Perspectives on the Yi of Southwest China

By: Stevan Harrell

Nearly seven million Yi people live in Southwest China, but most educated people outside China have never heard of them. This book, the first scholarly study in a Western language on the Yi in four decades, brings this little-known part of the world to life. Perspectives on the Yi of Southwest China is a remarkable collection of work by both Yi and foreign scholars describing their history, traditional society, and recent social changes. In addition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520219899
• ISBN13: 9780520219892
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"