TY - BOOK
T1 - From a Trickle to a Torrent
T2 - Education, Migration, and Social Change in a Himalayan Valley of Nepal
AU - Childs, Geoff
AU - Choedup, Namgyal
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by The Regents of the University of California.
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - What happens to a community when the majority of young people leave their homes to pursue an education? From a Trickle to a Torrent 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.
AB - What happens to a community when the majority of young people leave their homes to pursue an education? From a Trickle to a Torrent 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.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85145153055
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:85145153055
SN - 9780520299511
BT - From a Trickle to a Torrent
PB - University of California Press
ER -