Demographic Dimensions of an Intervillage Land Dispute in Nubri, Nepal

American Anthropologist

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1096-1113

  Childs, Geoff ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demography; Family systems; Religious celibacy; Tibetans

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035566960     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2001.103.4.1096     Document Type: Article

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