{"product_id":"modernization-in-eastern-tibet-su-hu-9781032590837","title":"Modernization in Eastern Tibet: Leviathan the Forager","description":"\u003cp\u003eUsing ethnographic materials and documents from East Tibetan villages, this book addresses the impact of modernization on everyday life and the ways in which it melds with traditional forms of knowledge to create a new Tibetan identity and scientific rationality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluding cases centred on meteorology, geography, and seismology, the book assesses a wide range of traditional local activities, including foraging, farming, and domestic practices, and argues that and demonstrates how science, technology, and ideas about modernity have all influenced these activities. It highlights that when inconsistencies among different knowledges emerge, modernization can create inconsistent assemblages of modern and traditional practices and reveal the multiplicity of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing these examples of everyday life to portray the complexity of day-to-day existence in Tibet, this book will be of huge interest to students and scholars of Tibet, China, human geography, anthropology, and the sociology of science and technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Su Hu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032590831\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032590837\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.30d","brand":"Su Hu","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48175803433215,"sku":"9781032590837","price":56.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8e1e6228-5dba-4f6c-8d0b-133e6e164d80.jpg?v=1771336003","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/modernization-in-eastern-tibet-su-hu-9781032590837","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}