Southeast Asian tribes, minorities, and nations. Volume 1 / edited by Peter Kunstadter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

American Anthropological Association. Annual Meeting (64th : 1965 : Denver, Colo.), author.

Contributor:

American Anthropological Association. Annual Meeting 1965 : Denver, Colo.), author.

Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Center of International Studies, issuing body, organizer.

Kunstadter, Peter, editor.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--Southeast Asia.

Minorities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (533 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

Princeton legacy library edition.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1967.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A major source of political instability in Southeast Asia has been ethnic diversity and the lack of congruence between ethnic distributions and national boundaries. Here twenty specialists base their papers largely on original field work in Burma, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Contrary to the usual picture of tribal people as isolated, homogeneous, stable, and conservative, the papers show tribesmen are often a dynamic force in the modern history of Southeast Asian states. Descriptions of tribal life and government programs, together with charts, tables, maps, and photographs give a wealth of data.Originally published in 1967.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

Part I. Introduction

Chapter 1. Introduction / Kunstadter, Peter

Part II. Burma

Burma: Introduction / Kunstadter, Peter

Chapter 2. Ethnic Categories in Burma and the Theory of Social Systems / Lehman, F. K.

Chapter 3. Toward a Basis for Understanding the Minorities in Burma: The Kachin Example / La Raw, Maran

Part III. China

China: Introduction / Kunstadter, Peter

Chapter 4. The National Minorities of China and Their Relations With the Chinese Communist Regime / Diao, Richard K.

Part IV. India

India: Introduction / Kunstadter, Peter

Chapter 5. Tribesmen and Lowlanders of Assam / Burling, Robbins

Part V. Laos

Laos: Introduction / Halpern, Joel / Kunstadter, Peter

Chapter 6. Government and the Hill Tribes of Laos / Osborn, G. M. T.

Chaper 7. The Meo of Xieng Khouang Province, Laos / Barney, G. Linwood

Chapter 8. U.S. Aid to Hill Tribe Refugees in Laos / Ward, J. Thomas

Part VI. Malaysia

Malaysia: Introduction / Kunstadter, Peter

Chapter 9. Tribes, Minorities, and the Central Government in Sarawak, Malaysia / Harrisson, Tom

Chapter 10. Muruts of Sabah (NorthBorneo) / Ley, C. H.

Part VII. Thailand

Thailand: Introduction / Kunstadter, Peter

Chapter 11. A Minority and Its Government: The Thai-Lue of Northern Thailand / Moerman, Michael

Chapter 12. The Thai Mobile Development Unit Program / Huff, Lee W.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 24, 2017).

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780691628516

0691628513

OCLC:

1019661052