Historical Dictionaries of Peoples and Cultures
1 primary work
Book 4
Historical Dictionary of the Peoples of the Southeast Asian Massif
by Jean Michaud
Published 1 January 2006
Dwelling in the highland areas of Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Burma (Myanmar) and southwest China are hundreds of ethnic groups known as 'tribes' in popular literature. Some groups number barely more than one hundred, others millions. Together their population adds up to 80 million, more than any of the countries (bar China) they inhabit, yet in each they are designated and treated as 'minorities.'