ACLS Humanities E-Book: Political systems of Highland Burma: a study of Kachin social structure

Political systems of Highland Burma: a study of Kachin social structure

Leach, Edmund Ronald.

Year: 1970, c1964.

Publisher: Athlone Press.

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Frontmatter

PART I. THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING

I. INTRODUCTION

II. THE ECOLOGICAL BACKGROUND OF KACHIN SOCIETY

III. THE CATEGORIES SHAN AND KACHIN AND THEIR SUBDIVISIONS

PART II. THE STRUCTURE OF KACHIN GUMSA SOCIETY

IV. HPALANG--AN UNSTABLE KACHIN GUMSA COMMUNITY

V. THE STRUCTURAL CATEGORIES OF KACHIN GUMSA SOCIETY

PART III. STRUCTURAL VARIABILITY

VI. GUMLAO AND GUMSA

VII. GUMSA AND SHAN

VIII. THE EVIDENCE FROM KACHIN HISTORY

IX. MYTH AS A JUSTIFICATION FOR FACTION AND SOCIAL CHANGE

X. CONCLUSION

APPENDICES

I. Some Documented Cases of Linguistic Change

II. The Hpalang Feud as Officially Reported

III. The Nature of Kachin 'Slavery'

IV. Jinghpaw Kinship Terminology

V. Estimate of 'Shan' and 'Kachin' Population in the Kachin Hills Area

VI. Rainfall: Annual Precipitation in Inches

VII. A Note on the Qualification of the Author

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

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Political systems of Highland Burma : a study of Kachin social structure by E. R. Leach.

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Leach, Edmund Ronald

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Political systems of Highland Burma : a study of Kachin social structure by E. R. Leach.
Leach, Edmund Ronald
London: Athlone Press, 1970, c1964.

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• Kachin (Asian people)

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