Ethnicity, Borders, and the Grassroots Interface with the State: Studies on Southeast Asia in Honor of Charles F. Keyes Laso collected in the early nineteenth

collected in the early nineteenth century by the pioneer comparative linguist

It will appeal to scholars of Thai/Tai history

can appear to undermine the future sustainability of democratic politics by the ways in which they are pursued

she wondered

the nature of the southern conflict

Ethnicity, Borders, and the Grassroots Interface with the State: Studies on Southeast Asia in Honor of Charles F. Keyes Laso collected in the early nineteenthnotes, bibliog., index, paperback Ethnicity, Borders, and the Grassroots Interface with the State brings together exciting new work by anthropologists working on mainland Southeast Asia. The volume honors anthropologist Charles F. Keyes and the chapters here address concepts central to Keyes own workethnicity, religion, and modernityas they can be applied to the countries of Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The volume also reflects recent