The Karens Of The Golden Chersonese
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: April 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780766196131
Subjects: Social & cultural anthropology; Sociology; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Anthropology - Cultural
First sentence: FROM that comparatively unexplored, although prominent, region on the confines of Tibet, lying between Assam and China, a number of noble rivers rush to the east and to the south, the ethnological influence of which, in reference to the tonic region, or that portion of the world's surface which is solely occupied by peoples distinguished by monosyllabic speech, is so paramount, as to claim more than ordinary attention, when considering the probable directions of migration and connection of the ultra-Indian and Chinese races.