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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779570803321

Autore

Harris Tina <1976->

Titolo

Geographical diversions [[electronic resource] ] : Tibetan trade, global transactions / / Tina Harris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2013

ISBN

1-299-44862-3

0-8203-4573-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Geographies of justice and social transformation ; ; 18

Disciplina

305.800951/5

Soggetti

Ethnology - China - Tibet Autonomous Region

Commerce - China - Tibet Autonomous Region

Sheepherding - Economic aspects - China - Tibet Autonomous Region

Human geography - China - Tibet Autonomous Region

Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Boundaries

Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



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