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China's camel country : livestock and nation-building at a pastoral frontier / Thomas White.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- White, Thomas (Anthropologist), author.
- Series:
- Culture, place, and nature
- Culture, place, and nature : studies in anthropology and environment
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pastoral systems--China--Alxa Zuoqi (Qi).
- Pastoral systems.
- Camels--Social aspects--China--Alxa Zuoqi (Qi).
- Camels.
- Camel industry--China--Alxa Zuoqi (Qi).
- Camel industry.
- Politics and culture--China--Alxa Zuoqi (Qi).
- Politics and culture.
- Herders--China--Alxa Zuoqi (Qi)--Social conditions--21st century.
- Herders.
- Mongols--China--Alxa Zuoqi (Qi)--Social conditions--21st century.
- Mongols.
- Mongols--China--Alxa Zuoqi (Qi)--Ethnic identity.
- Environmental policy--China.
- Environmental policy.
- China--Cultural policy.
- China.
- Alxa Zuoqi (China : Qi)--Social conditions--21st century.
- Alxa Zuoqi (China : Qi).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 238 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2024]
- Contents:
- Foreword / K. Sivaramakrishnan
- Introduction : reimagining pastoralism at China's margins
- Situating pastoralist heritage
- The politics of livestock rituals
- The rural sociality of camel husbandry in urbanizing Alasha
- Techno-pastoralism and memories of animal labor
- Commodifying camels on an extractive frontiers
- Dairy frontiers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780295752440 (electronic bk.)
- 0295752440 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 90100575043
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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