Nomads of Eastern Tibet : Social Organization and Economy of a Pastoral Estate in the Kingdom of Dege.

By: Thargyal, RinzinContributor(s): Huber, ToniMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Brill's Tibetan Studies LibraryPublisher: Boston : BRILL, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (236 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789047421689Subject(s): 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 XianGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Nomads of Eastern Tibet : Social Organization and Economy of a Pastoral Estate in the Kingdom of DegeDDC classification: 305.9/06918095138 LOC classification: DS793.D45T43 2007Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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