Author: American University (Washington, D.C.). Cultural Information Analysis Center
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Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 1156
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Minority Groups in Thailand
Author: American University (Washington, D.C.). Cultural Information Analysis Center
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Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 1156
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 1156
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Department of the Army Pamphlet
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 1162
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 1162
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Minority Groups in Thailand
Author: American Institutes for Research. Cultural Information Analysis Center
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Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 1156
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Publisher:
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Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 1156
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The Yao
Author: Jess G. Pourret
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The Yao, a non Chinese minority moved most likely from the Yang Tse Basin many centuries ago to the Southern Chinese provinces of Hunan, Guizhou, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan. Possibly around the 13th century they pushed onwards to northern Vietnam then Laos and finally Thailand. Perhaps nine or ten centuries ago they became Taoists and adherence to this religion has helped them survive as a small but sophisticated society based on 12 original clans, with very strong traditions, customs and culture but no country of their own.This book covers all aspects of the Yao agricultural society, including their numerous migrations, work, dwellings, magnificent religious paintings, manuscripts, elaborate costumes and silver jewellery. It is based on fifteen years of fieldwork and research in China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. The research covers the two main branches of the Yao; the Mien and the Mun, together with their sub-branches, groups and subgroups including some little researched Vietnamese groups. It is an invaluable record of a people who have maintained their identity and culture in the face of their world which was always changing for the last thousand years and even more so today.
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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The Yao, a non Chinese minority moved most likely from the Yang Tse Basin many centuries ago to the Southern Chinese provinces of Hunan, Guizhou, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan. Possibly around the 13th century they pushed onwards to northern Vietnam then Laos and finally Thailand. Perhaps nine or ten centuries ago they became Taoists and adherence to this religion has helped them survive as a small but sophisticated society based on 12 original clans, with very strong traditions, customs and culture but no country of their own.This book covers all aspects of the Yao agricultural society, including their numerous migrations, work, dwellings, magnificent religious paintings, manuscripts, elaborate costumes and silver jewellery. It is based on fifteen years of fieldwork and research in China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. The research covers the two main branches of the Yao; the Mien and the Mun, together with their sub-branches, groups and subgroups including some little researched Vietnamese groups. It is an invaluable record of a people who have maintained their identity and culture in the face of their world which was always changing for the last thousand years and even more so today.
The Chinese Empire in Local Society
Author: Michael Szonyi
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000283267
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
This book explores the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) military, its impact on local society, and its many legacies for Chinese society. It is based on extensive original research by scholars using the methodology of historical anthropology, an approach that has transformed the study of Chinese history by approaching the subject from the bottom up. Its nine chapters, each based on a different region of China, examine the nature of Ming military institutions and their interaction with local social life over time. Several chapters consider the distinctive role of imperial institutions in frontier areas and how they interacted with and affected non-Han ethnic groups and ethnic identity. Others discuss the long-term legacy of Ming military institutions, especially across the dynastic divide from Ming to Qing (1644-1912) and the implications of this for understanding more fully the nature of the Qing rule.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000283267
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
This book explores the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) military, its impact on local society, and its many legacies for Chinese society. It is based on extensive original research by scholars using the methodology of historical anthropology, an approach that has transformed the study of Chinese history by approaching the subject from the bottom up. Its nine chapters, each based on a different region of China, examine the nature of Ming military institutions and their interaction with local social life over time. Several chapters consider the distinctive role of imperial institutions in frontier areas and how they interacted with and affected non-Han ethnic groups and ethnic identity. Others discuss the long-term legacy of Ming military institutions, especially across the dynastic divide from Ming to Qing (1644-1912) and the implications of this for understanding more fully the nature of the Qing rule.
Rats, Cats, Rogues, and Heroes
Author: Robert J. Antony
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538169347
Category : Criminal anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Rats, Cats, Rogues, and Heroes reveals China's history and culture through the eyes of ordinary men and women using an interdisciplinary perspective that incorporates history, anthropology, folk studies, and literature to examine the sociocultural and symbolic worlds of gangsters, sorcerers, and prostitutes in late imperial and modern China.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538169347
Category : Criminal anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Rats, Cats, Rogues, and Heroes reveals China's history and culture through the eyes of ordinary men and women using an interdisciplinary perspective that incorporates history, anthropology, folk studies, and literature to examine the sociocultural and symbolic worlds of gangsters, sorcerers, and prostitutes in late imperial and modern China.
The Mythistorical Chinese Scholar-Rebel-Advisor Li Yan
Author: Roger V. Des Forges
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004421068
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Roger Des Forges here examines the puzzle of Li Yan, a Chinese scholar who advised the rebel Li Zicheng (1605-1645), and helped him to overthrow the Ming, only to die at his hands. For more than three centuries, Li Yan’s identity and even existence were seriously questioned. Then, in 2004, there was discovered a genealogical manuscript which includes a Li Yan (1606-1644). He now appears to be the principal historical reality behind the Li Yan story, which became a powerful metaphor for the rise and fall of Li Zicheng’s rebellion. Offering a fresh theory of Chinese and world history, the author elucidates Li Yan’s historical significance by comparing and contrasting him with similar figures in other times and places around the globe.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004421068
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Roger Des Forges here examines the puzzle of Li Yan, a Chinese scholar who advised the rebel Li Zicheng (1605-1645), and helped him to overthrow the Ming, only to die at his hands. For more than three centuries, Li Yan’s identity and even existence were seriously questioned. Then, in 2004, there was discovered a genealogical manuscript which includes a Li Yan (1606-1644). He now appears to be the principal historical reality behind the Li Yan story, which became a powerful metaphor for the rise and fall of Li Zicheng’s rebellion. Offering a fresh theory of Chinese and world history, the author elucidates Li Yan’s historical significance by comparing and contrasting him with similar figures in other times and places around the globe.
The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Timothy Insoll
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521657020
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Table of contents
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521657020
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Table of contents
Doing Good and Ridding Evil in Ming China: The Political Career of Wang Yangming
Author: George L. Israel
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004280103
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
In Doing Good and Ridding Evil in Ming China: The Political Career of Wang Yangming, George L. Israel offers a detailed study of this influential Neo-Confucian philosopher’s official career and military campaigns.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004280103
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
In Doing Good and Ridding Evil in Ming China: The Political Career of Wang Yangming, George L. Israel offers a detailed study of this influential Neo-Confucian philosopher’s official career and military campaigns.
Chinese Music
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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