Introduction -- The genesis of Zilphukhog -- Labour service -- Animal husbandry -- Trade and peripheral incomes -- Strategic transhumance -- Household organization -- Marriage and kinship -- Birth and death -- The political environment -- Social organization
Summary
Presents a comprehensive anthropological account of premodern Tibetan pastoral economy and social organization in the Kham region of eastern Tibet, and convincingly readdresses anthropological debates and political claims about feudalism. This book offers a descriptive portrait of traditional Tibetan rural life
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-215) and index
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