Moving Mountains - Ethnicity and Livlihoods in Highland China, Vietnam, and Laos

Informationen zum Autor Jean Michaud is a professor of anthropology at Universite Laval. Tim Forsyth is a reader in environment and development at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Other contributors include Steeve Daviau! Olivier Evrard! Stephane Gros! Terry McGee! John McKinnon! Marie Mellac! Janet C. Sturgeon! Margaret Byrne Swain! Claire Tugault-Lafeur! and Sarah Turner. Klappentext Jean Michaud is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Universit¿aval. Tim Forsyth is a reader in environment and development at the London School of Economics and Political Science.Contributors: Steeve Daviau, Olivier ¿rard, Tim Forsyth, St¿ane Gros, Terry McGee, John McKinnon, Marie Mellac, Jean Michaud, Janet C. Sturgeon, Margaret Byrne Swain, Claire Tugault-Lafleur, and Sarah Turner Zusammenfassung This collection argues that minorities in the Southeast Asian Massif are not powerless in the face of economic and political change in the region - they are drawing on ethnicity and culture to indigenize modernity and maintain their livelihoods.

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• Authors: Jean (EDT) Michaud
• Assisted by: Tim Forsyth (Editor), Jean Michaud (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2010
• EAN: 9780774818377
• ISBN: 978-0-7748-1837-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research