Historical Dictionary of the Peoples of the Southeast Asian Massif
Dwelling in the highland areas of Northeast India, Bangladesh, Southwest China, Taiwan, Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, and Peninsular Malaysia are hundreds of “peoples”. Together their population adds up to 100 million, more than most of the countries they live in. Yet in each of these countries, they are regarded as minorities.
This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Peoples of the Southeast Asian Massif contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on about 300 groups, the ten countries they live in, their historical figures, and their salient political, economic, social, cultural and religious aspects. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more.
Jean Michaud is Professor of Social Anthropology at Université Laval, Canada, and has also taught in the United Kingdom.
Margaret Byrne Swain is a cultural anthropologist, retired from Women and Gender Studies, University of California, Davis.
Meenaxi Barkataki-Ruscheweyh is a social anthropologist, is currently a Research fellow at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.