Mapping power: Disputing claims to kipat lands in northeastern Nepal

American Ethnologist

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 114-138

  Forbes, Ann Armbrecht ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Globalization; Himalaya; Identity and place; Land tenure; Narrative; National local relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033246373     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.1999.26.1.114     Document Type: Article

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