9 Rubber Transformations: Post-Socialist Livelihoods and Identities for Akha and Tai Lue Farmers in Xishuangbanna, China

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. Rethinking the Relationships between Livelihoods and Ethnicity in Highland China, Vietnam, and Laos 1
7. Economic Marginalization and Social Identity among the Drung People of Northwest Yunnan 28
8. Integration of a Lineage Society on the Laos-Vietnam Border 50
9. Oral Histories of Livelihoods and Migration under Socialism and Post-Socialism among the Khmu of Northern Laos 76
10. Of Rice and Spice: Hmong Livelihoods and Diversification in the Northern Vietnam Uplands 100
11. Hani Agency and Ways of Seeing Environmental Change on the China-Vietnam Border 123
12. Land Reform and Changing Identities in Two Tai-Speaking Districts in Northern Vietnam 146
13. Commoditized Ethnicity for Tourism Development in Yunnan 173
14. Rubber Transformations: Post-Socialist Livelihoods and Identities for Akha and Tai Lue Farmers in Xishuangbanna, China 193
15. Conclusion: Lesson for the Future 215
16. Contributors 228
17. Index 231