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Geographical diversions : Tibetan trade, global transactions / Tina Harris.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harris, Tina, 1976-
- Series:
- Geographies of justice and social transformation ; 18.
- Geographies of justice and social transformation ; 18
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Ethnology.
- Commerce--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Commerce.
- Sheepherding--Economic aspects--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Sheepherding.
- Human geography--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Human geography.
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Boundaries.
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China).
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Working at the intersections of cultural anthropology, human geography, and material culture, Tina Harris explores the social and economic transformations taking place along one trade route that winds its way across China, Nepal, Tibet, and India. How might we make connections between seemingly mundane daily life and more abstract levels of global change? Geographical Diversions focuses on two generations of traders who exchange goods such as sheep wool, pang gdan aprons, and more recently, household appliances. Exploring how traders ""make places,"" Harris examines the creation of geographies
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; A Note on Transliteration; INTRODUCTION: Tibet, Trade, and Territory; CHAPTER ONE: Middlemen, Marketplaces, and Maps; CHAPTER TWO: From Loom to Machine; CHAPTER THREE: Silk Roads and Wool Routes; CHAPTER FOUR: Reopenings and Restrictions; CHAPTER FIVE: New Economic Geographies; CHAPTER SIX: Mobility and Fixity; A Further Note on Research Methods; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781299448629
- 1299448623
- 9780820345734
- 0820345733
- OCLC:
- 835556166
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