From Southwest China into upper Indochina: an overview of Hmong (Miao) migrations

For more than a century now, and since the establishment of modern borders in Southeast Asia, only tiny, most fragmented migrations from southern China have continued to occur to this region. Among these, the Hmong are probably the most recent migrants to Southeast Asia. The author explores when and...

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Main Author: Michaud, Jean 1957- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1997
In: Asia Pacific viewpoint
Year: 1997, Volume: 38, Issue: 2, Pages: 119-130
Further subjects:B International migration
B China
B People
B Shifting cultivation
B Hmong
B Tree trunk Ethnology
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Summary:For more than a century now, and since the establishment of modern borders in Southeast Asia, only tiny, most fragmented migrations from southern China have continued to occur to this region. Among these, the Hmong are probably the most recent migrants to Southeast Asia. The author explores when and under what circumstances large chunks of Hmong (a sub-group of the Miao) from southwest China moved their settlements to the southern part of the continental Southeast Asia massif. (DÜI-Sen)
ISSN:1360-7456
Contains:In: Asia Pacific viewpoint