada, Shambhu Ram. VIII (0 Study of Peace Zones with Special Reference
to Nepal's Zone of Peace Proposal and Its Political, Economic and Security
Implications. Ph.D., University of Miami 1986.
Thapa, Poonam. VIII (1) Socioeconomic Change and Rural
Migration in Nepal: Individual and Household Relations.
Ph.D., Indiana, 1986. 290 pp.
Thapa, Shyam Pratap.VIll (1)
Fertility in Nepal: A Sociodiemographic Analysis.
Ph.D., Brown, 1985.
Wagley, Mana Prasad. VIII (1) Design of a lSongitudinal Study to Deterrnine
the Impact of the Introduction of Television in Nepal. Ph.D., Southern
Illinois University at Carbondale, 1986. 149 pp.
Yoder, Robert Daniel The Performance of Farmer-Managed Irngation Systems
in the Hills of Nepal. Ph.D. Cornell University, 1986, 393pp.
Notices
Conferences and Seminars
New Members
Volume VIII, Number 2, 1988
A Mahabharata Story from the Kumaon Hills John Leavitt
Reviews
Denis Blamont and Gerard Toffin (eds.) Architecture. milieu, et societe
en Himalaya. (Andras Hofer)
Sidney Ruth Schuler. The Other Side of Polyandry: Stratification andNonmarriage
in the Nepal Himalayas. (W.F.)
David Seddon. Nepal - A State of Poverty. (Sudhindra Sharma) Rejoinder
(David Seddon)
"Special Section on Tibet," Cultural Survival Quarterly. (Graham
Clarke)
Manabendu Banerjee. Sanskrit Inscriptions of Nepal. (T.R.) Isvaranand
Sresthacarya, Jagan Nath Maskey, Austin Hale. ConversationalNewari.
(T.R.)
Musashi Tachikawa. Nepalese Buddhist Iconography. (T.R.)
Recent and Ongoing Research
Recent Publications
Dissertation Abstracts
Ernie Thiessen. Complementanties between Irrigation Development Objectives
in Nepal: DleAKWUA Strategy M.S., Cornell University, 1986.
Notices
Conferences and Seminars
New Members
Volume VIII, Number 3, 1988
Four Poems by Mohan Koirala Translated by Michael Hutt
The Tengboche Fire: What went up in flames? David Sassoon
On the Political Organization of Nomadic Pastoralists in Western Tibet:
A Rejoinder to Cox Melvyn Goldstein
Reviews
Niels Gutschow, Bernhard Kolver and Ishwaranand Shresthacarya. Newar
Towns and Buildings An Illustrated Dictionary Newari-English. (David
Gellner)
Satya Mohan Joshi, ed. y ffla:cadhaWgu Newa: Khaigwa: DhukC (A Concise
Dictionary of the Newar Language). Thakur Lal Manandhar, with Dr.
Anne Vergati, ed. Newari-English Dictionary Modern Language Of Kathmandu
Valley. Iswaranand Sresthacarya. Concise Dictionary (Newar-English).
(B.McC.O.)
Recent Publications
Notices
Conferences and Seminars
Recent and Ongoing Research
Nepal Studies Association Information
Errata
Volume IX, Number 1, 1989
Possessing Power: Abiima and Her Medium Ellen Coon
Spirit Possession and Ethnic Politics in Nepal's Northwest Nancy E. Levine
Splrlt rossesslon and :soul Guidance in a Gurung Death Rite Stan Royal
Mumford
Reviews
Andrew Bloomfield and Yanki Tshering Tibetan Phrasebook: Tibetan Phrasebook
Tapes (Paul Nietupski)
David and Janice Johnson Tibetan Thanka Painting Methods and Materials
(Hugh R. Downs)
Recent Publications
Dissertation Abstracts
Adhikary, Ganesh Man Singh Economics of Nepalese
rice mills Ph.D. Michigan State University, 1987. 195 pp. Order
Number DA 8722809.
Blanger, Sara Williams, Pafferns of morital exchange and phenotypic
differentiation in the Jirels of Nepal Ph.D., Case Western Reserve
University, 1987. 218 pp.
Brower, Barbara Anne IX (1 Livestock and landscape: The Sherpa postoral
system in Sagarmatha (Mt. Everestl National ParJc,Nepal Ph.D. University
of California, Berkeley, 1987. 3*S4 pp. Order Number DA8726151
Byers, Alton Clair, III A geoecological study of landscape change
and man-accelerated soil loss: The case of the Sagarmatha fMt. Everest)
National Parg Khumbu, Nepal Ph.D. Universit of Colorado at Boulder,
1987. 375 pp. Director: John D. Ives. Order Nuunber DA 8723446
Hulton-Baker, Robert
Nbetan Buddhist Drama
Ph.D. NewYorkUrxiversity, 1987. 51 pp. Chairperson: StephenPalestrant
Malville, Nancy Jean IX (1)
Iron-def ciency anemia among village women of the middle hills of Nepal
PhD. University of Colorado at Boulder, 1987. 252 pp. Director:
Alec John Kelso. Order
Nurnber DA8716268
Sharma, Ramesh Pra ad An economy-wide model for a region of Nepal:
Modelling and applications Ph.D. Stanford University, 1987. 220 pp.
Sijapati, Krishna Bahadur
An evaluation of gatekeepers' influence upon public infonnation in
Nepal PhD. The Uaiversity of WiscorJsia, madison, 1987. 353 pp. Supervisor:
Edward Donnersteing~_ Order Nuraber DA 8716541.
Upadhyay, Ram Raj Socio-economic and background factors and educational
opportunity: An educational case study of Birganj, Nepal Ph.D. The
Universityof Connecticut, 1987. 184 pp. MajorAdviser: John W. Brubacher.
Order Nu nber DA8728907
Conferences
Notices
New Members and Addresses
Volume IX, Number 2, 1989
Sadness, Soul Loss and Healing Among the Yolmo Sherpa Robert Desjarlais.
Retold Tales: Toward an Understanding of Spirit Possession in Central
Nepal William F. Fisher.
Here, There, and Everywhere: Place and Person in Nepalese Explanations
of Illness Stacy Leigh Pigg
Reviews
Oppitz, Michael.
Fn; r Frorv Dk DreieraSliare bei den Magar West-Nepal. (Wornx againX
serucc. 7hc rnw alliance systern omong tluffl MoFus ef Wesbm N<
(Reviewed by Martin Gaenszle)
Herdick, Reinhard.
IC~ur, StodWsg Prin~_pien der RrurnXg und gesellsdu~_ FX evorN ar-Stadt
irtipllr: Shape, pnnciples of spatial order, and social frwnctions of
a Newar
(Reviewed by AndrSs Hofer)
Toflin, Gerard and Bouilliers Veronique, eds.
Pr~_se, pomrs ct autwitE en Sunalv (PrksXoz powers and aBthority in
Sk So)
(Reviewed by Andras Hofer)
Recent Pub]ications
Dissertation Abstracts
Gellner, David N. Monk Householder and Priest: Newar Buddhism and
its Hierarchy of Ritual
D. Phil., St. John's College.
Conferences and Seminars
Recent and Ongoing Research
Notices
Volume IX, Number 3, 1989
Boundax ynamles of Sapha Hod Identity Premalata Ghimire
The Meanings of 'Sherpa': An Evolving Social Category Anne Parker
Reviews
Holmbeq, David. Ordo u Pozodac Uyffs RiSil ond E~_~g Nqz'5 Toms~,.
(Reviewed by James F. Flsher)
Repb to Hugh R. Downs' review of llun ~_,~ Pai6,g: MeS and JU~ (by David
Jackson)
Recent Publications
Dissertation Abstracts
Conference Planning Digest
Recent and Ongoing Research
Notices
Nepal Studies As;ociation Announcements
Annual Nepal Studies Association Membership List
Volume X, Number 1, 1990
Tamang Child Care and Well-being Catherine Panter-Brick
Children, Childbearing, and Mothering Kathryn S. March
Child Devouring Demons: Childhood Vulnerabllity and the Relations of
Humans to the Demonic David Holmberg
The World As Sound: An Introduction to JhMrl Mantars Gregory G.
Maskarinec
REVIEWS
Three Recent Publications on Artwork From the Tibetan Collections of
Europe
Samten Gyaltsen Karmay, Secret rsions of the Fifth DaZai Lama: Tlxe
Gold Manuscnpt of the Foumier Collection
Gilles BEguin, Tibet, Terreur et Magie: Diez arouches da MuseE Guimet.
Gerd-Wolfgang Essen and Tsering Tashi Thingo, Die Gotter des Himalay~:
Buddkistische Kunst Tibets, die Sammlung Gerd-Wolfgang Essen.
(Reviewed by Mathew Kapstein)
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
RESEARCH NOTES
The Smithsonian Human Studies Film Archives
A Brief History of the Arnerican Nepal Education Fuundation Hugh B. Wood
Sufigestions to Nepalese Students who Wish to Study in the U.S. Hugh
B. Wood
CONFERENCES
NOTICES
NEPAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE PLANNING DIGEST
NEW MEMBERS
Volume X, Numbers 2 & 3, 1990
Education and Social Change in Nepal King Beach 1-2
The Impact of Education During the Rana Period in Nepal, Gopi Nath Sharma
3-7
Nepalese Children's Construction of Identities in and around Formal Schooling,
Debra Skinner 8-17
From School to Work: A Social and Psychological History Of Math In a
Nepali Village, King Beach 18-23
Education through Radio in Nepal: Changes within and beyond the Classroom,
Dwight R. Holmes 24-29
Education and Social Change in Nepal: An Anthropologist's Assessment,
James Fisher 30-34
Social Change and Educational Retention in Nepal: Reflections from an
Educational Development Perspective, Barbara Butterworth 35-36
Reviews 37-38
Recent Publications 39-41
Dissertation Abstracts 42-49
Mikesell, Stephen L., Cotton on the Silk Road: Subjection of Labor to
the Global Economy in the Shadow of Empire (or the Dialectic of a Merchant
Community in Nepal).
Cech, Krystyna, The Social and Religious Identity of the Tibetan Bonpos
with Special Reference to a North-west Himalayan Settlement.
Subedi, Janardan, factors Affecting the use of Modern Medicine in a Pluralistic
Health Care System: The Case of Nepal.
Levitt, Marta J., From Sickles to Scissors: Birth, Traditional Birth
Attendants and Prenatal Health Development in Rural Nepal.
Cotter, Henry Van Tuyl, The Systematics and Ecology of Boletes with Special
Reference to the Genus Suillus and its Ectomycorrhizal Relationships in
Nepal.
Shakya, Keshab, Land use Planning with Multiobjective Programming: A
Model for Forest Development in the Hills of Nepal.
Pearson, Margaret A., Leprosy in West Nepal: Social and Spatial Perspectives.
Shrestha, Narayan K., Factors Affecting Girls' Participation and Attendance
in Formal Schooling in the Hill area of Nepal.
Chattopadhyay, Dilip K., History of the Assamese Movement Since 1947.
Kapali, Ratna B., The Feasibility of the use of Instructional Television
in Nepalese Education.
Srimal, Neptune, Geology and Oxygen, Strontium and 40Ar/39Ar Isotopic
Study of India-Asia Collision in the Ladakh and Karakoram Himalaya, Northwest
India.
Rhoton, Jared D., A Study of the "sDom-gSum" of Sapan.
Gurung, Sumitra, Beyond the myth of Eco-crisis in Nepal: Local Response
to Pressure on Land use in the Middle Hills.
Conferences 50-52
Notices 53-55
Index 56-67
New Members 68
Volume XI, Numbers 1-3, 1991
Editor's Note
In Memoriam
THE NEPAL CONSTITUTION OF 1990: PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS, by Ter Ellingson
1-18.
CONSTITUTION OF THE KINGDOM OF NEPAL VS 2047 (1990) 19-68.
Conference Papers & Abstracts 69-100.
1990 Wisconsin Conference on South Asia
1991 Wisconsin Conference on South Asia
1990 American Anthropology Association Meetings
1991 Association for Asian Studies Conference
The Himalayan Forum, SOAS
Anthropology of Tibet and the Himalayas Conference, Zurich
DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS 101-120
Adhikari, Ambika P., Developing Appropriate Standards for Low-income
Housing for Kathmandu, Nepal. Dr.Des.
Basnyat, Singha B., Nepal-US Relations, 1947-1989: A Study of Small Power/Great
Power Interactions.
Benjamin, Paul F, Local Organization for Development in Nepal.
Bhatta, Gambhir D., Polarization and Decentralization Approaches to Spatial
Development: A Case Study of Nepal.
Blom, Margriet L.B., Unique Tenets of the Middle Way Consequence School:
The Systematization of the Philosophy of the Indian Buddhist prasangika-madhyamika
School by the Tibetan Geluk-ba Scholastic Tradition.
Desjarlais, Robert R., Samsara's Sadness: Sherpa Shamanism and the Calling
of Lost Souls.
Dhakal, Deo N.S., Hydropower Development in Bhutan: An Analytical Framework
for Evaluating Prospects and Strategy.
Enslin, Elizabeth M.W., The Dynamics of Gender, Class and Caste in a
Women's Movement in Rural Nepal.
Genetti, Carol E., A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Dolakha
Newari Dialect.
Kunwar, Narayan, Roles of Field Level Agricultural Extension Workers
in Nepal as Perceived by Agricultural Extension Personnel.
Leech Charles R III, Tibetan Buddhist/Newari Buddhist Interface in the
Kathmandu Valley.
Makransky, John J., Controversy over Dharmakaya in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism:
An Historical-critical Analysis of "Abhisamayalamkara" Chapter 8 and its
Commentaries in Relation to the Large "Prajnaparamita Sutra" and the Yogacara
Tradition.
Maskarinec, Gregory G., The Rulings of the Night: An Ethnographic Exegesis
of Shamanic Oral Texts from Western Nepal.
Nafziger, Dale L., Impacts and Implications of Rural Electrification
Ideology in Nepal's Domestic Sector.
Owens, Bruce M., The Politics of Divinity in the Kathmandu Valley: The
Festival of Bungadya/Rato Matsyendranath.
Parker, Anne Z., Multi-Ethnic Interface in Eastern Nepal: Culture Change
in Sidha Pokhari.
Pigg, Stacy L., Disenchanting Shamans: Representations of Modernity and
the Transformation of Healing in Nepal. Ranjeet, Bidya, Barriers to Continuing
Professional Education of Teachers in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Rothenburg, Bonnie L., Ksemendras, "Bodhisattvavadanakalpalata": A Text
Critical Edition and Translation of Chapters One to Five.
Rusten, Eric P., An Investigation of an Indigenous Knowledge System and
Management Practice of tree Fodder resources in the Middle hills of Central
Nepal.
Savvas, Carol D., A Study of the Profound Path of gCod: The Mahayana
Buddhist Meditation Tradition of Tibet's Great Woman Saint Machig Labdron
Shrestha, Tej B., An Investigation of the Relative Effectiveness of Formal
Classroom Instruction as Opposed to Informal natural Exposure in the Development
of Oral Proficiency in English as a Second Language in Nepal.
Shrestha, Uma, Social Networks and Code-switching in the Newar Community
of Kathmandu City.
Skinner, Debra G., Nepalese Children's Understanding of Self and the
Social World: A Study of a Hindu Mixed Caste Community.
Tiso, Francis V., A Study of the Buddhist Saint in Relation to the Biographical
Tradition of Milarepa. Williams, Jo A., A Critical Analysis of Community,
Education and Socioeconomic Change in Nepal.
Copeland, Peter, Cenozoic Tectonic History of the Southern Tibetan Plateau
and Eastern Himalaya: Evidence from 40Ar/39Ar dating.
Edds, David R., Multivariate Analysis of Fish Assemblage Composition
and Environmental Correlates in a Himalayan River-Nepal's Kali Gandaki/Narayani.
Gillespie, M.R., The Everest-Makalu Intrusions of NE. Nepal: Implications
for the Petrogenesis of the high Himalayan Leucogranites.
Greco, Antonio M., Tectonics and Metamorphism in the Western Himalayan
Syntaxis area (Azad Kashmir, NE Pakistan).
Holt, William E., The Active tectonics and Structure of the Eastern Himalayan
Syntaxis and Surrounding Regions.
Kundig, Rainer, Crystallization and Deformation in the Higher Himalayas,
Zanskar (NW India).
Maskey, Tirtha M., Movement and Survival of Captive-reared Gharial gavialis
gangeticus in the Narayani River, Nepal.
McRae, Lee E., Chronostratigraphic Variability in Fluvial Sequences as
Revealed by Paleomagnetic Isochrons: Examples in Miocene Strata from a
Central Andean Intermontane Basin (Salla, Bolivia) and the Northwest Himalayan
Foreland (Lower Siwalik Group, Chinji Formation, Pakistan).
Schelling, Daniel D., The Geology of the Rolwaling and the Eastern Nepal
Himalaya.
Underwood, Benjamin A., The Behavior and Energetics of High-altitude
Survival by the Himalayan Honey bee, Apis laboriosa.
Recent Research 121-128
Recent Publications 129-138
Reviews and Rejoinders 139-152
Conference Planning Digest 153-158
Notices 159-162
Nepal Studies Association Membership Information 163-165
Editorial Policy and Guide for Contributors
Volume XII (1-2), 1992
Himalayan Studies in 1994: An Editorial View
Guest Editor's Note
News
Des Chene, Mary, Traversing Social Space: Gurung Journeys, 1-10.
Enslin, Elizabeth, Collective Powers in Common Places: The Politics of
Gender and Space in a Women's Struggle for a Meeting Center in Chitwan,
Nepal, 11-26.
Kohn, Tamara, Guns and Garlands: Cultural and Linguistic Migration Through
Marriage, 27-34.
Russell, Andrew, The Hills are Alive with the Sense of Movement: Migration
and Identity amongst the Yakha of East Nepal, 35-44.
Miller, Sarah E., Structures of a Lived-In Discourse, 45-50.
Reviews and Rejoinders 51-62.
DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS 63-78.
Archarya, Jayaraj, A Descriptive Grammar of Nepali and an Analyzed Corpus.
Axinn, William G. Social Change, Family Organization, and Fertility Limitation:
Tests of a Theoretical Model Among the Tamang of Nepal.
Belbase, Krishna Prasad, Agricultural Technology, Income, and Nutrition:
A Study of farm Households in the Middle Hills of Nepal.
Bentor, Yael, The Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Consecration Ritual for Stupas,
Images, Books and Temples.
Des Chene, Mary K., Relics of Empire: A Cultural History of the Gurkhas,
1815-1987.
Dreyfus, Georges B.J., Ontology, Philosophy of Language, and Epistemology
in Buddhist Tradition: A Study of Dharmakirti's Philosophy in the Light
of its Reception in the later Indo-Tibetan Tradition.
Ghimire, K., Forest Frontier Relations and Agrarian Change in Nepal's
Tarai: A Case Study of Landless Illegal Settlers (Sukumbasis) in the Nawalparasai
District.
Gibson, T.A., From btsanpo to btsan: The Demonization of the Tibetan
Sacral Kingship.
Hargreaves, David J., The Concept of Intentional Action in the Grammar
of Kathmandu Newari.
Hilton, Rita Marie, Cost Recovery and Local Resource Mobilization in
Irrigation Systems in Nepal: Three Case Studies From the Rapti Zone.
Jamspal, Lozang, The Range of the Bodhisattva: A Study of an Early Mah
y nas tra, "ryasatyakaparivarta", Discourse of Truth Teller
Kanel, Nav Raj, Life-cycle Analysis of Household Composition and Family
Consumption Behavior.
Laston, Sandra Lee, Risk Factors for Diarrheal Disease in Village Children
in Nepal.
Mansberger, Joe Robert, Ban yatra: A Bio-cultural Survey of Sacred Forests
in Kathmandu Valley.
Martin, Daniel Preston, The Emergence of Bon and the Tibetan Polemical
Tradition.
Mathema, Madhuri, Improving Rural Women's Lives: A Case Study in Nepal.
Miller, Sarah E., Twice-born Tales From Kathmandu: Stories That tell
People.
Phillips, David A., Economic Development, Accounting Prices and Technology:
A Case Study in the Estimation of Choice of Technology in the Nepal Textile
Industry.
Sah, Jaysingh, Analysis of Income Distribution by Caste and Farm Size
for a Panchayat (Village System) in the Tarai Region of Nepal by Means
of a Social Accounting Matrix.
Shrestha, Sheel Manju, Historical Analysis of Vocational Education in
Nepal.
Singer, Jane Casey., Early Painting in Tibet.
Suwal, R.L.S., Attributes and Skills of Chief Executive Officers of Public
Enterprises in Nepal that are Associated with Effective Performance.
Teas, Molly M., Gatekeepers and Gender Equity: An Investigation of in-service
Teacher Training in Nepal.
Upadhyay, Pratima, The Social Assimilation of Nepalese Immigrants in
the United States and the Role of Their English Language Training in this
Process.
Young, Serinity, Dreams in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Sacred Biography.
Baig, Mizra Shahid, Structure and Geochronology of Pre-Himalayan and
Himalayan Orogenic Events in the Northwest Himalaya, Pakistan, with Special
Reference to the Besham Area.
Islam, Kamal, Evolutionary History and Speciation of the Genus Tragopan.
Shah, Muqarrab, Taxonomic Studies in the Genus Potentilla (Rosaceae)
from Pakistan and Kashmir.
Shivakoti, Ganesh Prasad, Organizational Effectiveness of User and Non-user
Controlled Irrigation Systems in Nepal.
Stapleton, C.M.A., A Morphological Investigation of Some Himalayan Bamboos
with an Enumeration of Taxa in Nepal and Bhutan.
Conference Papers and Abstracts 79-128.
The Anthropology of Nepal: People, Problems and Processes, 1992
21st Annual Conference on South Asia, 1992
American Anthropological Association, 1992
22nd Annual Conference on South Asia, 1993
American Anthropological Association, 1993
Association for Asian Studies, l 992
Seminar on the Limbu Language and Literature, 1993
Recent Publications 129-138.
Notices 139.
Volume XIII (1-2), 1993
Editor's Introduction
Memorials 1-2
Laura Boulton Audiotape and Film Collection from Nepal, 1950: A Report,
Naomi Bishop. 3-16
Conference Proceedings: Conservation for Development: Strategies for
the Roof of the World 17
Introduction Sally Loomis and Maia Enzer 18-20
Keynote Address: Ecological, Social and Political Introduction to South
and Southeast Asia, Hemanta Mishra. 21-23
Governments, Villagers, Markets and Ecological Stress: History and Controversy,
Richard Tucker. 24-26
Beyond UNCED: A Strategic Plan of Action, Jack Ives. 27-30
Conservation for Sustainable Development: Myth or Reality? Chandra Gurung.
31-38
Co-Management vs. Co-Option: Reconciling Scientific Management with Local
Needs, Values, and Expertise, Barbara Brower. 39-49
Encouraging Inter-Agency Coordination, David Wright. 50-53
Women, Environment and Local Initiatives: Factors Affecting the Degree
of Successful Management of Forest Resources, Shanta Pandey. 54-59
Grassroots Initiatives in Reviving Nepal's Forestry Resources, Kk Panday.
60-64
Initiation of Social Forestry Projects, Ajit Bannerjee. 65-71
Educating The Educated—Or Who Cleans Up After The Party is Over, William
Burch. 72-73
Building Human Capacity: An Opportunity for the Future, S. Loomis and
M. Enzer. 74-75
BOOK REVIEW 76-79
Portrait of Nepal, Kevin Bubriski review by John Mock.
Recent Research 80-83
News and Notes 84-88
DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS 89-93
Improved Fodder Tree Management in the Agroforestry Systems- of Central
and Western Nepal, Madhav Bahadur Karki.
The Concept of the Ultimate (don dam pa, paramartha) in the "Samdhinirmocana-sutra":
Analysis, Translation, and Notes. (Volumes I and III). Chester John Powers.
The Economic Analysis of Production and Productivity Growth in the Nepalese
Crop Sector. Krishna Bahadur Hamal.
The Power to Heal: Medicine and Society in the Pakistani Himalayas. Anne
Thompson Sweetser.
Clause Chaining in Nepali Discourse. Laura Diane Crain.
Evidentials in Tibetan: A Dialogic Study of the Interplay Between form
and Meaning. Krisadawan Hongladarom.
Conference Digest 94-108
Networking 109-110
Member Directory 111
Volume XIV (1-2), 1994
Editor's Introduction
Memorials 1-9
An Appeal for the Abolition of Slavery Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur
Ranaa. 10-24
Himalayan Religions in Comparative Perspective: Considerations Regarding
Buddhism and Hinduism across their Indic Frontiers, Todd Lewis. 25-46
BOOK REVIEWS 47-56
Body and Emotion: The Aesthetics of Illness and Healing, Robert Desjarlais
review by Christine Greenway.
Tibetan Thangka Painting: Methods and Materials, David and Janice Jackson
review by Yin Peet.
Himalayan Buddhist Villages: Environment, Resources, and Religious Life
in Zangskar, Ladakh, John Crook and Henry Osmaston, (eds) review by Nigel
Allan.
A Descriptive Grammar of Nepali and an Analyzed Corpus, Jayaraj Acharya
review by David Red.
Mesocosm: Hinduism and the Organization of a Traditional Newar City in
Nepal, Robert Levy review by Todd Lewis.
Golu Devata, The God of Justice of Kumaun Himalayas, C. M. Agarwal review
by Linda Stone.
Briefly Noted 57-64
News, Notes, Networks 65-77
Conference Digest 78-90
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