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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.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 222 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Brill's Tibetan studies library, 1568-6183 ; v. 15
Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 15.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-215) and index.
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.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Nomads -- China -- Dege Xian -- Social life and customs.
Nomads.
China -- Dege Xian.
Manners and customs.
Nomads -- China -- Dege Xian -- Economic conditions.
Economic conditions.
Herding -- China -- Dege Xian.
Herding.
Social structure -- China -- Dege Xian.
Social structure.
Dege Xian (China) -- Social life and customs.
Dege Xian (China) -- Economic conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Huber, Toni, 1956-
Other Form: Print version: Thargyal, Rinzin. Nomads of eastern Tibet. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007 9789004158139 9004158138 (DLC) 2007027745 (OCoLC)155755752
ISBN 9789047421689 (electronic book)
904742168X (electronic book)
9789004158139 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9004158138 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 10.1163/ej.9789004158139.i-224