Patterns and illusions : Thai history and thought / ed. by Gehan Wijeyewardene and E.C. Chapman
Imprint
Canberra : Richard Davis Fund and Dept. of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1992
Descript
342 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
CONTENT
Population movements and environmental changes in the hills of northern Thailand / Peter and Sally L. Kunstadter -- Irrigation and the northern Thai state in the nineteenth century / Paul T. Cohen -- Survivors and accumulators / Christine Mougne -- Meetings as ritual / Peter Hinton -- Laupani and Ahom identity / B.J. Terwiel -- Notes on traditional beliefs in northern Thailand concerning the causes of 'Bitot's spots' (xerophthalmia) and their treatment / Donald Gibson -- Kinship extension / Gehan Wijeyewardene -- The 'extra Y' in northern Thai script / Anthony Diller -- Transformations of Karen myths of origin and relations of power / Anthony Diller -- Transformation of Karen myths of origin and relations of power / Ananda Rajah -- A tale of two city pillars / Nerida Cook -- The plot of Thai history / Craig J. Reynolds
SUBJECT
Thailand -- History
Thailand -- Social life and customs
social sciences
LOCATION
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STATUS
Thailand and ASEAN Information Center (6th Floor) : Thailand Collection