Himalayan Nature and Tibetan Buddhist Culture in Arunachal Pradesh, India
Kazuharu Mizuno is physical geographer and professor in the Department of Geography, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University, following nearly 20 years as an associate professor of the Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies and the Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, Japan. He graduated from Department of Geography at Nagoya University and earned his master’s degree in the Graduate School of Environmental Science at Hokkaido University, and obtained his doctoral degree in the Department of Geography, the Graduate School of Science at Tokyo Metropolitan University. He has researched vegetation and environments of the Japan Alps and the Daisetsuzan Mountains of Japan; glacial fluctuation and vegetational changes in tropical high mountains (Mount Kenya, Kilimanjaro and Andean Cordilleras); natural environments and human activities in the Namib Desert of Namibia and nature, culture, and society of the Arunachal Pradesh of India. Lobsang Tenpa is the specialist for Tibetan and Himalayan Studies and a Contractual Lecturer/ Ph.D. Candidate at the Institute of South & Central Asian Studies, University of Leipzig, Germany. He had his Bachelor’s degree from Central University of Tibetan Studies, Sarnath and earned his M.A. and Mphil degrees from the University of Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru University, respectively in New Delhi. He was Tibetan Studies Lecturer at the University of Bonn, Germany (2009-11) and Research Assistant at the University of Vienna, Austria (2011-13).
Nature, Society and People in Monyul (Monpa Area).- Arrival of a Tibetan Prince in Monyul and Establishment of a Clan.- Taxation by the Tibetan Authorities and the Formation of Fortresses.- Tibetan Buddhism, Bon and Animism.- Forests in Monyul: Distribution and Management.- Yak Husbandry and Pastoral Communities.- Distribution of Farmland and Agricultural Communities.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 11.6.2015 |
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Reihe/Serie | International Perspectives in Geography ; 6 |
Zusatzinfo | 65 Illustrations, color; 82 Illustrations, black and white; XIV, 196 p. 147 illus., 65 illus. in color. |
Verlagsort | Tokyo |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie | |
Schlagworte | Clan of Monpa • Clans of Monpa • Cultural System of Tibet • Fortress at Monpa • History of Tibet • Tibetan Buddhism |
ISBN-10 | 4-431-55491-2 / 4431554912 |
ISBN-13 | 978-4-431-55491-2 / 9784431554912 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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