This is the first completely up-to-date Hmong history book ever written by a member of the Hmong people. It describes the earliest civilizations of the Hmong and Miao in China, and why some of the Hmong migrated into Southeast Asia in the early 19th century, particularly to Vietnam, Laos and Thailand; and how the Hmong of Laos were involved with the Lao civil war, especially the secret war from 1962 to 1975 that caused almost a hundred thousand Hmong to flee to Thailand and Western countries as political refugees after the Communists takeover. This book also includes backgrounds on the current Hmong refugee crisis at Nam Khao refugee camp in Thailand and the arrest of former General Vang Pao by the U.S. authorities. "[It] is full of fascinating materials [and] a wonderful book. Congratulations," commented by Dr Nicholas C. T. Tapp, Senior Fellow in the Department of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, the Australian National University.

Over the centuries, the Hmong have called many places home, including China, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, and most recently France, Australia, and the United States. Their new neighbours, though welcoming, may know little about how they have come to these places or their views on relationships, religion, or art. Now, in A People's History of the Hmong, representative voices offer their community's story, spanning four thousand years to the present day. "This was the life of our Hmong people", remembers Pa Seng Thao, one of the many who describe farming villages in the mountains of Laos. Others help us understand the Hmong experience during the Vietnam War, particularly when the U.S. military pulled out of Laos, abandoning thousands of Hmong allies. Readers learn first-hand of the hardships of refugee camps and the challenges of making a home in a foreign country, with a new language and customs. Drawing on more than two hundred interviews, historian Paul Hillmer assembles a compelling history in the words of the people who lived it.

In Tourism and Prosperity in Miao Land, Xianghong Feng focuses on the intersection of tourism, power, and inequality in the southern interior of China. In this region, capital-intensive and elite-directed tourism has reshaped the social and cultural patterns of the ethnic Miao and other local residents. Using ethnographic fieldwork conducted over the course of a decade, Feng examines the cultural reconstructions of space, ethnicity, gender, and morality within changing power structures. This book is recommended for scholars of anthropology, sociology, economics, political science, Asian studies, and tourism studies.

在湖南省西南部城步苗族自治县的一个村落里，有一座建于明隆庆年间的青砖混凝土结构的宗祠，在以木质结构建筑为主的山地民族地区非常突出。这个村庄的蓝姓宣称自己是明朝开国勋臣蓝玉的后代，并在宗祠的后墙上写着“蓝玉故里”四个大字。据《太祖实录》记载，蓝玉是安徽定远人，为什么远在湖南的苗族要声称自己是蓝玉的后代？他们在声称自己是蓝玉后代的同时又有着怎样的苗族群认同？本书的研究，就是通过对这样一个有着悠久历史的苗族村落与宗族的深入观察，来揭示社会结构及其机制的变化与延续，并以此为基础来讨论族群认同问题。

两书实际上是互相补充的清代贵州省情汇编,内容涉及人口、农业生产、水利、土地制度、军屯、城镇集市、手工业生产与销售等等诸多方面。

《明清时期贵州民族地区社会历史发展研究:以清水江为中心、历史地理的视角》以清水江流域为中心，以历史地理的视角，对明清时期贵州民族地区社会历史和文化发展作了全方位研究。《明清时期贵州民族地区社会历史发展研究:以清水江为中心、历史地理的视角》除了绪论外，共分四章，内容包括：明清时期清水江流域的社会发展、农业发展、人口发展及其水道航运的发展。《明清时期贵州民族地区社会历史发展研究:以清水江为中心、历史地理的视角》可供相关领域研究人员参考。

“解放以来，我国专家学者们虽然对民族识别问题研究发表过不少文章，民族工作者作了大量的民族识别工作并提出许多宝贵的经验和意见，但由于民族识别问题是个比较敏感的问题，因而迄今为止，还没有一本有关专著问世。本书作为一种大胆尝试，力图对民族识别问题在专家学者们以往研究成果的基础上，加以全面、系统地阐述和总结。需要说明的是，虽然本书的作者大都直接参加过民族识别调查研究工作，就有较丰富的经验，但对民族识别一些具体问题的论述和见解，仅仅是代表个人的意见，其中有些意见尚不成熟，仅供学术研究参改，不足以作为解决实际问题的依据。我们在统编时，本着尊重作者和文责自负的精神，除对个别地方加以删节或修改外，基本上仍按原作者的意见刊出。”——后记