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Kolas, Ashild.
On the margins of Tibet : cultural survival on the Sino-
Tibetan frontier / Ashild Kolas and Monika P. Thowsen.
p. cm. — (Studies on ethnic groups in China)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-295-98480-5 (alk. paper)
ISBN 0-295-98481-3 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Tibet (China)—Civilization.
I. Thowsen, Monika P.
II. Title. III. Series.
DS786.K695 2005 951'.505—dc22 2004021640
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