Martijn van Beek, Kristoffer Brix Bertelsen and Poul Pedersen, eds. 1999. Ladakh: Culture, History, and Development between Himalaya and Karakoram. Recent Research on Ladakh 8. Proceedings of the Eighth Colloquium of the International Association for Ladakh Studies held at Moesgård, Århus University, 5-8 June 1997. Århus University Press. ISBN 87 7288 791-5. 414 pages.
This volume is available through your local bookseller, or directly from Århus University Press, Langelandsgade 177, DK-8200 Århus N, Denmark. Tel: +45 89 42 53 70, Fax: +45 89 42 53 80, e-mail: unipress@au.dk. Price: DKK 238, Euro 34, UKP 24.95, USD 34.95. Visit http://info.au.dk/unipress for further information.
 

 
CONTENTS:
Preface
The International Association for Ladakh Studies

Henry Osmaston: The First Chapter John Bray

The Salt Trade: Rupshu's Annual Trek to Tso Kar Monisha Ahmed

An Eighteenth-Century Bhutanese Lama's Journey to Ladakh John Bray & Chris Butters

The Tibetanisation of European Steel Stoves in Ladakh John Clarke

Whither Ladakh Education? David Sonam Dawa

Ecological Agriculture Development and Strategies for Sustainable Development in Ladakh Mohammed Deen Darokhan

Mountain Deities among the Nomadic Communities of Kharnak (eastern Ladakh) Pascale Dollfus

Women's Development and Education in Kargil District Kaneez Fatima

Tibetan Literary Language and Ladakhi Speech: A Continuity Anandamayee Ghosh

Twin Peaks: The Two Shi'ite Factions of the Suru Valley Nicola Grist

The smyung gnas Fast in Zangskar: How Liminality Depends on Structure Kim Gutschow

Gender, Modernization, and Change in Ladakh Katherine E. Hay

Yangthang in West Ladakh: an Analysis of the Economic and Socio-cultural Structure of a Village and Its Relation with Its Monastery
Reinhard Herdick

Ancient Painted Pottery from Ladakh Neil Howard

The Scope of Tourism in Kargil District Mohd. Jaffar Akhoon

The Wrath of Rahu: Remarks on the Observation of Solar and Lunar Eclipses in Ladakh Michael Khoo & Tsering Norbu Martse

Csoma Körösi's Guides in Tibetan Learning from Rdzong khul dgon-pa, Zangs dkar, with special reference to Tshul khrims rgya mthso
P.J. Marczell

The Foremost Teachers of the Kings of Ladakh Nawang Tsering Shakspo

Muslim-Buddhist Relations in a Ritual Context: An Analysis of the Muharram Procession in Leh Township, Ladakh David Pinault

Kargil: An Introduction to the District and the Youth Voluntary Forum Mohd. Raza Abbasi

The Trade in Pashm and Its Impact on Ladakh's History Janet Rizvi

Economic Conditions in Ladakh during the Dogra Period Abdul Ghani Sheikh

Balawaristan and Other ImagiNations: a Nationalist Discourse in the Northern Areas of Pakistan Martin Sökefeld

Economic Development of Ladakh: Need for a New Strategy Sonam Dawa

Hanu Village: a Symbol of Resistance Sonam Phuntshog Achinapa

Women's Development in Ladakh Spalzes Angmo

Borrowed Language: Passive Assimilation or Active Integration

of Modern Concepts Bettina Zeisler

Biographical notes

Index