{"product_id":"from-a-trickle-to-a-torrent-education-migration-and-social-change-in-a-himalayan-valley-of-nepal-paperback","title":"From a Trickle to a Torrent: Education, Migration, and Social Change in a Himalayan Valley of Nepal - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeoff Childs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNamgyal Choedup\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens to a community when the majority of young people leave their homes to pursue an education? \u003ci\u003eFrom a Trickle to a Torrent\u003c\/i\u003e documents the demographic and social consequences of educational migration from Nubri, a Tibetan enclave in the highlands of Nepal. The authors explore parents' motivations for sending their children to distant schools and monasteries, social connections that shape migration pathways, young people's estrangement from village life, and dilemmas that arise when educated individuals are unable or unwilling to return and reside in their native villages. Drawing on numerous decades of research, this study documents a transitional period when the future of a Himalayan society teeters on the brink of irreversible change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlike much of the literature on migration and social change, this work pays careful, nuanced attention to how such education-driven outmigration transforms the experiences of those who stay home as well as those who leave, those who return, and those who strive to imagine futures that posit so-called marginal homelands and well-known cosmopolitan places as fundamentally interconnected.--Sienna Craig, author of \u003ci\u003eHealing Elements: Efficacy and the Social Ecologies of Tibetan Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"In lucid and vivid prose, Geoff Childs and Namgyal Choedup tell a poignant story of educational outmigration from rural Himalayan Nepal. Deftly mixing methods and levels of analysis, and drawing on over two decades of longitudinal research, \u003ci\u003eFrom a Trickle to a Torrent\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the power of a truly anthropological demography to explain the hidden causes and costs of human movement.\"--Michael Lempert, author of \u003ci\u003eDiscipline and Debate: The Language of Violence in a Tibetan Buddhist Monastery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoff Childs\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. His previous works include \u003ci\u003eTibetan Diary: From Birth to Death and Beyond in a Himalayan Valley of Nepal\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamgyal Choedup\u003c\/b\u003e completed a PhD in anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. He conducts research on migration and identity politics in the Tibetan diaspora. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42133408448647,"sku":"9780520299528","price":62.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/02b27f59a8747398e6a02b137ee2c0e3.webp?v=1732634103","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/from-a-trickle-to-a-torrent-education-migration-and-social-change-in-a-himalayan-valley-of-nepal-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}