The Himalayan Border Region : trade, identity and mobility in Kumaon, India /: trade, identity and mobility in Kumaon, India. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Christoph Bergmann.
• Authors: Bergmann, Christoph
• Contents: 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. 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. 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.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 195 pages)
• Subjects: 954.2; Geography; Ethnology -- India -- Kumaun; HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia; Economic history; Ethnology; Manners and customs; Business & Economics -- General; Political Science -- General; Social Science -- Anthropology -- General; Distributive industries; Political science & theory; Anthropology; Trade; Political science; Anthropology; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; Regional geography; Kumaun Himalaya -- Social life and customs; Kumaun Himalaya -- Economic conditions; Asia -- Kumaun Himalaya; India -- Kumaun; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319297071; 3319297074; 3319297058; 9783319297057
• Related ISBNs: 9783319297057
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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