Trans-Himalayan caravans : merchant princes and peasant traders in Ladakh

Author(s)

• Rizvi, Janet

Bibliographic Information

Trans-Himalayan caravans : merchant princes and peasant traders in Ladakh

Janet Rizvi

Oxford University Press, 1999

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Describes and analyzes the extraordinarily complex pattern of trade (involving luxury goods as well as subsistence commodities) in Ladakh. Largely based on oral sources, the book lays emphasis on the human dimension, showing how trades shaped the lives of the men involved in them.

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Details

• NCID: BA48822512
• ISBN:
  • 0195648552
• Country Code: ii
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Delhi ; Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: xxiv, 359p., [4]p. of plates
• Size: 23cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 382.09546
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Merchants -- India -- Ladakh
  • LCSH : Ladakh (India) -- Commerce