Disappearing peoples? : indigenous groups and ethnic minorities in South and Central Asia /

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This volume examines twelve Asian groups whose way of life is endangered. Some are "indigenous" peoples, some are not; each group represents a unique answer to the question of how to survive and thrive on the planet earth, and illustrates both the threats and the responses of peoples caugh...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Brower, Barbara Anne, Johnston, Barbara Rose
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples > South Asia.
Indigenous peoples > Asia, Central.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Ethnic relations
Indigenous peoples
Social conditions
Minderheit
Indigenes Volk
South Asia > Ethnic relations.
Asia, Central > Ethnic relations.
South Asia > Social conditions.
Asia, Central > Social conditions.
Asie centrale > Relations interethniques.
Asie centrale > Conditions sociales.
Asie méridionale > Relations interethniques.
Asie méridionale > Conditions sociales.
Central Asia
South Asia
Südasien
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Disappearing peoples? / Barbara A. Brower and Barbara Rose Johnston
  • The Raika of Rajasthan, India / Paul Robbins
  • Peripatetic peoples and lifestyles in South Asia / Aparna Rao
  • The Bhils / Judith Whitehead
  • The Tharu of Chitwan, Nepal / Arjun Guneratne
  • The Dom of Hunza (northern areas of Pakistan) / Anna Schmid
  • Peoples and cultures of the Kashmir Himalayas / Aparna Rao and Michael J. Casimir
  • The Hazara of central Afghanistan / Grant Farr
  • The Wakhi and Kirghiz of the Pamirian Knot / Hermann Kreutzmann
  • The Badakshani of the Eastern Pamir, Tajikistan / Stephen F. Cunha
  • The Lezghi / Julian Birch
  • The people of Tibet / P. Christiaan Klieger
  • The Minhe Mangghuer / Zhu Yongzhong and Kevin Stuart.

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