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Leaves of the same tree : trade and ethnicity in the Straits of Melaka /
Despite the existence of about a thousand ethnolinguistic groups in Southeast Asia, very few historians of the region have engaged the complex issue of ethnicity. Leaves of the Same Tree takes on this concept and illustrates how historians can use it both as an analytical tool and as a subject of an...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawai'i Press,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Despite the existence of about a thousand ethnolinguistic groups in Southeast Asia, very few historians of the region have engaged the complex issue of ethnicity. Leaves of the Same Tree takes on this concept and illustrates how historians can use it both as an analytical tool and as a subject of analysis to add further depth to our understanding of Southeast Asian pasts. Following a synthesis of some of the major issues in the complex world of ethnic theory, the author identifies two general principles of particular value for this study: the ideas that ethnic identity is an ongoing process and that the boundaries of a group undergo continual--if at times imperceptible--change based on perceived advantage. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 320 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-313) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781435666733 1435666739 9780824863319 0824863313 0824831896 9780824831899 9780824869403 0824869400 |