Nomads of eastern Tibet [electronic resource] : social organization and economy of a pastoral estate in the kingdom of Dege / by Rinzin Thargyal ; edited by Toni Huber.
By: Thargyal, Rinzin.
Contributor(s): Huber, Toni | ebrary, Inc.
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BookSeries: Brill's Tibetan studies library: v. 15.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007Description: xii, 222 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Nomads -- China -- Dege Xian -- Social life and customs | Nomads -- China -- Dege Xian -- Economic conditions | Herding -- China -- Dege Xian | Social structure -- China -- Dege Xian | Dege Xian (China) -- Social life and customs | Dege Xian (China) -- Economic conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 305.9/06918095138 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-215) and index.
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.
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