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Religion, customary law, and nomadic technology : papers presented at the Central and Inner Asian Seminar, University of Toronto, 1 May 1998 and 23 April 1999 / edited by Michael Gervers and Wayne Schlepp.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Central and Inner Asian Seminar (1998-1999 : University of Toronto)
- Series:
- Toronto studies in Central and Inner Asia ; no. 4.
- Toronto studies in Central and inner Asia ; no. 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technology.
- History.
- Law.
- Nomads.
- Religion and law.
- Religion.
- Civilization.
- Asia, Central--Civilization--Congresses.
- Asia, Central--Religion--Congresses.
- Religion and law--Asia, Central--Congresses.
- Nomads--Asia, Central--Congresses.
- Law--Asia, Central--History--Congresses.
- Technology--Asia, Central--History--Congresses.
- Central Asia.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 123 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : Joint Centre for Asia Pacific Studies, 2000.
- Contents:
- I. Social and Cultural Context of Nomadic Technology, ancient and modern. The Creation of Cloth-Weaving Traditions amongst the Nomadic Pastoralists of Rupshu (Eastern Ladakh) / Monisha Ahmed
- Uighurs and Technologies of Literacy / Michael C. Brose
- Material Culture of the Nomadic Uighurs of the Eighth-Ninth Centuries in Central Asia / Ablet Kamalov
- The Uses of Blood in Traditional Inner Asian Societies / Ruth I. Meserve
- The Nomads' Armament: Home Made Weaponry / John Masson Smith Jr
- Zamzam Water on A White Felt Carpet: Adapting Mongol Ways in Muslim Central Asia, 1550-1650 / R. D. McChesney. II. Religion and Customary Law. Christianity and the Nomads of the Black Sea and Caspian Steppes / Joseph Dzafarov
- The Buryat Geser Epic and Its Relationship with Buryat Shamanism / Sarangerel
- The Cult of Heaven (Tengris) in the Buryat-Mongolian Epic / B. S. Dugarov
- Buddhism and Revolution in Mongolia / Irina Morozova
- Aspects of Medieval Mongolian Law: An Exercise in Legal Archaeology, or, A View through the Lens of Legal History / Robert W. Reid.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Central and Inner Asian Seminar (1998-1999 : University of Toronto). Religion, customary law, and nomadic technology.
- ISBN:
- 1895296404
- 9781895296402
- OCLC:
- 47112761
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