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EUROPEAN BULLETIN
OF HIMALAYAN RESEARCH
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EBHR 18 SPRING 2000
Below the Surface of Private Property: Individual rights, common property. and the Nepalese kipar system in historical perspective.
Wemer M. Egli
Muslim Mobilization and Ihe Slate in Nepal, 1951-95.
Mollic. D.stider
Ethnic Categories and Their Usages in Byans. Far Western Nepal
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Katsuo N.w. 36
On the Complexity of Oral Thldition: A reply to CI.us Peter Zoller's review essay 'Oral Epic Poetry in the Central Himalayas:
Jolm Leavin 58
RepnI1s Sakyadhita Conference in Lumbini
Britain-Nepal Academic Council
Reviews
Nepalese Shamall Oral Texts by Gregory G. Mask.rinec.
Reviewed by Andras HOfer
79 80
82 Celebre/·le POltvoir. Dasai, ulle fite royale au Nepal edited by Gisele Krauskopff and Marie Lecomte-Tilouine.
Reviewed by Andr.s HOfer 88
On Ihe Edge of the Auspicious: Gender and Caste ill Nepal by Mary CameroQ.
Reviewed by Ben Caropbell 95
The Thakali; A Himalayall ethnography by Michael Vinding.
Reviewed by Mark Turin 97
Kalhmandtt Valley Painting- rhe Jllcker Collection by Hugo E. Kreijger.
Reviewed by lulia A.B. Hegewald 100
ca,.,,,. Door. ShY. Door: Pailllillgs of Mllstallg by RobeI1 Powell with an Illtroduction by Roberto Vitali.
Reviewed by Clare Harris 102