Plants and People of the Golden Triangle

Plants and People of the Golden Triangle

Author: Edward Anderson

Publisher: Timber Press

Published: 2009-03-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781604690811

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For the half million people living in the remote mountains of Northern Thailand, survival is dependent upon the forest. This study, based on extended field research, identifies more than 1,000 plant species, with particular emphasis on medicinal plants and their uses. This book is only available through print on demand. All interior art is black and white.


Peoples of the Golden Triangle

Peoples of the Golden Triangle

Author: Paul White Lewis

Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9780500974728

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For centuries the mysterious region of Southeast Asia known as the Golden Triangle has exerted a powerful hold over the Western imagination. Today it continues to figure in world news because of the infamous traffic in opium and heroin. Yet this fascinating area is also of considerable interest for a different reason: within it live six culturally distinct peoples - the Karen, Hmong, Mien, Lahu, Akha and Lisu - struggling to maintain the integrity of their beliefs and way of life against all the pressures of the rapidly changing society around them.


The Food of Northern Thailand

The Food of Northern Thailand

Author: Austin Bush

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2018-10-23

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 045149749X

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JAMES BEARD AWARD FINALIST • Welcome to a beautiful, deep dive into the cuisine and culture of northern Thailand with a documentarian's approach, a photographer's eye, and a cook's appetite. Known for its herbal flavors, rustic dishes, fiery dips, and comforting noodles, the food of northern Thailand is both ancient and ever evolving. Travel province by province, village by village, and home by home to meet chefs, vendors, professors, and home cooks as they share their recipes for Muslim-style khao soi, a mild coconut beef curry with boiled and crispy fried noodles, or spiced fish steamed in banana leaves to an almost custard-like texture, or the intense, numbingly spiced meat "salads" called laap. Featuring many recipes never before described in English and snapshots into the historic and cultural forces that have shaped this region's glorious cuisine, this journey may redefine what we think of when we think of Thai food.


The Essential Guide for Women Traveling Solo

The Essential Guide for Women Traveling Solo

Author: Beth Whitman

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780978728069

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Enhanced with anecdotes and bolded messages, a travel guide for women of all ages offers practical advice on packing, planning, and safety, along with a full list of website resources and advice on the latest travel technology.


Ethnic Conflicts in Southeast Asia

Ethnic Conflicts in Southeast Asia

Author: Kusuma Snitwongse

Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 9812303405

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Potentially destabilizing ethnic conflicts continue to challenge nation-states worldwide: The countries of Southeast Asia are no exception. Globalization, population movements and historical and political fault-lines in a tremendously ethnically diverse region, coupled with continuing uneven access to economic development, have seen the resurgence of old conflicts or the flaring up of new ones. Along with violence and the loss of life and livelihood there are also longer-term cross-border impacts to consider in the form of refugees or displaced persons, illegal migrant labour, as well as drug and arms smuggling. Written by country experts, this volume examines ethnic configurations as well as conflict avoidance and resolution in five Southeast Asian countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Thailand. Ethnic Conflicts in Southeast Asia is a resource for scholars, policy-makers, NGO personnel, analysts and others who wish to deepen their understanding of the region, or develop strategies to prevent, modulate and resolve such conflicts.


The Commercialized Crafts of Thailand

The Commercialized Crafts of Thailand

Author: Erik Cohen

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 2000-07-01

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9780824822972

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This volume brings together two decades of research into the process of commercialization of the folk crafts of Thailand: the conditions of its emergence, the parties involved in its development, the changes in the processes and organization of production which accompany it, the channels through which commercialized craft products are marketed, the nature of the audiences which they reach, and the transformations in appearance and meaning which the products undergo as a result of their commercialization. Each chapter deals with a specific issue in a particular context, but virtually all of them relate to one or another of these principal aspects of the process of commercialization. Part I explores the commercialization of hill tribe textiles, particularly those of the Hmong refugees from Laos. Part II presents a series of case studies of the various ways in which the products of lowland Thai "craft villages" became commercialized.


Border Landscapes

Border Landscapes

Author: Janet C. Sturgeon

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Published: 2012-06-27

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 0295801735

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In this comparative, interdisciplinary study based on extensive fieldwork as well as historical sources, Janet Sturgeon examines the different trajectories of landscape change and land use among communities who call themselves Akha (known as Hani in China) in contrasting political contexts. She shows how, over the last century, processes of state formation, construction of ethnic identity, and regional security concerns have contributed to very different outcomes for Akha and their forests in China and Thailand, with Chinese Akha functioning as citizens and grain producers, and Akha in Thailand being viewed as "non-Thai" forest destroyers. The modern nation-state grapples with local power hierarchies on the periphery of the nation, with varied outcomes. Citizenship in China helps Akha better protect a fluid set of livelihood practices that confer benefits on them and their landscape. Denied such citizenship in Thailand, Akha are helpless when forests and other resources are ruthlessly claimed by the state. Drawing on current anthropological debates on the state in Southeast Asia and more generally on debates on property theory, states and minorities, and political ecology, Sturgeon shows how people live in a continuous state of negotiated boundaries - political, social, and ecological. This pioneering comparison of resource access and land use among historically related peoples in two nation-states will be welcomed by scholars of political ecology, environmental anthropology, ethnicity, and politics of state formation in East and Southeast Asia.


Chiang Mai & Northern Thailand

Chiang Mai & Northern Thailand

Author: Joe Cummings

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9781740590648

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This guide contains information needed for a visit to Chiang Mai and Northern Thailand. Information is included on history and culture, accommodation, local cuisine, places to visit, health and safety and prices to pay.


The Hilltribes of Northern Thailand

The Hilltribes of Northern Thailand

Author: Gordon Young

Publisher:

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13:

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Gives an overall review of current social, cultural and economic conditions, together with a brief analysis of the historical and ethnic background of each tribal subdivision.