Nomads of eastern Tibet : social organization and economy of a pastoral estate in the kingdom of Dege /

Nomads of eastern Tibet : social organization and economy of a pastoral estate in the kingdom of Dege /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Thargyal, Rinzin.
Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 222 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	Brill's Tibetan studies library, 1568-6183 ; v. 15 Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 15.
Subject:	Nomads -- China -- Dege Xian -- Social life and customs. Nomads -- China -- Dege Xian -- Economic conditions. Herding -- China -- Dege Xian. Social structure -- China -- Dege Xian. Economic history. Herding. Manners and customs. Nomads -- Economic conditions. Nomads -- Social life and customs. Social structure. Dege Xian (China) -- Social life and customs. Dege Xian (China) -- Economic conditions. China -- Dege Xian.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11186674

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Other authors / contributors:	Huber, Toni, 1956-
ISBN:	9789047421689 904742168X 1281926493 9781281926494 9786611926496 6611926496 9789004158139 9004158138
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-215) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. 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 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Thargyal, Rinzin. Nomads of eastern Tibet. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007 9789004158139 9004158138
Standard no.:	10.1163/ej.9789004158139.i-224

Table of 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.