ABSTRACT

This book is designed as a comprehensive comparative introduction to ethnicity in East and Southeast Asia since 1945. Each chapter covers a particular country looking at such core issues as:

· the ethnic minorities or groups in the country of concern, how many ethnic groups, population, language and culture group they belong to, traditional religions and arts
· government policy towards the ethnic minorities or groups
· the economies of the ethnic minorities or groups and the relation with the national economy;
· problems of national integration caused by the ethnic minorities or groups;
· the impact of ethnic issues on the country's overall foreign relations.

chapter 1|14 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|33 pages

Ethnic minorities in China

chapter 3|16 pages

In Japan, but not of Japan

chapter 4|24 pages

Ethnicity in Indonesia

chapter 5|20 pages

Ethnicity and class in Malaysia

chapter 7|28 pages

Vietnam

chapter 8|38 pages

Ethnicity in the Philippines

chapter 10|20 pages

Myanmar/Burma

chapter 11|16 pages

Cambodia

chapter 12|15 pages

Laos

Minorities