Chieftains Into Ancestors

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Chieftains Into Ancestors is written by David Faure and published by UBC Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0774823682 (ISBN 10) and 9780774823685 (ISBN 13).

Chieftains into Ancestors describes the intersection of imperial administration and chieftain-dominated local culture in the culturally diverse southwestern region of China. Contemplating the rhetorical question of how one can begin to rewrite the story of a conquered people whose past was never transcribed in the first place, the authors combine anthropological fieldwork with historical textual analysis to build a new regional history.