Bauer High Frontiers

Dolpo and the Changing World of Himalayan Pastoralists
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-231-50902-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten

Reihe: Historical Ecology Series

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Bauer, Kenneth Michael

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents
Abbreviations
Acknowlegments
A Note on Tibetan and Nepali Terms
Introduction
1. Dolpo's Agro-Pastoral System
2. Pastoralism, in View and Review
3. A Sketch of Dolpo's History
4. A New World Order in Tibet
5. Nepal's Relations with Its Border Populations and the Case of Dolpo
6. The Wheel Is Broken: A Pastoral Exodus in the Himalayas
7. Visions of Dolpo: Conservation and Development
8. A Tsampa Western
9. Perspectives on Change
Notes
Works Cited
Glossary
Appendix 1: Pasture Toponomy
Appendix 2: Dolpo Plant Species
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kenneth M. Bauer founded DROKPA, a nonprofit organization that partners with pastoral communities to implement grassroots development projects in the Himalayas and Central Asia.