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Precious steppe : Mongolian nomadic pastoralists in pursuit of the market /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bruun, Ole, 1953-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2006]
Series:AsiaWorld.
Subjects:
Nomads > Mongolia > Hotont > Social conditions.
Herders > Mongolia > Hotont > Social conditions.
Land tenure > Mongolia > Hotont.
Hotont (Mongolia) > Social conditions.
Hotont (Mongolia) > Economic conditions.
Hotont (Mongolia) > Ethnic relations.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Khotont sum in recent Mongolian history
  • Khotont people and their herds
  • Cycles of movement and work
  • Social organization and family life
  • The politics of Buddhist revival
  • Time and tradition on the steppe
  • Nomads in the city
  • Development : adjustment or change?
  • Herders, state formation and the Chinese connection.