Border landscapes the politics of Akha land use in China and Thailand / Janet C. Sturgeon.

Author/creator Sturgeon, Janet C.
Other author American Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoSeattle : University of Washington Press,
Descriptionxi, 255 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Akha (Southeast Asian people)--Land tenure.
Akha (Southeast Asian people)--Politics and government.
Akha (Southeast Asian people)--Social conditions.
Land use--China.
Land use--Thailand.
Landscape assessment--China.
Landscape assessment--Thailand.
Ethnoecology--China.
Ethnoecology--Thailand.
China--Boundaries.
Thailand--Boundaries.
China--Politics and government.
Thailand--Politics and government.

SeriesCulture, place, and nature
Contents The production of border landscapes -- The production of marginal peoples and landscapes : resource access on the periphery -- The production of borders : sites for the accumulation and distribution of resources -- Small border chiefs and resource control, 1910 to 1997 -- Premodern border landscapes under border principalities -- Landscape plasticity versus landscapes of productivity and rule : Akha livelihoods under nation-states.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [233]-243) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005016162
ISBN0295985445 (hardback : alk. paper)