Ecological migrants : the relocation of China's Ewenki reindeer herders / Yuanyuan Xie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Xie, Yuanyuan (Sociologist), author.

Series:

Asian anthropologies Ecological migrants

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Migration, Internal--China--Inner Mongolia.

Migration, Internal.

Evenki (Asian people)--China--Inner Mongolia--Migrations.

Evenki (Asian people).

Evenki (Asian people)--China--Inner Mongolia--Economic conditions--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Edition:

English-language edition.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford, England : Berghahn Books, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Reindeer-herding Ewenki hunters have lived in the forests of China’s Greater Khingan Range for over three hundred years. They have sustained their livelihoods by collecting plants and herbs, hunting animals and herding reindeer. This ethnography details changing Ewenki ways of life brought first by China’s modernization and development policies and more recently by ecological policies that aim to preserve and restore the badly damaged ecologies of western China. Xie reflects on modernization and urbanization in China through this study of ecological migration policies and their effects on relocated Aoluguya Ewenki hunters.

Contents:

Ecological Migrants; Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Maps; Introduction; Chapter 1 Living with Ewenki Hunters; Chapter 2 The Culture of Reindeer Ewenki and Historical Settlements; Chapter 3 Ecological Migration Path; Chapter 4 Post-migration Issues; Chapter 5 Aftermath and Future; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781782386339

1782386335

OCLC:

935494591