Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter iii
2. contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Defining Spaces, Constructing Identities 13
6. Defining Community 34
7. Geography, Religion, and Hegemony 56
8. Nature, Religion, and Politics 76
9. Myth, Legend, and Folklore in Himalayan Society 91
10. The Dum 114
11. Between Two Worlds 124
12. Strategy of Interdependence 154
13. Migration and Trade in Mountain Societies 166
14. Pastoralism and the Making of Colonial Modernity in Kulu, 1850–1952 183
15. Diverse Forms of Polyandry, Customary Rights of Inheritance, and Landownership in the Western Himalaya 210
16. Thresholds in the Wilderness 235
17. Riverbank to Hilltop 253
18. Bibliography 272
19. Index 295