The exploitation of the landscape of Central and Inner Asia : past, present, and future : papers presented at the Central and Inner Asia Seminar, University of Toronto, May 15-16, 2007 / edited by Michael Gervers, Uradyn E. Bulag, Gillian Long.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Gervers, Michael, 1942-

Bulag, Uradyn E. (Uradyn Erden), 1964-

Long, Gillian.

University of Toronto. Asian Institute.

Conference Name:

Central and Inner Asian Seminar (2007 : University of Toronto)

Series:

Toronto studies in Central and Inner Asia ; no. 9.

Toronto studies in Central and Inner Asia ; no. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscapes.

Civilization.

Asia, Central--Civilization--Congresses.

Asia, Central.

Landscapes--Asia, Central--Congresses.

Asia, Central--Congresses.

Central Asia.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 266 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Asian Institute, University of Toronto, 2008.

Contents:

Küt and Dzhut: food and famine in Central Asia / Stephanie Bunn

Trees: disease and healing / Ruth I. Meserve

Rediscovering colonial landscapes: the first Europeans at the Mustagh Pass, Karakoram Himalaya, inner Asia / Kenneth Hewitt

The allocation of Greater Armenian land under the Mogol Noyans (Commanders) (1220-45) / Dashdondog Bayarsaikhan

Kongnyŏ: Korean tribute women and Mongol-Koryŏ relations during the 13th and 14th centuries / George Qingzhi Zhao

"On either side of the river": the rise of the Manchu State and Chosŏn's Jurchen subjects / Adam Bohnet

Death and burial in Twentieth-century Mongolia / Denys J. Voaden

Monasteries in and around Kŏkeqota / Wayne Schlepp

The widening circle of Mongolian shamanic practice / Catherine Kmita

Russian exploitation of the landscape of Central Asia: past and present / Habibollah Abolhassan Shirazi

Reining in the periphery: the modernization of economic and human geographies in post-liberation Xinjiang / Hasan Karrar

Gas, oil and water don't mix: are energy resource exports undermining Central Asian water management? / Keely Lange

Resource curse avoidance policies in Kazakhstan: intentions, debates and realities / Nygmet Ibaldildin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Central and Inner Asian Seminar (2007 : University of Toronto). Exploitation of the landscape of Central and Inner Asia.

ISBN:

9780772776037

0772776032

OCLC:

222517992