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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784954703321

Titolo

Disappearing peoples? : indigenous groups and ethnic minorities in South and Central Asia / / edited by Barbara A. Brower, Barbara Rose Johnston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-43039-8

1-315-43040-1

1-315-43041-X

1-59874-726-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrowerBarbara Anne

JohnstonBarbara Rose

Disciplina

305.80054

Soggetti

Indigenous peoples - South Asia

Indigenous peoples - Asia, Central

South Asia Ethnic relations

Asia, Central Ethnic relations

South Asia Social conditions

Asia, Central Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2007 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

South and Central Asia is a region of extraordinary cultural and



environmental diversity and home to nearly one-quarter of the earth's population. Among these diverse peoples are some whose ways of life are threatened by the accelerating assault of forces of change including environmental degradation, population growth, land loss, warfare, disease, and the penetration of global markets. 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 o