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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783661703321

Titolo

Ethnicity in Asia / / edited by Colin Mackerras

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-51516-2

1-134-51517-0

0-415-25817-0

1-280-04927-8

0-203-38046-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Asia's transformations

Altri autori (Persone)

MackerrasColin

Disciplina

305.8/0095

Soggetti

Ethnicity - Southeast Asia

Ethnology - Southeast Asia

Ethnicity - East Asia

Ethnology - East Asia

Southeast Asia Politics and government 1945-

East Asia Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Ethnic minorities in China; 3 In Japan but not of Japan; 4 Ethnicity in Indonesia; 5 Ethnicity and class in Malaysia; 6 Singapore multiracial harmony as public good; 7 Vietnam; 8 Ethnicity in the Philippines; 9 Ethnicity and the politics of ethnic classification in Thailand; 10 Myanmar Burma; 11 Cambodia; 12 Laos minorities; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is designed as a comprehensive comparative introduction to ethnicity in East and Southeast Asia since 1945. Each chapter covers a particular country looking at such core issues as:· the ethnic minorities or groups in the country of concern, how many ethnic groups, population, language and culture group they belong to, traditional religions and arts· government policy towards the ethnic minorities or groups · the economies of the ethnic minorities or groups and the relation with the national economy;· problems of national integration



caused by the ethnic minorities