High frontiers Dolpo and the changing world of Himalayan pastoralists
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.
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Contents Abbreviations Acknowlegments 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: A Pastoral Exodus in the Himalayas 7. Visions of Dolpo: Conservation and Development 8. A Tsampa Western 9. Perspectives on Change Notes Works Cited Glossary Appendix 1: Pasture Toponomy Appendix 2: Dolpo Plant Species Index
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