Book
Nomads of western Tibet: the survival of a way of life
University of California Press • Berkeley • Published In 1990 • Pages:
By: Goldstein, Melvyn C., Beall, Cynthia M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is primarily a study of post-collectivization era pastoral life in Western Tibet, documenting resurgence of local cultural and class system. It includes some history of the collectivization and cultural revolution periods. Over one hundred photographs are included.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Topography and geology
- Pastoral activities
- Dairying
- Cooperative organization
- Animal transport
- Political movements
- 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.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- Ian Skoggard; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1986-1988
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1981-1988
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Changtang, Tibet
- NotesAdditional notes
- photography and text by Melvyn C. Goldstein and Cynthia M. Beall
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 185) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90010892
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nomads--China--Tibet--Social life and customs
- Nomads--China--Tibet--Economic conditions
- Nomads--Government policy--China--Tibet
- Tibet (China)--Social life and customs