From a Trickle to a Torrent - by Geoff Childs & Namgyal Choedup (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"What happens to a community when the majority of young people move away for education? In Nubri, an ethnic Tibetan enclave in the highlands of Nepal, educational migration (the sending of children to distant institutions for schooling) has become a key component of a family management strategy that is driven by the prospect of social and economic rewards but that entails risk, uncertainty, and unforeseen consequences. The authors draw on ethnographic, demographic, and historical research to document how long-standing religious connections shape contemporary migrations, and how population growth disparities open new schooling opportunities for Buddhist highlanders. They examine parents' motives for sacrificing household labor in favor or sending children to distant schools and monasteries, a trend encapsulated in the oft-repeated phrase "better a pen in hand than a rope across the forehead." The book concludes by investigating dilemmas associated with educational migration, including intergenerational skirmishes over marriage and household succession, threats to the family-based care system for the elderly, and a decline in the level of agricultural production needed to support local religious activities. Better a Pen in Hand chronicles a convergence of demographic and social processes that have led a Himalayan society to the brink of irreversible change."--Provided by publisher<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>What happens to a community when the majority of young people leave their homes to pursue an education? <i>From a Trickle to a Torrent</i> 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>"Unlike 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 <i>Healing Elements: Efficacy and the Social Ecologies of Tibetan Medicine</i> <br> "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, <i>From a Trickle to a Torrent</i> demonstrates the power of a truly anthropological demography to explain the hidden causes and costs of human movement."--Michael Lempert, author of <i>Discipline and Debate: The Language of Violence in a Tibetan Buddhist Monastery</i><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"This is an excellent book that provides an insight into the interconnected issues of education, migration, and social change in Nepal. . . . <i>From a Trickle to a Torrent</i> is an important contribution to the disciplines of anthropology, area studies, education, and migration."</p>-- "Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute"<br><br>"A must-read for anyone interested in the migration pattern that is transforming Himalayan societies today."-- "Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology"<br><br><p>"[A]n indispensable resource for scholars working in migration studies and educational research in rural areas."</p>-- "Mountain Research and Development"<br><br>"[The authors] provide a rigorous set of frameworks that would be salutary to adopt in classes on migration studies and state-society relations."-- "Journal of Asian Studies"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Geoff Childs</b> is Professor of Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. His previous works include <i>Tibetan Diary: From Birth to Death and Beyond in a Himalayan Valley of Nepal</i>. <p/><b>Namgyal Choedup</b> completed a PhD in anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. He conducts research on migration and identity politics in the Tibetan diaspora. <br>
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