Turbulent Times and Enduring Peoples

Authored by Michaud, Jean; Ovesen, Jan

• Introduction Montagnard Domain in the South-East Asian Massif, John McKinnon, Jean Michaud; Chapter 1 Migrants, Runaways and Opium Growers: Origins of the Hmong in Laos and Siam in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries, Christian Culas; Chapter 2 ::, Jean Michaud; Chapter 3 The Western Protestant Missionaries and the Miao in Yunnan and Guizhou, Southwest China, Alison Lewis; Chapter 4 The Karens: Loyalism and Self-Determination, Clive Christie; Chapter 5 ::, Oscar Salemink; Chapter 6 Emergence of a Leading Group: A Case Study of the Inter-Ethnic Relationships in the Southern Shan State, François Robinne; Chapter 7 ::, Peter Kunstadter; Chapter 8 The Impact of Trekking Tourism in a Changing Society: A Karen Village in Northern Thailand, Henry Bartsch; Chapter 9 Traditional Tribal What? Sports, Culture and the State in the Northern Hills of Thailand, Hjorleifur Jonsson;

'Excellent...A book any researcher interested in the study of national minority groups must read. ...A very precious tool.' - Pacific Affairs'It is a handy introduction to ethnic minority studies in the region, and a useful collection of perspectives.' - Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute