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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792285903321

Titolo

Globalization in Southeast Asia : local, national and transnational perspectives / / edited by Shinji Yamashita and J.S. Eades

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2003

ISBN

1-78238-481-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Asian anthropologies

Disciplina

330.959

330.959053

Soggetti

Globalization - Economic aspects - Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia Civilization

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

00 Prelims; 01 Chapter 1; 02 Chapter 2; 03 Chapter 3; 04 Chapter 4; 05 Chapter 5; 06 Chapter 6; 07 Chapter 7; 08 Chapter 8; 09 Chapter 9; 10 Chapter 10; 11 Chapter 11; 12 Chapter 12; 13 Chapter 13; 14 Index

Sommario/riassunto

The rapid postwar economic growth in the Southeast Asia region has led to a transformation of many of the societies there, together with the development of new types of anthropological research in the region. Local societies with originally quite different cultures have been incorporated into multi-ethnic states with their own projects of nation-building based on the creation of ""national cultures"" using these indigenous elements. At the same time, the expansion of international capitalism has led to increasing flows of money, people, languages and cultures across national boundaries, resul