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Zusatztext Review in The Journal of Asian Studies Informationen zum Autor Victor King is Professor of South-East Asian Studies at the University of Hull, and author of The Peoples of Borneo (1993) and Anthropology and Development in South-East Asia: Theory and Practice (1999). William Wilder is Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Durham, and author of Communication, Social Structure and Development in Rural Malaysia (1982). Klappentext This book provides an overview of the major theoretical issues and themes which have emerged from the engagement of anthropologists with South-East Asian communities. Zusammenfassung This book provides an overview of the major theoretical issues and themes which have emerged from the engagement of anthropologists with South-East Asian communities. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Southeast Asia: A Field of Anthropological Enquiry? 2. Anthropology and the Colonial Impact (1900-1950) 3. Anthropology in the Period of Decolonization (1950-1970): The American Tradition 4. Anthropology in the Period of Decolonization (1950-1970): The European Tradition 5. Social and Economic Change: 'Peasants' as Part-Societies 6. Ethnicity, Identity and Nationalism 7. Ecology and Environmental Change 8. Gender and the Sexes 9. Urban Ways of Life 10. Summary, Conclusions and Trends
