High Frontiers: Dolpo and the Changing World of Himalayan Pastoralists

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Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; A Note on Tibetan and Nepali Terms; Introduction; 1. Dolpo's Agro-Pastoral System; 2. Pastoralism in View and Review; 3. A Sketch of Dolpo's History; 4 A New World Order in Tibet; 5. Nepal's Relations with its Border Populations and the Case of Dolpo; 6. The Wheel is Broken; 7. Visions of Dolpo; 8. A Tsampa Western; 9. Perspectives on Change; Notes; Bibliography; Glossary; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Index.;An ethnographic and ecological history of Dolpo, a culturally Tibetan region in western Nepal that is home to some of the highest villages on earth; almost ninety percent of the region lies above 10,000 feet in elevation. Its inhabitants wrest survival from this inhospitable landscape by creatively exploiting agriculture, animal husbandry, and trade. Abbreviations Acknowledgments A Note on Tibetan and Nepali Terms Introduction 1. Dolpo's Agro-Pastoral System 2. Pastoralism in View and Review 3. A Sketch of Dolpo's History 4 A New World Order in Tibet 5. Nepal's Relations with its Border Populations and the Case of Dolpo 6. The Wheel is Broken 7. Visions of Dolpo 8. A Tsampa Western 9. Perspectives on Change Notes Bibliography Glossary Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Index.