Author	Nelson, Rupert R., author
Title	Upland-Lowland Conflict : The Missionaries' Role / Rupert R. Nelson
Imprint	Chiang Mai : American Baptist Mission in Thailand, 1969
Connect to	https://digiverse.chula.ac.th/Info/item/dc:107021
Descript	18 pages ; 28 cm

Describes the upland and lowland people, noting their physical location, social setting, and economies. Discusses the relationship between the two groups and with the government. Considers the changing situation and its impact on the relationship of these two groups of people, covering population increase, government programs, and out-side influences. Examines areas of conflict covering land rights, swidden agriculture, production and marketing of opium, behavior of government officials, and resettlement areas. Discusses the role of the Baptist Mission in providing education to the hill peoples, in the stabilizing of land use, in promoting understanding between upland and low-land people, and in encouraging cooperation between Thai and tribal churches. [TAIC]

1. agriculture
2. hill tribes
3. demography
4. community development
5. communication
6. water resources
7. ethnic groups
8. religion
9. geography
10. land
11. censuses
12. forestry
13. communism
14. politics
15. commerce
16. education
17. Myanmar
18. Akha
19. North Thailand

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