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Paperback / softback. New. The Lahu, with a population of around 470,000, inhabit the mountainous country in Yunnan Province bordering on Burma, Laos and northern Thailand. Buddhists, with a long history of resistance to the Chinese Han majority, the Lahu are currently facing a serious collapse of their traditional social system, with the highest suicide rate in the world, large scale human trafficking of their women, alcoholism and poverty. This book, based on extensive original research including long-term anthropological research among the Lahu, provides an overview of the traditional way of life of the Lahu, their social system, culture and beliefs, and discusses the ways in which these are changing. It shows how the Lahu are especially vulnerable because of their lack of political representatives and a state educated elite which can engage with, and be part of, the government administrative system. The Lahu are one of many relatively small ethnic minorities in China - overall the book provides…
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- Title The Lahu Minority in Southwest China: A Response to Ethnic Marginalization on the Frontier
- Author Jianxiong Ma
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 254
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge
- Date 2021-09-30
- Illustrated Yes
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- ISBN 9781138109155 / 1138109150
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.58 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.47 cm)
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- Interdisciplinary Studies: Asian - General
- Dewey Decimal Code 305.895
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