Author: G. M. T. Osborn
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24

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Author: Stephen Mansfield
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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Despite their highly distinctive cultures and ethnic diversity, very little is known about Laos's hill tribes. In this book, Stephen Mansfield offers an in-depth examination of these little-studied tribes and their fragile micro-cultures.

Author: John McKinnon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 600

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Collection of easily read papers on the highlanders of Northern Thailand based on research conducted by the Tribal Research Institute, Chiang Mai, and by visiting social scientists

Author: Coral Neave
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detribalization
Languages : en
Pages : 330

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A key question of this thesis is how the hill-tribes fair in this changing scenario, focusing on the implications of key 'modernisation' strategies for these minority groups, including resettlement, international tourism, road construction, and various government-directed cultural modification projects. The overall finding of this thesis is that the impact of Laoisation is mixed and cannot be evaluated thoroughly without taking into account the perspectives of different hill-tribes. Laoisation does entail wide-ranging changes to people's lives but no clear conclusions can be drawn if as to whether this process is necessarily socially and culturally corrosive. This is because the government is not the sole influence in the lives of the hill-tribes today. Other influences, such as tourism and global processes, come from further afield.

Author: Christopher R. Duncan
Publisher: NUS Press
ISBN: 9789971694180
Category : Assimilation (Sociology)
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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Discusses the programs, policies, and laws that affect ethnic minorities in eight countries: Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam. Once targeted for intervention, people such as the Orang Asli of Malaysia and the "hill tribes" of Thailand often become the subject of programs aimed at radically changing their lifestyles, which the government views as backward or primitive. Several chapters highlight the tragic consequences of forced resettlement, a common result of these programs.

Author: Source Wikipedia
Publisher: University-Press.org
ISBN: 9781230567914
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: Akha people, Alak people, Bit people, Brau people, Bru people, Ch t people, Dai people, Hill tribe (Thailand), Hmong people, Kaleun people, Katang people, Katu people, Khmuic peoples, Khmu people, Khuen people, Kongsat, Kucong, Kuy language, Lamet people, Laotian Chinese, Lao Lom, Lao Loum, Lao people, Lao Sung, Lao Theung, List of ethnic groups in Laos, Lua people, Mal people, Miao people, Mlabri people, Mon people, O Du people, Pacoh people, Peopling of Laos, Phai people, Phuan people, Phunoi people, Saek people, Si La people, Tai Daeng people, Tai Dam people, Tai-Kadai-speaking peoples, Tai-Kadai ethnic groups in Southeast Asia, Ta Oi people, White Tai, Xinh Mul people, Xinh Mun people, Yoy people.

Author: Peter Kunstadter
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400887623
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 533

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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.

Author: IBP, Inc.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1438728212
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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Laos Foreign Policy and Government Guide

Author: Gordon Young
Publisher:
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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Gives an overall review of current social, cultural and economic conditions, together with a brief analysis of the historical and ethnic background of each tribal subdivision.

Author: Martin Stuart-Fox
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521597463
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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This authoritative and wide-ranging 1997 history traces events in this little-known country from ancient monarchy, through its establishment as a French colony, to independence in 1953, the People's Democratic Republic, and the present one-party authoritarianism. The book highlights Laos' complex and shifting political alliances. The struggle for independence from France was followed by a struggle for unity and neutrality in the face of persistent foreign intervention, as the country was drawn into the war in Vietnam. Only with the end of the Cold War and the withdrawal of Vietnamese troops has Laos been able to reassert its neutral foreign policy and develop a market economy. This book is an impressive political, social, cultural and economic history. It will be essential for anyone wanting to understand Laos as it joins ASEAN, faces great economic challenges and struggles to maintain its cultural identity.