Thargyal, Rinzin.

Nomads of Eastern Tibet : Social Organization and Economy of a Pastoral Estate in the Kingdom of Dege. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (236 pages) - Brill's Tibetan Studies Library ; v.No. 15 . - Brill's Tibetan Studies Library .

Author's Preface -- Editor's Preface -- List of Illustrations -- Editor's Introduction: The Anthropology of Tibet and the First Tibetan Anthropologists by Toni Huber -- Chapter One Introduction -- Chapter Two The Genesis of Zilphukhog -- Chapter Three Labour Service -- Chapter Four Animal Husbandry -- Chapter Five Trade and Peripheral Incomes -- Chapter Six Strategic Transhumance -- Chapter Seven Household Organization -- Chapter Eight Marriage and Kinship -- Chapter Nine Birth and Death -- Chapter Ten The Political Environment -- Chapter Eleven Social Organization -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book presents the first comprehensive anthropological account of premodern Tibetan pastoral economy and social organization in the Kham region of eastern Tibet. It offers a uniquely fine-grained descriptive portrait of traditional Tibetan rural life.

9789047421689


Dege Xian (China) -- Economic conditions.
Dege Xian (China) -- Social life and customs.
Herding -- China -- Dege Xian.
Nomads -- China -- Dege Xian -- Economic conditions.
Nomads -- China -- Dege Xian -- Social life and customs.
Social structure -- China -- Dege Xian.


Electronic books.

DS793.D45T43 2007

305.9/06918095138

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