The Karens of the Golden Chersonese
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: July 25, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780548008416
Subjects: Anthropology - Cultural; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; Archaeology / Anthropology
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.