The sedentarization of Tibetan nomads: Conservation or coercion?

Ecological Economics from the Ground Up

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 309-332

  Dell'Angelo, Jampel ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 84906842785     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203076989     Document Type: Chapter

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