Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Asia and Oceania by Barbara A West

By Barbara A West

«Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Asia and Oceania» is a brand new two-volume A-to-Z connection with the peoples of the Asia-Pacific zone east of the Caspian Sea, no longer together with the international locations of the center East. greater than four hundred entries conceal the foremost peoples that for a time maintained a cultural identification within the zone - from historical to fashionable occasions - describing their heritage, migration, tradition, trust procedure, social association, and courting to different peoples.

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Sugar, tobacco, and a variety of vegetable oil crops, such as rape seed, are also grown for the market. Prior to liberalization in the past decades, these crops were sold to the government at a set price, in payment for use of land and farm implements, but more recently, with the introduction of capitalist strategies, some farmers have joined together to negotiate prices and conditions with both domestic and international buyers. In addition to farming, the Achang are recognized for their ironwork; Achang blacksmiths are known throughout Yunnan Province.

1984 Taiwan Yuanzhumin Shehui Yundong, a political organization dedicated to Taiwan’s Aboriginal peoples, is formed; it does not begin to make any substantial contributions to public debate and policymaking until 1990. 1987 Martial law is lifted and Aboriginal identity becomes an important tool to differentiate Taiwan from mainland China. The Taiwanese government creates the Taiwan Aboriginal Culture Park. The park contains houses representing the culture of nine of Taiwan’s surviving Aboriginal groups and stages presentations and displays of Aboriginal culture.

1652 Resentful Chinese farmers rebel against the Dutch administrators after a poll tax is instituted; 6,000 Chinese peasants are brutally killed in the suppression. 1662 After 38 years of administration, the Dutch are driven out of Taiwan. Cheng Cheng-kung introduces Chinese ways of life to the island and constructs a Confucian temple. 1683 China attacks Taiwan and the Cheng family surrenders to the Manchu Qing dynasty. Taiwan consequently becomes a part of China’s Fujian Province. 1874 The Japanese attack the Aboriginal Taiwanese in Mutan She; 30 Aboriginal people and 543 Japanese die (12 in battle and 531 from illness).

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