Mien alter-natives in Thai modernity

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 673-704

  Jonsson, Hjorleifur ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Identity; Mien; Modernity; Modernization; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 13244272074     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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