Includes bibliographical references (pages [334]-342) and index.
1. Cultures of Inner Asia -- 2. Changing Pastoral Societies and the Environment in the 20th Century -- 3. Rural Institutions -- 4. Kinship, Networks and Residence -- 5. Settlement and Urbanism -- 6. Spatial Mobility and Inner Asian Pastoralism -- 7. A Family and its Networks -- 8. Conclusion