04988nam 2200925 a 450 991082735220332120240418050458.00-295-80173-5heb40266(CKB)2550000000040301(EBL)3444346(SSID)ssj0000608433(PQKBManifestationID)11407881(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000608433(PQKBWorkID)10592437(PQKB)10438929(SSID)ssj0000654705(PQKBManifestationID)11372914(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000654705(PQKBWorkID)10673706(PQKB)10580423(OCoLC)747411350(MdBmJHUP)muse12720(Au-PeEL)EBL3444346(CaPaEBR)ebr10482268(CaONFJC)MIL810331(OCoLC)810039551(MiAaPQ)EBC3444346(dli)heb40266.0001.001(MiU)MIU402660001001(EXLCZ)99255000000004030120050603d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBorder landscapes the politics of Akha land use in China and Thailand /Janet C. Sturgeon1st ed.Seattle University of Washington Pressc20051 online resource (264 p.)Culture, place, and natureDescription based upon print version of record.0-295-98544-5 0-295-98763-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-243) and index.The production of border landscapes -- The production of marginal peoples and landscapes : resource access on the periphery -- The production of borders : sites for the accumulation and distribution of resources -- Small border chiefs and resource control, 1910 to 1997 -- Premodern border landscapes under border principalities -- Landscape plasticity versus landscapes of productivity and rule : Akha livelihoods under nation-states.In this comparative, interdisciplinary study based on extensive fieldwork as well as historical sources, Janet Sturgeon examines the different trajectories of landscape change and land use among communities who call themselves Akha (known as Hani in China) in contrasting political contexts. She shows how, over the last century, processes of state formation, construction of ethnic identity, and regional security concerns have contributed to very different outcomes for Akha and their forests in China and Thailand, with Chinese Akha functioning as citizens and grain producers, and Akha in Thailand being viewed as "non-Thai" forest destroyers. The modern nation-state grapples with local power hierarchies on the periphery of the nation, with varied outcomes. Citizenship in China helps Akha better protect a fluid set of livelihood practices that confer benefits on them and their landscape. Denied such citizenship in Thailand, Akha are helpless when forests and other resources are ruthlessly claimed by the state. Drawing on current anthropological debates on the state in Southeast Asia and more generally on debates on property theory, states and minorities, and political ecology, Sturgeon shows how people live in a continuous state of negotiated boundaries - political, social, and ecological. This pioneering comparison of resource access and land use among historically related peoples in two nation-states will be welcomed by scholars of political ecology, environmental anthropology, ethnicity, and politics of state formation in East and Southeast Asia.Culture, place, and nature.Akha (Southeast Asian people)Land tenureAkha (Southeast Asian people)Politics and governmentAkha (Southeast Asian people)Social conditionsLand useChinaLand useThailandLandscape assessmentChinaLandscape assessmentThailandIndigenous peoplesEcologyChinaIndigenous peoplesEcologyThailandChinaBoundariesThailandBoundariesChinaPolitics and governmentThailandPolitics and governmentAkha (Southeast Asian people)Land tenure.Akha (Southeast Asian people)Politics and government.Akha (Southeast Asian people)Social conditions.Land useLand useLandscape assessmentLandscape assessmentIndigenous peoplesEcologyIndigenous peoplesEcology306.3/64/09513509152Sturgeon Janet C1702729MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827352203321Border landscapes4087477UNINA