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Author Pirie, Fernanda, 1964-

Title Peace and conflict in Ladakh : the construction of a fragile web of order / by Fernanda Pirie.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 235 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Brill's Tibetan studies library, 1568-6183 ; v. 13
Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 13. 1568-6183
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-225) and index.
Contents Ladakh -- Village organisation -- Conflict in the village -- The realm of the spirits -- Losar -- The sacred social order -- Ethnographic Tibet -- Urban process and political change.
Summary Long caught between powerful neighbours, Ladakh is a border region in the vast Indian nation state. This detailed, anthropological study traces the ways order has been created by, but also despite and in defiance of, the powerful external forces of religion, war, politics and wealth.
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 Ladākh (India) -- Social life and customs.
Ladākh (India) -- Boundaries.
Ladākh (India) -- Politics and government.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Pirie, Fernanda, 1964- Peace and conflict in Ladakh. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007 (DLC) 2006051899
ISBN 9789047411819 (electronic book)
9047411811 (electronic book)
9789004155961
9004155961
Standard No. 10.1163/ej.9789004155961.i-238