Cattle and the cash economy: Responses to change among Tibetan nomadic pastorausts in Sichuan, China

Human Organization

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 161-172

  Levine, Nancy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Decollectivization; Economic development; Pastoralism; Tibetans

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CATTLE; NOMADIC PEOPLE; PASTORALISM;

CHINA;

EID: 0032826774     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.58.2.u7325778028243h2     Document Type: Article

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