Turbulent Times and Enduring Peoples
Turbulent Times and Enduring Peoples

Author: Jean Michaud

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-16

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 1136827889

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Scattered across the South-East Asian massif, a few dozen ethnic groups (numbering around 50 million) maintain highly original cultural identities and political and economic traditions, against pressure from national majorities. They face the same challenges. The means by which social change has been imposed by the lowlanders are similar from country to country, and the results are comparable. The originality of this book lies in the combination of multi-disciplinary mixing of social anthropology, history and human geography; multi-culturality grouping together several cultural contexts; trans-nationality straddling five countries and bridging the traditional divide between South China and Mainland South-East Asia; and history reaching back 300 years.

The Ethnography of Vietnam's Central Highlanders
The Ethnography of Vietnam's Central Highlanders

Author: Oscar Salemink

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-10-18

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1351226967

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This book looks at ethnographic discourses concerning the indigenous population of Vietnam's Central Highlands during periods of christianization, colonization, war and socialist transformation, and analyses these in their relation to tribal, ethnic, territorial, governmental and gendered discourses. Salemink's book is a timely contribution to anthropological knowledge, as the ethnic minorities in Vietnam have (again) been the object of fierce academic debate. This is a historically grounded post-colonial critique relevant to theories of ethnicity and the history of anthropology, and will be of interest to graduate students of anthropology and cultural studies, as well as Vietnam studies.

Social Inequality in Vietnam and the Challenges to Reform
Social Inequality in Vietnam and the Challenges to Reform

Author: Philip Taylor

Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 9789812302755

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This book illustrates the changing ways in which people have accumulated wealth, social and cultural capital in Vietnam's move from a socialist to a market-oriented society.

Food Preservation in Developing Countries: Challenges and Solutions
Food Preservation in Developing Countries: Challenges and Solutions

Author: Mohammad U. H. Joardder

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-04-23

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 3030115305

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This text identifies common mistakes and challenges in food preservation in developing countries, offering solutions which can play a significant role in reducing food waste in these countries. The book offers critical analysis of current preservation techniques for fruits and vegetables, meat, fish, dairy, and grain, identifying key mistakes and challenges and proposing effective solutions. Feasibility tests for implementing these innovative approaches are also presented. A well-rounded study of the various causes of food waste in developing nations, this book plays a key role in bringing effective food preservation methods to the developing world. Food Preservation in Developing Countries: Challenges and solutions studies common food preservation techniques for fruits and vegetables, fish, meat, dairy, and grains, pinpointing the areas where waste occurs due to transportation, contamination, and low quality post processing. Innovative potential solutions are presented, including the feasibility of implementation of these advanced preservation techniques. The book takes a critical look at barriers to proper food preservation in these regions and offers practical solutions which can be implemented in a cost effective and timely manner. With almost one third of the world's food supply wasted each year and 13% of the world's inhabitants going hungry, this is an incredibly important and timely text.

Forests Are Gold
Forests Are Gold

Author: Pamela D. McElwee

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Published: 2016-04-01

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 029580646X

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Forests Are Gold examines the management of Vietnam's forests in the tumultuous twentieth century—from French colonialism to the recent transition to market-oriented economics—as the country united, prospered, and transformed people and landscapes. Forest policy has rarely been about ecology or conservation for nature’s sake, but about managing citizens and society, a process Pamela McElwee terms “environmental rule.” Untangling and understanding these practices and networks of rule illuminates not just thorny issues of environmental change, but also the birth of Vietnam itself.

Living with Environmental Change
Living with Environmental Change

Author: W. Neil Adger

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1134604211

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Vietnam and the neighbouring countries of Southeast Asia face diverse challenges created by the rapid evolution of their social, economic and environmental systems and resources. Taking a multidisciplinary perspective, this book provides a comprehensive assessment of the Vietnamese situation, identifying the factors shaping social vulnerability and resilience to environmental change and considering prospects for sustainable development.

Rural Areas Between Regional Needs and Global Challenges
Rural Areas Between Regional Needs and Global Challenges

Author: Walter Leimgruber

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-01-01

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 3030043932

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This book provides an up-to-date account of the many processes shaping and transforming rural space in various parts of the world. The various case studies focus on the multi-functionality of the rural world and the driving forces behind it. The book demonstrates that rural areas are no longer simply characterized by an agricultural economy, and instead accommodate multiple complementary activities. It also touches upon two major changes that have taken place. The first is the process of rurbanization, which has led to the clear distinction between town and countryside becoming blurred: urban traits have penetrated rural areas, and rural traits have invaded towns. The second change is that rural areas are increasingly seen as multi-functional, providers not only of food and other natural resources but also locations for the generation of renewable energy (wind farms, solar farms, biogas) and regions for the preservation of biodiversity. These transformations have resulted in a new understanding and self-image of rural areas and their populations.