Title	Eassays on the Problem of Tribe / M. H. Fried ... [et al]
Imprint	Washington, D.C. : American Ethnological Society, 1967
Connect to	https://digiverse.chula.ac.th/Info/item/dc:89783
Descript	227 pages

Consists of sixteen papers presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society. Defines concept of "the tribe", explores linguistic and communications problems in defining "tribe". Mathematical structures in ethnological systems and the "cultunit" are briefly explained. Religious symbolism and ethnic awareness are discussed, specifically in regard to the Chinese. The Thai Lue are discussed in two papers, describing this group in some detail. Subjects included are political evolution of the tribe, the tribe, the tribe as a socio-political unit, law and the tribe, the problem of the tribe in contemporary sociopolitical contexts, ethnic identification, and development of nationalism. [TAIC]

1. hill tribes
2. religion
3. politics
4. law
5. women
6. economics
7. ethnic groups
8. communication
9. social patterns
10. agriculture
11. Chinese
12. Kachin
13. India
14. Africa
15. Oceania
16. North Thailand

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