Awards

• Winner of James Fisher Prize for First Books on the Himalayan Region 2019 (United States)

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9780295744018

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This refreshing, honest-to-life portrayal of ethnographic moments makes this an essential book for anyone interested in understanding contemporary issues in the Himalayas and changing human-cryosphere relationships. . . . Gagne demonstrates that the region becomes meaningful through the entanglements of land, animals, and humans. In Caring for Glaciers, readers learn that the ethics of care, which maintain these entanglements, are eroding. It is therefore a sobering gift. * Journal of Asian Studies * In an outstanding example of multispecies anthropology based on 18 months of field research in Ladakh, northwest India, Gagne (anthropology, Univ. of Guelph) examines the consequences of war since 1948, the militarization of the border, demographic shifts, economic transformations, and unpredictable rainfall on agro-pastoral communities. . . .Highly recommended. * Choice *

In an outstanding example of multispecies anthropology based on 18 months of field research in Ladakh, northwest India, Gagne (anthropology, Univ. of Guelph) examines the consequences of war since 1948, the militarization of the border, demographic shifts, economic transformations, and unpredictable rainfall on agro-pastoral communities. . . .Highly recommended. --Choice

In an outstanding example of multispecies anthropology based on 18 months of field research in Ladakh, northwest India, Gagne (anthropology, Univ. of Guelph) examines the consequences of war since 1948, the militarization of the border, demographic shifts, economic transformations, and unpredictable rainfall on agro-pastoral communities. . . .Highly recommended. * Choice *

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Karine Gagné is assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Guelph.

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