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Frontier Livelihoods : Hmong in the Sino-Vietnamese Borderlands /

"This coauthored ethnography bridges the traditional divide between studies of China and peninsular Southeast Asia by examining the agency, dynamics, and resilience of livelihoods adopted by ethnic minority Hmong communities in Vietnam and China's Yunnan Province, both within each country...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Turner, Sarah, 1970- (Autor), Michaud, Jean, 1957- (Autor), Bonnin, Christine, 1976- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Upland alternatives : an introduction
  • Upland dynamics : borders and the Hmong
  • Borderland livelihoods : everyday decisions and agrarian change
  • Livestock transactions : buffalo traversing the borderlands
  • Locally distilled alcohol : commodifying an upland tradition
  • Farming under the trees : old skills and new markets
  • Weaving livelihoods : local and global hmong textile trades
  • The challenge : making a living on the margins.