Pastures of Change Contemporary Adaptations and Transformations among Nomadic Pastoralists of Eastern Tibet

This book offers a novel examination of socio-environmental change in a nomadic pastoralist area of the eastern Tibetan plateau. Drawing on long-term fieldwork that underscores an ethnography of local nomadic pastoralists, international development organisations, and Chinese government policies, the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tan, Gillian G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2018, 2018
Edition:1st ed. 2018
Series:Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Pastoralism and Change in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau
  • Chapter 2: Ethnographic Setting of Nomadic Pastoralism in Eastern Tibet
  • Chapter 3: Ideologies of Change from Maoist Development to Market-Oriented Governmentality
  • Chapter 4: 'Change for a Better Future': International Development in Eastern Tibet
  • Chapter 5: Historical Engagements in Eastern Tibet
  • Chapter 6: Contemporary Adaptations and Transformations
  • Chapter 7: Caterpillar Fungus and Transforming Subjectivities
  • Chapter 8: Conclusion