Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-314) and index.

Preliminary Materials / G. Childs -- Introduction / G. Childs -- Chapter One. Studying Tibetan Populations / G. Childs -- Chapter Two. The Theoretical Landscape Of Anthropological Demography / G. Childs -- Chapter Three. Polyandry And Its Discontents: Land Tenure, Marriage, And Fertility In Historical Kyirong / G. Childs -- Chapter Four. Unintended Consequences: Regulating Fertility Through Celibacy In Sama, Nepal / G. Childs -- Chapter Five. Tempering Pronatalism: Political Discourse And The Fertility Transition Among Tibetan Exiles / G. Childs -- Chapter Six. Sanctions And Incentives: Family And Statere Productive Agendas In Rural Tibet, China / G. Childs -- Chapter Seven. Tibetan Transitions / G. Childs -- Chapter Eight. Wither The Tibetans? Future Implications Of Sustained Low Fertility / G. Childs -- Appendix One. Kyirong’s 1958 Household Register / G. Childs -- Appendix Two. Reconstructing Households / G. Childs -- Glossary Of Demographic Terms And Concepts / G. Childs -- Glossary Of Tibetan Terms / G. Childs -- References / G. Childs -- Index For Tibetan Transitions / G. Childs.

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Tibetan Transitions uses the dual lenses of anthropology and demography to analyze population regulating mechanisms in traditional Tibetan societies, and to document recent transitions from high to low fertility throughout the Tibetan world. Using the author’s case studies on historical Tibet, the Tibet Autonomous Region, the highlands of Nepal, and Tibetan exile communities in South Asia, this book provides a theoretical perspective on demographic processes by linking fertility transitions with family systems, economic strategies, gender equity, and family planning ideologies. Special attention is devoted to how institutions (governmental and religious) and the agency of individuals shape reproductive outcomes in both historical and contemporary Tibetan societies, and how demographic data has been interpreted and deployed in recent political debates.