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Moving Mountains: Ethnicity and Livelihoods in Highland China, Vietnam, and Laos - Softcover

 
9780774818384: Moving Mountains: Ethnicity and Livelihoods in Highland China, Vietnam, and Laos
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0774818387 ISBN 13: 9780774818384
Verlag: UNIV OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

The mountainous borderlands of socialist China, Vietnam, and Laos are home to some 70 million minority people of diverse ethnicities. In Moving Mountains, anthropologists, geographers, and political economists with first-hand experience in the region explore these peoples' survival strategies as they respond to unprecedented economic and political change. 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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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jean Michaud is a professor of anthropology at Université 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.

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The mountainous borderlands of socialist China, Vietnam, and Laos are home to some 70 million minority people of diverse ethnicities. In Moving Mountains, anthropologists, geographers, and political economists with first-hand experience in the region explore these peoples' survival strategies, as they respond to unprecedented economic and political change. Although highland peoples are typically represented as marginalized and powerless, this volume argues that ethnic minorities 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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The mountainous borderlands of socialist China, Vietnam, and Laos are home to some 70 million minority people of diverse ethnicities. In Moving Mountains, anthropologists, geographers, and political economists with first-hand experience in the region explore these peoples' survival strategies, as they respond to unprecedented economic and political change. Although highland peoples are typically represented as marginalized and powerless, this volume argues that ethnic minorities 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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Verlag
UNIV OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0774818387
ISBN 13 
9780774818384
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
235
Herausgeber
Michaud Jean
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