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Trading Caterpillar Fungus in Tibet
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Emilia Roza Sulek
Categories: Farmers
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher: Global Asia

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The first ever ethnography of the newest commodity boom in China and the way it changed the economic fate of pastoralists on the Tibetan plateau.
Trading Caterpillar Fungus in Tibet
Language: en
Pages: 329
Authors: Emilia Roza Sulek
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-07-05 - Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

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Caterpillar fungus, often called the Himalayan Viagra, is a subject of the latest commodity boom which changed the economic fates of Tibetan pastoralists in Chi
Knowing the Salween River: Resource Politics of a Contested Transboundary River
Language: en
Pages: 332
Authors: Carl Middleton
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-08-12 - Publisher: Springer

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This open access book focuses on the Salween River, shared by China, Myanmar, and Thailand, that is increasingly at the heart of pressing regional development d
Breaking Out of the Poverty Trap
Language: en
Pages: 287
Authors: Luolin Wang
Categories: Business & Economics
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This book provides unique insights into the challenges and potential solutions to alleviate poverty in western China. It gets at the heart of problems faced by
Tibetan Pastoralists and Development
Language: en
Pages: 239
Authors: Andreas Gruschke
Categories: Grassland ecology
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The Tibetan plateau constitutes the world's vastest high-altitude rangeland. It has featured a unique pastoralist culture where, based on yak and sheep producti