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Social Structure, Fertility and the Value of Children in Northwestern Nepal
The author argues that accounts of fertility variations across cultures increasingly have come to be formulated in terms of the relative value of children to their parents. This value has been examine...
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Webs of Dependence in Rural Nepal: Debt, Poverty and Depopulation in the Far Northwest
The article surveys webs of dependence in rural Nepal and discusses debt, poverty, and depopulation in the far northwest. The article states that serious indebtedness among Nepal's rural peasantry has...
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The Origins of sTod-Pa: A Nyinba Clan Legend
Nyin is a Tibetan root meaning 'sun' or 'day'. The author writes that until their emancipation fifty years ago, slaves were owned by Nyinba families. The slaves were said to be of Tibetan origin, spok...
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From Nomads to Ranchers: Managing Pasture among Ethnic Tibetans in Sichuan
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The Demise of Marriage in Purang, Tibet 1959-1990
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Law, Labor and the Economic Vulnerability of Women in Nyinba Society
A characterization of relationships between the sexes in terms of processes of reciprocal interaction in an analysis of Nyinba social structure. (Mark Turin 2004-06-14)
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