The Peoples of Southeast Asia Today [[electronic resource] ] : Ethnography, Ethnology, and Change in a Complex Region

• Autore: Winzeler Robert L
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, : AltaMira Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (501 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.800959
• Soggetto topico: Ethnology - Southeast Asia; Ethnology -- Southeast Asia; Human geography - Southeast Asia; Human geography -- Southeast Asia; Southeast Asia - Economic conditions; Southeast Asia -- Economic conditions; Southeast Asia - Social conditions; Southeast Asia -- Social conditions; Southeast Asia - Social life and customs; Southeast Asia -- Social life and customs; Gender & Ethnic Studies; Social Sciences; Ethnic & Race Studies
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface and Acknowledgments; 1; Introduction; 2; Prehistory and Languages; 3; Early States, Civilization, and Colonialism; 4; Ethnic Complexity in Modern Southeast Asia; 5; Hunter-Gatherers, Real and Imagined; 6; Swidden Farmers; 7; Peasant Farmers and Their Transformations; 8; Indigenous Religion; 9; Religion, Society, and the State; 10; Religious Conversion on the Ethnic Margins; 11; Tourism and Local Peoples; 12; Development for Better or Worse; Notes; References and Suggested Reading; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: This textbook explores Southeast Asia's modern peoples and their cultural ways and patterns of adaptation. It introduces the region's geography, languages, prehistory, and history, then delves into religion, ethnic complexity, food production, development, and tourism, and the changes that these evolving aspects of life have upon Southeast Asia's peoples and cultures.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Peoples of Southeast Asia Today
• ISBN: 1-283-21363-X; 9786613213631; 0-7591-1864-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459296903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II