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From Southwest China into Upper Indochina: an overview of Hmong (Miao) migrations
Author(s) -
Michaud Jean
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
asia pacific viewpoint
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.571
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1467-8373
pISSN - 1360-7456
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8373.00034
Subject(s) - china , peninsula , human settlement , geography , southern china , massif , structural basin , urbanization , ancient history , archaeology , history , geology , cartography , paleontology , economic growth , economics
From southern China through mountainous Vietnam, Laos and eventually as far south as the Chao Phraya basin in Thailand, groups of Hmong swiddeners were seen migrating during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. When, and under what circumstances did large chunks of this sub‐group of the Miao from Guizhou and its periphery move their settlements to the southern part of the continental Southeast Asia Massif? Who were they? What was their history before these migrations? This paper makes use of early evidence to shed some light on the main causes of that march into the mountain ranges of the Peninsula.