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

• Pubblicazione: Walnut Creek, CA, : Left Coast Press, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.80054
• Soggetto topico: Indigenous peoples - South Asia; Indigenous peoples - Asia, Central
• Soggetto geografico: South Asia Ethnic relations; Asia, Central Ethnic relations; South Asia Social conditions; Asia, Central Social conditions
• Altri autori: BrowerBarbara Anne JohnstonBarbara Rose
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Disappearing peoples
• ISBN: 1-315-43039-8; 1-315-43040-1; 1-315-43041-X; 1-59874-726-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822332903321
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