{"product_id":"moving-mountains-ethnicity-and-livelihoods-in-highland-china-vietnam-and-laos-hardback-9780774818377","title":"Moving Mountains; Ethnicity and Livelihoods in Highland China, Vietnam, and Laos (Hardback) 9780774818377","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMoving Mountains\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEthnicity and Livelihoods in Highland China, Vietnam, and Laos\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJean Michaud (Edited by), Tim Forsyth (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780774818377\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 10 November 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages, 15 b\u0026amp;w photographs, 16 maps, 6 graphs \u0026amp; tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.51 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis expertly edited and unusually coherent collection of enlightening essays on livelihoods and cultural identities in the post-socialist situations of China, Vietnam and Laos, adds usefully to the emerging literature on the borderlands of what the editors call the \"Southeast Asian Massif\"...this well-edited book is an argument for and demonstration of the value of good ethnography in the developmental context and as such it deserves to be very widely read. - Nicholas Tapp, East China Normal University, Shanghai, Professor Emeritus, Australian National University (The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology) … this book is much more than a collection of individually interesting case study chapters. There is an argument that weaves its way through the text. After an intriguing foreword from Terry McGee where he connects his interest in urban change with the book's concern with highland change, there are eight core chapters bookended by a substantial introduction from the editors, editors, and a rather briefer conclusion. - Jonathan Rigg (Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, June 2013)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mountainous borderlands of socialist China, Vietnam, and Laos are home to some seventy million people, representing an astonishing array of ethnic diversity. How are these peoples fashioning livelihoods now that their homeland is open to economic investment and political change?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMoving Mountains\u003c\/em\u003e presents the work of anthropologists, geographers, and political economists who have first-hand experience in the Southeast Asian Massif. Although scholars have typically represented highland people from this region as marginalized and powerless, these case studies – on groups such as the Drung in Yunnan, the Khmu in Laos, and the Hmong in Vietnam – argue that ethnic minorities draw on culture and ethnicity to indigenize modernity and maintain their livelihoods. This unprecedented glimpse into a poorly understood region shows that development initiatives must be built on strong knowledge of local cultures in order to have lasting effect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeword \/ Terry McGee\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 Rethinking the Relationships between Livelihoods and Ethnicity in Highland China, Vietnam, and Laos \/ \u003cem\u003eTim Forsyth and Jean Michaud\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 Economic Marginalization and Social Identity among the Drung People of Northwest Yunnan \/ \u003cem\u003eStéphane Gros\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 Integration of a Lineage Society on the Laos-Vietnam Border \/ \u003cem\u003eSteeve Daviau\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 Oral Histories of Livelihoods and Migration under Socialism and Post-Socialism among the Khmu of Northern Laos \/ \u003cem\u003eOlivier Évrard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 Of Rice and Spice: Hmong Livelihood and Diversification in the Northern Vietnam Uplands \/ \u003cem\u003eClaire Tugault-Lafleur and Sarah Turner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 Hani Agency and Ways of Seeing Environmental Change on the China-Vietnam Border \/ \u003cem\u003eJohn McKinnon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 Land Reform and Changing Identities in Two Tai-Speaking Districts in Northern Vietnam \/ \u003cem\u003eMarie Mellac\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8 Commoditized Ethnicity for Tourism Development in Yunnan \/ \u003cem\u003eMargaret Byrne Swain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9 Rubber Transformations: Post-Socialist Livelihoods and Identities for Akha and Tai Lue Farmers in Xishuangbanna, China \/ \u003cem\u003eJanet C. Sturgeon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10 Conclusion: Lesson for the Future \/ \u003cem\u003eJean Michaud\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"UBC Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52531054477592,"sku":"9780774818377","price":63.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/moving-mountains-ethnicity-and-livelihoods-in-highland-china-vietnam-and-laos-hardback-9780774818377","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}