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Author Thargyal, Rinzin.

Title Nomads of eastern Tibet : social organization and economy of a pastoral estate in the kingdom of Dege / by Rinzin Thargyal ; edited by Toni Huber
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 222 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Brill's Tibetan studies library, 1568-6183 ; v. 15
Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 15.
Contents 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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Subject Nomads -- China -- Dege Xian -- Social life and customs
Nomads -- China -- Dege Xian -- Economic conditions
Herding -- China -- Dege Xian
Social structure -- China -- Dege Xian
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
Economic history
Herding
Manners and customs
Nomads -- Economic conditions
Nomads -- Social life and customs
Social structure
SUBJECT Dege Xian (China) -- Social life and customs
Dege Xian (China) -- Economic conditions
Subject China -- Dege Xian
Form Electronic book
Author Huber, Toni, 1956-
ISBN 9789047421689
904742168X
1281926493
9781281926494
9786611926496
6611926496