Wim van Spengen holds a BA and MA in Human Geography from the Free University, Amsterdam, and a PhD in Human Geography from the University of Amsterdam. His main research interests are the political and social geography of Inner Asia, particularly Tibet and the Himalayas. He is currently a member of staff at the Social-Geographical Institute, University of Amsterdam.
Contents: 1. Structural imagination in regional geography. 2. A short
geopolitical history of Tibet. 3. The regionality of Tibet. 4. The
geohistory of Tibetan trade. 5. The Nyishangba of Manang. 6. The emergence
of long-distance trade ventures. 7. Post-1962 developments. 8. Structured
flux and hidden vistas. Appendix I: Authors, texts and audiences. Appendix
II: Fieldwork and its burning questions. Appendix III: Customs exemption
for traders of Manang. Glossary. References. Index.
