Tibetan Border Worlds

ISBN-13: 9780710305923 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 256 str.

Wim Van Spengen; Wim Van Spenger

Opis

Van Spengen (Social-Geographical Institute, U. of Amsterdam, the Netherlands) provides a geohistorical analysis of the Tibetan and Tibetanized border populations in the Himalayan high valley of Nyishang in West Central Nepal. The study is based on interviews with a group of traders who have greatly

Spis treści

Contents: 1. Structural imagination in regional geography. 2. A short geopolitical history of Tibet. 3. The regionality of Tibet. 4. The geohistory of Tibetan trade. 5. The Nyishangba of Manang. 6. The emergence of long-distance trade ventures. 7. Post-1962 developments. 8. Structured flux and hidden vistas. Appendix I: Authors, texts and audiences. Appendix II: Fieldwork and its burning questions. Appendix III: Customs exemption for traders of Manang. Glossary. References. Index.

O autorze

Wim van Spengen holds a BA and MA in Human Geography from the Free University, Amsterdam, and a PhD in Human Geography from the University of Amsterdam. His main research interests are the political and social geography of Inner Asia, particularly Tibet and the Himalayas. He is currently a member of staff at the Social-Geographical Institute, University of Amsterdam.