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Moving Mountains - Ethnicity and Livelihoods in Highland China, Vietnam, and Laos (Hardcover)
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Moving Mountains - Ethnicity and Livelihoods in Highland China, Vietnam, and Laos (Hardcover)
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The mountainous borderlands of socialist China, Vietnam, and Laos
are home to some 70 million people, representing an astonishing
array of ethnic diversity. How are these peoples fashioning
livelihoods now that their homeland is open to economic investment
and political change? Moving Mountains presents the work of
anthropologists, geographers, and political economists with
first-hand experience in the Southeast Asian Massif. Together, they
show that the parallel experiences of ethnic minorities in these
three socialist regimes offer a unique opportunity to explore the
intersection of ethnicity, livelihood, and state-society relations.
Case studies on groups such as the Drung in Yunnan, the Khmu in
Laos, and the Hmong in Vietnam document the experiences of such
minorities under socialist regimes and how their lives are changing
under more open political and economic conditions. Although
scholars have typically represented highland people as marginalized
and powerless, Moving Mountains argues that they draw on culture
and ethnicity to indigenize modernity and maintain their
livelihoods. This unprecedented glimpse into a poorly understood
region shows that development initiatives must be built on strong
knowledge of local cultures in order to have lasting effect.
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Imprint: |
University of British Columbia Press
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Country of origin: |
Canada |
Release date: |
November 2010 |
First published: |
2011 |
Editors: |
Jean Michaud
• Tim Forsyth
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Sewn
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Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7748-1837-7 |
Categories: |
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Social sciences >
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LSN: |
0-7748-1837-9 |
Barcode: |
9780774818377 |
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