UID:
almafu_9959240023302883
Format:
1 online resource (277 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-315-43039-8
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1-315-43040-1
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1-315-43041-X
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1-59874-726-6
Content:
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
Note:
First published 2007 by Left Coast Press, Inc.
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Disappearing peoples? /
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The Raika of Rajasthan, India /
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Peripatetic peoples and lifestyles in South Asia /
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The Bhils /
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The Tharu of Chitwan, Nepal /
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The Dom of Hunza (northern areas of Pakistan) /
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Peoples and cultures of the Kashmir Himalayas /
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The Hazara of central Afghanistan /
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The Wakhi and Kirghiz of the Pamirian Knot /
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The Badakshani of the Eastern Pamir, Tajikistan /
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The Lezghi /
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The people of Tibet /
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The Minhe Mangghuer /
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-59874-120-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-59874-121-7
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781315430416
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