This book is written by Yin Shaoting in Chinese and is translated by Magnus Fiskesjo into English.
This book is mainly about the swidden agrculture among nineteen ethnic groups in the tropical and subtropical regions of Yunnan province, China. It is proved to be valuable for reading and collection.
【作者简介】
Yin Shaoting is Chair of the Department of Anthropology at Yunnan Unicersityt,where he also serves as professor。He is mainly engaged in research and education in ethnology。Among his other publications is the two-volume work Yunnan Material Culture:Far
【目录】
INTRODUCTION
RESEARCH ON SWIDDEN AGRICULTURE:BACKGROUND,THEORY AND METHODS
1.Overview of Chinese research on swidden agriculture
2.The perspective of human ecology
3.Methods of investigation and research
PART Ⅰ HISTORY,DISTRIBUTION AND TYPOLOGY
CHAPTER1 HISTORICAL SURVEY
1.The swidddin agriculture of the peoples of the Qiang family
2.The swiddin agriculture of the peoples of the Pu family
3.The swidden agriculture of the peopels of the Miao-Yao family
4.The swiddin agricnlture of the peoples of the Yue family
CHAPTER2 THE DISTRIBUTION AND TYPOLOGY OF YUNNAN SWIDDEN AGRICULTURE
1.The distribution of swidden agriculture in Yunnan
2.The typology of Yunnan swidden agriculture
PARTⅡ TRADITIONS OF SWIDDEN AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER1 THE SWIDDEN AGRICULTURE OF THE JINGPO OF KACHANG
1.Geography and environment
2.Land-ownership systems
3.The yingwang fallow system
4.Time reckoning and agriculture
5.Fields of a hunderd treasures
6.Agricultural rituals
CHAPTER2 THE SWIDDEN AGRICULTURE OF THE BULANG OF MENGHAI
1.Geography and environment
2.Social organization
3.Land-ownership systems
4.Techniques used in Bulang swidden agriculture
5.Agricultural rituals
CHAPTER3 THE SWIDDEN AGRICULTURE OF THE WAOF XIMENG
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