Author	Colquhoun, Archibald Ross, author
Title	Amongst the Shans / Archibald Ross Cloquhoun, Holt S. Hallett
Imprint	London : Field & Tuer, 1885
Connect to	https://digiverse.chula.ac.th/Info/item/dc:86449
Descript	392 pages : illustrations, plates ; 21 cm

Surveys the aboriginal races which led to the beginnings of the Shan race. Recounts experiences in travels through Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Locates the tribes encountered and describes their economy, customs, rituals, beliefs, punishments and fines, and diseases. Covers their relations with the Burmese. Discusses influence of education, life in monasteries, slavery, and power of the King in Siam. Comments on McLeod's journey and Bock's report on North Siam. Includes history of Upper and Lower Shan. [TAIC]

1. Mountain people -- Burmar
2. China
3. Viet Nam
4. Cambodia
5. Laos
6. Myanmar
7. religion
8. hill tribes
9. social patterns
10. ethnic groups
11. transport
12. standard of living
13. agriculture
14. husbandry
15. history
16. health
17. attitudes
18. customs
19. defence
20. crime
21. women
22. youth
23. North Thailand
24. Central Region

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