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# Read ^ Disappearing Peoples?: Indigenous Groups and Ethnic Minorities in South and Central Asia by Routledge ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Disappearing Peoples?: Indigenous Groups and Ethnic Minorities in South and Central Asia Some are "indigenous" peoples, some are not; each group represents a unique answer to the question of how to survive and thrive on the planet earth, and illustrates both the threats and the responses of peoples caught up in the struggle to sustain cultural meaning, identity, and autonomy. 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 thr
| Title | : | Disappearing Peoples?: Indigenous Groups and Ethnic Minorities in South and Central Asia |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.37 (895 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1598741217 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 276 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-12 |
| Language | : | English |
Some are "indigenous" peoples, some are not; each group represents a unique answer to the question of how to survive and thrive on the planet earth, and illustrates both the threats and the responses of peoples caught up in the struggle to sustain cultural meaning, identity, and autonomy. 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. Each chapter, written by an expert scholar for a general audience, offers a cultural overview, explores both threats to survival and the group's responses, and provokes discussion and further research with "food for thought." This powerful documentation of both tragedy and hope for the twenty-first-century survival of centuries-old cultures is a key reference for anyone interested in the region, in cultural survival, or in the interplay of diversification and homogenization.. This volume examines twelve Asian groups whose way of life is endangered
The book provides a good overview that should whet the reader’s appetite for more knowledge about Asian peoples, the causes and consequences of cultural homogenization." - Pula L.W. This book rightly remembers." - James Peacock . Sabloff, university of Pennsylvania"Disappearance of peoples has been a concern of anthropologists since Bastien - all the more crucial since globalization - yet we forget as we clamor for more glamorous topics. "Disappearing peoples? is a groundbreaking book that describes how economic globalization, imperialism, war, and climate change in the twenty-first century threaten various Asian people’s cultural heritage and how they are striving to maintain their traditions and identity under such extreme pressures. This volume uses twelve chapters on specific peoples—the Raika of India, Tibetans in China and India, Hazara in Afghanistan, Mangghuer in China
Asian American History Buff said they have nothing of Economic Value to us so sad. Very readable and easy to understand explanation of the peoples along the Hindu Kush how and why they, their languages, and their cultures are disappearing and why. Economics, politics, religion, money the usual suspects. Unfortunately, they have nothing we want, so nothing is going to be done to help them from us. Ms Brower is an excellent writer, among other things, and takes you right into the lives of these people. The girl on the cover is so cute, with a sweet smile and the face of childhood innocence. I wish them all well.
. Barbara Brower is Professor of Geography at Portland State University.Barbara Rose Johnston is Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Political Ecology and is editor of several important volumes including Who Pays the Price, Life and Death Matters, and Water, Culture, and Power
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