Trade and Contemporary Society Along the Silk Road: An Ethno-History of Ladakh
Fewkes, Jacqueline H.
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PRODUCT DETAILS
Book ID : 36350
ISBN-10 : 0-415-77555-8 / 0415775558
ISBN-13 : 978-0-415-77555-7 / 9780415775557
Place
of Publication :
UK
Year
of Publication :
2009
Edition : (First Edition)
Language : English
xiii, 196p., Plts., Figs., Maps, Tables, Gloss., Bib., Index, 23 cm. (Routledge Contemporary Asia Series)
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- I. Settings: 1. Beyond the roof of the world. 2. Recognizing the Terrain. II. Historical trade and social networks: 3. The family business. 4. Social strategies for profit. 5. Living in a material world. 6. The demise of trade. III. The modern ethnographic context: 7. Ethnographic encounters. 8. The Memory and legacy of trade. 9. Conclusion.
DESCRIPTION
This book provides an ethno-historical study of the trade system in Ladakh (India), a busy entrepot for Silk Route trade between Central and South Asia. Previously a part of global networks, Ladakh became an isolated border area as national boundaries were defined and enforced in the mid 20th century. As trade with Central Asia ended, social life in Ladakh was irrevocably altered.
