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  • Sherry B. Ortner
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Life and Death on Mt. Everest
This chapter is in the book Life and Death on Mt. Everest
© 2020 Princeton University Press, Princeton

© 2020 Princeton University Press, Princeton

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. ILLUSTRATIONS ix
  4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
  5. NOTE ON THE READER xiii
  6. 1. Beginning 1
  7. 2. Sahibs 26
  8. 3. Sherpas 56
  9. 4. Monks 90
  10. 5. Death 124
  11. 6. Men 149
  12. 7. Counterculture 185
  13. 8. Women 217
  14. 9. Reconfigurations 248
  15. 10. Epilogue 281
  16. Appendix A. Tables 295
  17. Appendix B. Monasteries 307
  18. Notes 319
  19. References Cited 355
  20. Index 369
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691211770-004

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. ILLUSTRATIONS ix
  4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
  5. NOTE ON THE READER xiii
  6. 1. Beginning 1
  7. 2. Sahibs 26
  8. 3. Sherpas 56
  9. 4. Monks 90
  10. 5. Death 124
  11. 6. Men 149
  12. 7. Counterculture 185
  13. 8. Women 217
  14. 9. Reconfigurations 248
  15. 10. Epilogue 281
  16. Appendix A. Tables 295
  17. Appendix B. Monasteries 307
  18. Notes 319
  19. References Cited 355
  20. Index 369
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