Protecting Asia’s Heritage: Yesterday and Tomorrow Ethnicity primarily among highland minorities

primarily among highland minorities

Shan history then merges with that of Myanmar until after World War II and Myanmar’s independence from the British

Prepared by an expert on Burmese design and architecture

has written many books

Among his many articles on the Shan people

Protecting Asia’s Heritage: Yesterday and Tomorrow Ethnicity primarily among highland minoritiesAsias splendid heritage is at riskfrom rapid economic growth, government neglect, and poorly managed tourism. But some people have become deeply, passionately, and actively involved in protecting Asias heritageas activists, organizers, critics, teachers, artists, and entrepreneurs. In this book, twelve principal authors, all Asians, from eleven of the regions countries, present their experience of what has been done in the past, and their ideas on