Southeast Asian Tribes, Minorities, and Nations, Volume 1 / / Peter Kunstadter.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Kunstadter, Peter,
• MitwirkendeR: Barney, G. Linwood,; Burling, Robbins,; Diao, Richard K.,; Halpern, Joel,; Harrisson, Tom,; Huff, Lee W.,; Kunstadter, Peter,; La Raw, Maran,; Lehman, F. K.,; Ley, C. H.,; Moerman, Michael,; Osborn, G. M. T.,; Ward, J. Thomas,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]; ©1967
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 5084
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (532 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; Part I. Introduction --; Chapter 1. Introduction --; Part II. Burma --; Burma: Introduction --; Chapter 2. Ethnic Categories in Burma and the Theory of Social Systems --; Chapter 3. Toward a Basis for Understanding the Minorities in Burma: The Kachin Example --; Part III. China --; China: Introduction --; Chapter 4. The National Minorities of China and Their Relations With the Chinese Communist Regime --; Part IV. India --; India: Introduction --; Chapter 5. Tribesmen and Lowlanders of Assam --; Part V. Laos --; Laos: Introduction --; Chapter 6. Government and the Hill Tribes of Laos --; Chaper 7. The Meo of Xieng Khouang Province, Laos --; Chapter 8. U.S. Aid to Hill Tribe Refugees in Laos --; Part VI. Malaysia --; Malaysia: Introduction --; Chapter 9. Tribes, Minorities, and the Central Government in Sarawak, Malaysia --; Chapter 10. Muruts of Sabah (NorthBorneo) --; Part VII. Thailand --; Thailand: Introduction --; Chapter 11. A Minority and Its Government: The Thai-Lue of Northern Thailand --; Chapter 12. The Thai Mobile Development Unit Program
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400887620; 9783110649680
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400887620
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Peter Kunstadter.

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.