The book is a festschrift, dedicated to Hans Dieter Kubitscheck, the former head of the Department of Southeast Asian Studies at Humboldt University, Berlin. Ten authors representing different academic disciplines (mainly history and ethnology) as well as four different countries (Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos and Burma/Myanmar) discuss the relations between ethnic minorities and the nation state in Southeast Asia in colonial and modern times.
The book is a festschrift, dedicated to Hans Dieter Kubitscheck, the former head of the Department of Southeast Asian Studies at Humboldt University, ...
The book deals with Vietnam s ethnic and religious minorities in a historical perspective. The time frame stretches from the pre-colonial era to contemporary times. Except for one paper on the situation of the Vietnam-China border area, the authors focus on South or Southern Central Vietnam. The Chinese, the Cham and the Bahnar represent three different categories of ethnic minorities: the so-called Foreign Asians, the highly developed nationalities and the former tribal populations, who once lived at the margins. The Vietnamese and Highland Catholics as well as the French Protestants are...
The book deals with Vietnam s ethnic and religious minorities in a historical perspective. The time frame stretches from the pre-colonial era to co...
