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1 online resource (xii, 195 pages) |
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Advances in Asian human-environmental research |
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Advances in Asian human-environmental research.
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Foreword; Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Border Studies, or: Appreciating the Centrality of the Himalayan Border Region; 1.2 Who Are the Bhotiyas?; 1.3 Geographies of Trade, Identity and Mobility in Kumaon; 1.4 Processes of Negotiation in a Transforming Socio-spatial Landscape; 1.5 Methodological Approach; 1.6 How the Book Is Organized; References; Chapter 2: Trans-Himalayan Trade in an Imperial Environment; 2.1 Approaching Territoriality and Sovereignty in the Himalayan Border Region; 2.2 Trans-Himalayan Trade Within Pre-colonial Power Constellations |
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2.3 Moorcroft's Journey, or: The Discovery of Black Pudding2.4 Securing Traders' Loyalty in a Non-Regulation Province; 2.5 Advancing the Territorial Structuring of Imperial Space; 2.6 Claiming Territorial Sovereignty and Negotiating for the Formal Rule of Law; 2.7 Coda; References; Chapter 3: Tribal Identities and Scalar Politics in Postcolonial India; 3.1 The Notion of 'Tribe'; 3.2 Ethnic Identities and Scalar Politics; 3.3 Old Lady Jasuli; 3.4 Producing Bhot as a Scale Effect in Independent India; 3.5 Reproducing Independent India as a Scale Effect in Bhot |
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3.6 Negotiating 'Bhotiya' as a Scalar Expression3.7 Coda; References; Chapter 4: Facets of Pastoral Mobility in a Market-Oriented Border Region; 4.1 The Bhotiyas' Seasonal Migration in the Context of Emergent Policy Initiatives; 4.2 Rituals as an Embodied Practice of Pastoral Mobility; 4.2.1 Establishing Fields of Involved Activity; 4.2.2 The Alam-Exchange; 4.2.3 Celebrating Harvest; 4.3 Dealing with Death Along Routes of Travel; 4.4 Coda; References; Chapter 5: Epilogue; References; Index |
| Summary |
Drawing from extensive archival work and long-term ethnographic research, this book focuses on the so-called Bhotiyas, former trans-Himalayan traders and a Scheduled Tribe of India who reside in several high valleys of the Kumaon Himalaya. The area is located in the border triangle between India, the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR, People?s Republic of China), and Nepal, where contestations over political boundaries have created multiple challenges as well as opportunities for local mountain communities. Based on an analytical framework that is grounded in and contributes to recent advances in the field of border studies, the author explores how the Bhotiyas have used their agency to develop a flourishing trans-Himalayan trade under British colonial influence; to assert an identity and win legal recognition as a tribal community in the political setup of independent India; and to innovate their pastoral mobility in the context of ongoing state and market reforms. By examining the Bhotiyas? trade, identity and mobility this book shows how and why the Himalayan border region has evolved as an agentive site of political action for a variety of different actors |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Vendor-supplied metadata |
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Ethnology -- India -- Kumaun
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Distributive industries.
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Political science & theory.
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Anthropology.
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Regional geography.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia.
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Economic history
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Ethnology
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Manners and customs
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Kumaun Himalaya -- Social life and customs
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Kumaun Himalaya -- Economic conditions
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| Subject |
Asia -- Kumaun Himalaya
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India -- Kumaun
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783319297071 |
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3319297074 |
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3319297058 |
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9783319297057 |
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