Geographical Diversions: Tibetan Trade, Global Transactions

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Geographical Diversions GEOGRAPHIES OF JUSTICE AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION Series editors Deborah Cowen, University of Toronto Nik Heynen, University of Georgia Melissa W. Wright, Pennsylvania State University Advisory board Sharad Chari, London School of Economics Bradon Ellem, University of Sydney Gillian Hart, University of California, Berkeley Andrew Herod, University of Georgia Jennifer Hyndman, York University Larry Knopp, University of Washington, Tacoma Heidi Nast, DePaul University Jamie Peck, University of British Columbia Frances Fox Piven, City University of New York Laura Pulido, University of Southern California Paul Routledge, University of Glasgow Bobby Wilson, University of Alabama Geographical Diversions TIBETAN TRADE, GLOBAL TRANSACTIONS TINA HARRIS The University of Georgia Press Athens and London © 2013 by the University of Georgia Press Athens, Georgia 30602 www.ugapress.org All rights reserved Designed by Kaelin Chappelle Broaddus Set in Minion Pro and Trade Gothic by Graphic Composition, Inc., Bogart, Georgia Printed digitally in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Harris, Tina, 1976– Geographical diversions : Tibetan trade, global transactions / Tina Harris. p. cm. — (Geographies of justice and social transformation) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8203-3866-8 (hardcover : alk. paper) — isbn 0-8203-3866-4 (hardcover : alk. paper) — isbn 978-0-8203-4512-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) — isbn 0-8203-4512-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Ethnology—China—Tibet Autonomous Region. 2. Commerce—China—Tibet Autonomous Region. 3. Sheepherding—Economic aspects—China—Tibet Autonomous Region. 4. Human geography—China—Tibet Autonomous Region. 5. Tibet Autonomous Region (China)—Boundaries. 6. Tibet Autonomous Region (China)—Economic conditions. I. Title. gn635.c5h37 2013 305.800951'5—dc23 2012042286 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available ISBN for digital edition: 978-08203-4573-4 To my grandfather, Isao Honjo, who told me that when I grew up, I would write a book. This page intentionally left blank ...