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Endangered peoples of Southeast and East Asia : struggles to survive and thrive

Author: Leslie E Sponsel
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.
Series: '">Greenwood Press "Endangered peoples of the world" series.
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"Endangered peoples of Southeast and East Asia: struggles to survive and thrive introduces 14 endangered cultures, from the Kubu of Central Sumatra in Indonesia to the Ainu of Japan. The most pressing issues of these marginalized groups - such as the impact of tourism, prohibition against whaling, or dislocation due to nuclear testing - are brought to light by anthropologists based on their own extensive field work.  Read more...
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Endangered peoples of Southeast and East Asia.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000
(OCoLC)606273357
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Leslie E Sponsel
ISBN: 031330646X 9780313306464
OCLC Number: 40964851
Description: x, 282 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: Identities, ecologies, rights, and futures: all endangered / Leslie E. Sponsel --
The Ainu of Japan / Richard Siddle --
The Akha of the Southwest China borderlands / Cornelia Ann Kammerer --
The Amis of Taiwan / Hsiang-mei Cheng --
The Ayukawa-hama community of Japan / Masami Iwasaki-Goodman --
The Batak of the Philippines / James F. Eder --
The Batek of Malaysia / Kirk Endicott --
The Bulusu' of East Kalimantan, Indonesia / George N. Appell --
The Karen of Burma and Thailand / Yoko Hayami and Susan M. Darlington --
The Kubu of Central Sumatra, Indonesia / Gerard A. Persoon --
The Okinawans of the Ryûkyû Islands / James E. Roberson --
The Rungus Dusun of Sabah, Malaysia / George N. Appell --
The Semai of Malaysia / Robert K. Dentan --
The Uyghur of China / Dru C. Gladney --
The Yi of China / Margaret Byrne Swain.
Series Title: Greenwood Press "Endangered peoples of the world" series.
Other Titles: Endangered peoples of Southeast & East Asia
Responsibility: edited by Leslie E. Sponsel.
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"Endangered peoples of Southeast and East Asia: struggles to survive and thrive introduces 14 endangered cultures, from the Kubu of Central Sumatra in Indonesia to the Ainu of Japan. The most pressing issues of these marginalized groups - such as the impact of tourism, prohibition against whaling, or dislocation due to nuclear testing - are brought to light by anthropologists based on their own extensive field work. The cultural and historical information provided here is not available in any other printed source."--Book jacket.

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