The Himalayan Border Region - Trade, Identity and Mobility in Kumaon, India (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

Drawing from extensive archival work and long-term ethnographic research, this book focuses on the so-called Bhotiyas, former trans-Himalayan traders and a Scheduled Tribe of India who reside in several high valleys of the Kumaon Himalaya. The area is located in the border triangle between India, the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR, People's Republic of China), and Nepal, where contestations over political boundaries have created multiple challenges as well as opportunities for local mountain communities. Based on an analytical framework that is grounded in and contributes to recent advances in the field of border studies, the author explores how the Bhotiyas have used their agency to develop a flourishing trans-Himalayan trade under British colonial influence; to assert an identity and win legal recognition as a tribal community in the political setup of independent India; and to innovate their pastoral mobility in the context of ongoing state and market reforms. By examining the Bhotiyas' trade, identity and mobility this book shows how and why the Himalayan border region has evolved as an agentive site of political action for a variety of different actors.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research
Release date:	April 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Christoph Bergmann
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	195
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-29705-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Regional geography Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Distributive industries > General
LSN:	3-319-29705-8
Barcode:	9783319297057

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