Böcker av Andrew Turton

The text examines the changing historical discourses of social differentiation and distinction in one of the most ethnically and politically complex regions of the world, issues covered include cultural pluralism, nationalism and ethnic dispersal

A study of historical relations between peoples within pre-modern and early modern Tai states. It argues strongly against essentializing concepts of "ethnicity" and gives priority to indigenous ideas and practises that relate to historical identities based on social and political status.