Trading caterpillar fungus in Tibet : when economic boom hits rural area /

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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 China. This expensive medicinal resource made a spectacular market career in East Asia after the outbreak of avian influenza and SARS. Growing...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sulek, Emilia Roza (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2019]
Colección:Global Asia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; 10.
Temas:
Boom, ...
Handel, ...
Farmers > Tibet, Plateau of.
Agriculteurs > Tibet, Plateau du.
Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography.
Political economy.
Commodities.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Economic history.
Farmers.
Aphrodisiakum
Pilze
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Economic conditions.
Tibet, Plateau of > Economic conditions.
Région autonome du Tibet (Chine) > Conditions économiques.
Tibet, Plateau du > Conditions économiques.
China > Plateau of Tibet.
China > Tibet Autonomous Region.
Ostasien
Tibet
China, Tibet, pastoralists, caterpillar fungus.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Illustrations, Maps and Tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on Transliteration
  • List of Abbreviations
  • List of Units of Measurement and Currency
  • Introduction
  • 1. Golok: People and Places
  • 2. Digging
  • 3. Fungus, Medicine, Commodity
  • 4. Market and Traders
  • 5. Market Operations
  • 6. The Law in Action
  • 7. Money
  • 8. Pastoral Life and the Market
  • 9. Spending the Money
  • Conclusions
  • Afterword: A Note on Methodology
  • Appendix
  • Tibetan Word List
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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