Book
The people of Tibet
Clarendon Press • Oxford, England • Published In 1928 • Pages:
By: Bell, Charles Alfred.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author was the British political representative in Tibet, Bhutan and Sikkim from 1904-1921. Bell knew the Tibetans well. This document contains information on the mode of life of peasants and shepherds, the robber class, the beggars, and the nobility. Daily activities, material culture, position of women, economic activities, recreations, marriage customs, children and their mode of life and education, food burial customs, and many other aspects of the Tibetan culture are fully discussed. Particularly notable are the two chapters dealing with the ceremonial and etiquette so important in Tibetan life. Mr. Bell's book is distinctive not only for its complete-as-possible account of the Tibetans but also for its very sympathetic and understanding treatment of a people whom he knew so intimately. Parts of the book have been indexed for the Nepal, Bhutan, and Sikkim collections.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tibetans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ruth Heffner ; 1953
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1904-1921
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tibet
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Sir Charles Bell
- Includes bibliography and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29026164
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tibet (China)--Ethnology