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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sulek, Emilia Roza (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Handel, ...
Boom, ...
Pilze
Aphrodisiakum
Farmers.
Economic history.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Agriculteurs > Tibet, Plateau du.
Farmers > Tibet, Plateau of.
Tibet
Ostasien
China > Tibet Autonomous Region.
China > Plateau of Tibet.
Tibet, Plateau du > Conditions economiques.
Region autonome du Tibet (Chine) > Conditions economiques.
Tibet, Plateau of > Economic conditions.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Economic conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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