UID:
almafu_9959233542102883
Format:
1 online resource (257 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-51516-2
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1-134-51517-0
,
0-415-25817-0
,
1-280-04927-8
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0-203-38046-0
Series Statement:
Asia's transformations
Content:
This book is designed as a comprehensive comparative introduction to ethnicity in East and Southeast Asia since 1945. Each chapter covers a particular country looking at such core issues as:· the ethnic minorities or groups in the country of concern, how many ethnic groups, population, language and culture group they belong to, traditional religions and arts· government policy towards the ethnic minorities or groups · the economies of the ethnic minorities or groups and the relation with the national economy;· problems of national integration caused by the ethnic minorities
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Ethnic minorities in China; 3 In Japan but not of Japan; 4 Ethnicity in Indonesia; 5 Ethnicity and class in Malaysia; 6 Singapore multiracial harmony as public good; 7 Vietnam; 8 Ethnicity in the Philippines; 9 Ethnicity and the politics of ethnic classification in Thailand; 10 Myanmar Burma; 11 Cambodia; 12 Laos minorities; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-203-38896-8
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-25816-2
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203380468
