1st Edition
Trade and Contemporary Society along the Silk Road An ethno-history of Ladakh
By Jacqueline H. Fewkes
Copyright 2009
216 Pages
24 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
216 Pages
24 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
216 Pages
24 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book provides an ethno-historical study of the trade system in Ladakh (India), a busy entrepôt for Silk Route trade between Central and South Asia. Previously a part of global networks, Ladakh became an isolated border area as national boundaries were defined and enforced in the mid-20th century. As trade with Central Asia ended, social life in Ladakh was irrevocably altered.
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Introduction Part 1: Settings 1. Beyond the Roof of the World 2. Recognizing the Terrain Part 2: Historical Trade and Social Networks 3. The Family Business 4. Social Strategies for Profit 5. Living in a Material World 6. The Demise of Trade Part 3: The Modern Ethnographic Context 7. Ethnographic Encounters 8. The Memory and Legacy of Trade 9. Conclusion
Biography
Jacqueline H. Fewkes is an Assistant Professor at the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University. Her research interests are in the anthropological study of cultural change, historical transnational networks, and globalization. She has recently begun a new project in the Maldives.
