Claiming the High Ground
  PREFACE

 expand sectionINTRODUCTION

 collapse sectionPART ONE  SHERPA CULTURAL ECOLOGY
 expand section1  Sherpa Country
 expand section2  A High-Altitude Economy
 expand section3  Farming on the Roof of the World
 collapse section4  Good Country for Yak
 collapse sectionYak, Nak, Crossbreeds, and Cattle
 •Sheep and Goats
 expand sectionHousehold Pastoral Emphases and Herd Structure
 •Communal Regulation of Pastoralism
 expand sectionRegional Grazing and Fodder Resources
 •The Annual Round of Transhumance
 •Communal Regulations and the Timing of Herding Patterns
 •Family Herding Patterns
 expand section5  Sacred Forests and Fuel Wood

 collapse sectionPART TWO  ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
 expand section6  Four Centuries of Agropastoral Change
 expand section7  Subsistence, Adaptation, and Environmental Change
 expand section8  Local Resource Management: Decline and Persistence
 expand section9  From Tibet Trading to the Tourist Trade
 expand section10  Tourism, Local Economy, and Environment
 expand sectionCONCLUSIONS

  APPENDIX A  MAJOR HIMALAYAN PEAKS
  APPENDIX B  THE SHERPA/TIBETAN CALENDAR
  APPENDIX C  CHRONOLOGY OF KHUMBU HISTORY
 expand sectionNotes
  BIBLIOGRAPHY
 expand sectionINDEX
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