个人简介
Yin Shaoting is Chair of the Department of Anthropology at Yunnan Unicersityt，where he also serves as professor。He is mainly engaged in research and education in ethnology。Among his other publications is the two-volume work Yunnan Material Culture：Farming。
内容简介
This book is written by Yin Shaoting in Chinese and is translated by Magnus Fiskesjo into English.
This book is mainly about the swidden agrculture among nineteen ethnic groups in the tropical and subtropical regions of Yunnan province, China. It is proved to be valuable for reading and collection.