Jacqueline H Fewkes

Trade and Contemporary Society along the Silk Road

An ethno-history of Ladakh

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Produktbeschreibung

This book analyses the trade system in Ladakh (India), a busy entrepôt for Silk Route trade between Central and South Asia. The author's research combines anthropological, historical, and archaeological methods of investigation to present a cultural history of South/Central Asia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 145mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780415775557
• ISBN-10: 0415775558
• Artikelnr.: 23605438

Autorenporträt

Jacqueline H. Fewkes is an Assistant Professor at the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University. Her research interests are in the anthropological study of cultural change, historical transnational networks, and globalization. She has recently begun a new project in the Maldives.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: Settings 1. Beyond the Roof of the World 2.
Recognizing the Terrain Part 2: 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 Part 3: The Modern Ethnographic Context 7.
Ethnographic Encounters 8. The Memory and Legacy of Trade 9. Conclusion