All Paths Lead to the Hot Spring: Conviviality, the Code of Honor, and Capitalism in a Karakorum Village, Pakistan

This paper examines the role of a natural hot spring in a subsistence village economy. The village lies in the Karakorum-Himalaya, isolated from the rest of Pakistan by high mountains and glaciers. To a social geographer, what is of interest is the pattern formed by the daily activities at the hot s...

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Veröffentlicht in:Mountain Research and Development. - International Mountain Society. - 18(1998), 3, Seite 265-272
1. Verfasser: Azhar-Hewitt, Farida (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 1998
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Mountain Research and Development
Schlagworte:Physical sciences Social sciences Health sciences Arts Business
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