When Tibetan first became refugees, they never thought that they would remain refugees for more than half a century and for the unknow future; no one can be pre

From the book's preface: Skya rgya is a farming village in A mdo, [Tibet] While Tibetans largely welcome the material benefits that have been brought to them by

In this essay I examine the operation of social relationships in three kinds of Tibetan communities. The field and period are introduced in Part 1 by an histori