High Mountain Pastoralism in Northern Pakistan

• Author(s): Eckart Ehlers, Hermann Kreutzmann,
• Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag
• Pages: 209
• ISBN_10: 351507662X
  ISBN_13: 9783515076623
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Asia / South / General , History / Historical Geography , Science / Earth Sciences / Geography , Social Science / Human Geography , Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / Animal Husbandry ,

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