1st Edition
Disappearing Peoples? Indigenous Groups and Ethnic Minorities in South and Central Asia
275 Pages
by
Routledge
275 Pages
by
Routledge
275 Pages
by
Routledge
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South and Central Asia is a region of extraordinary cultural and environmental diversity and home to nearly one-quarter of the earth's population. Among these diverse peoples are some whose ways of life are threatened by the accelerating assault of forces of change including environmental degradation, population growth, land loss, warfare, disease, and the penetration of global markets. This... Read more
Chapter 1 Disappearing Peoples?, Barbara A. Brower, Barbara Rose Johnston; Chapter 2 The Raika of Rajasthan, India, Paul Robbins; Chapter 3 Peripatetic Peoples and Lifestyles in South Asia, Aparna Rao; Chapter 4 The Bhils, Judith Whitehead; Chapter 5 The Tharu of Chitwan, Nepal, Arjun Guneratne; Chapter 6 The Dom of Hunza (Northern Areas of Pakistan), Anna Schmid; Chapter 7 Peoples and Cultures of the Kashmir Himalayas, Aparna Rao, Michael J. Casimir; Chapter 8 The Hazara of Central Afghanistan, Grant Farr; Chapter 9 The Wakhi and Kirghiz of the Pamirian Knot, Hermann Kreutzmann; Chapter 10 The Badakshani of the Eastern Pamir, Tajikistan, Stephen F. Cunha; Chapter 11 The Lezghi, Julian Birch; Chapter 12 The People of Tibet, P. Christiaan Klieger; Chapter 13 The Minhe Mangghuer, Zhu Yongzhong, Kevin Stuart;
Biography
Edited by Brower, Barbara; Johnston, Barbara Rose
