Encyclopaedia of the Nilgiri Hills (Parts 1-2) - Hardcover

Hockings, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8173048932 ISBN 13: 9788173048937

Publisher: Manohar Publishers, 2012

Synopsis

Where was the game of snooker invented? Which hills welcomed visits from Nikita Khrushchev, Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Nehru and also Edward Lear? Where did Maria Montessori, Madame Blavatsky and the Viceroys of India like to take their vacations? Where do tigers, bisons and elephants still roam the jungles? The answer in each case is the Nilgiri Hills of Southern India. Tennyson (though never there) wrote of 'the sweet, half-English air of the Neilgherries' - and thousands have gone there to enjoy it over the past two centuries: Princes, tourists, scholars, missionaries, soldiers and officials alike. This book is a Who Was Who of those people, and a broad, neatly organized, completely up to date and uniquely detailed account of the Nilgiri Hills from every scientific perspective - from Anthropology to Zoology.

About this title

About the Author:

The editor, Paul Hockings, teaches anthropology and film history at United International College, in Zhuhai, China; Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of IIIinosis; Adjunct Curator of Anthropology at the Field Museum of Natural History; and Editor-in-Chief of a journal, Visual Anthropology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Manohar Publishers
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 8173048932
• ISBN 13: 9788173048937
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1068