ISBN:
9789047433620
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9047433629
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9789004167759
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9004167757
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 346 pages)
Series Statement:
China studies (Leiden, Netherlands) v. 15
DDC:
305.800951/35
Keywords:
Geschichte
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Social Science
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies
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Ecology
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Ethnic relations
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Ethnicity
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Human ecology
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Matrilineal kinship
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Patrilineal kinship
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Political science
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Politics and culture
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Umwelt
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Nationalitätenpolitik
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Modernisierung
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Kulturwandel
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Ethnizität
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Politische Wissenschaft
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Ökologie
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Ethnicity
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Matrilineal kinship
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Patrilineal kinship
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Human ecology
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Politics and culture
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Ethnische Identität
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Umwelt
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Politik
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Kulturwandel
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Yunnan
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Yunnan
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Kulturwandel
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Politik
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Umwelt
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Ethnische Identität
;
Geschichte
Note:
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-334) and index
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List of Illustrations, Figures and Maps; Introduction; Chapter One The Southwest Frontier; 1.1 Imperial Rule; 1.2 Republican Nation Building; 1.3 Socialist Transformation; Chapter Two Of Difference and Change; 2.1 Varieties of Cultural Experience; 2.2 Kinship and Economy; 2.3 Administered Development; Chapter Three The Land of Women; 3.1 The People in Question; 3.2 Matrilineal Descent; 3.3 Mosuo Livelihood; Chapter Four The Three-River Basin; 4.1 Old Garrison Settlement; 4.2 Patrilineal Kinship; 4.3 Rice Economy; Chapter Five Ethnicity and Government; 5.1 Local Domination
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Twentieth century China has seen local societies undergo unprecedented transformations accompanied by a remarkable continuity in state practice. In this path-breaking study of two ethnically different communities, the matrilineal Mosuo and the patrilineal Han, in northwest Yunnan province, the author traces cultural change from a historical perspective in relation to ecology and politics. The treatment of state penetration into local society challenges the conventional binary narrative of state-society and Han-non-Han relations. With its interdisciplinary approach, this book enriches the anthr
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