Farmers in the Hills
Subtitle: Upland peoples of North Thailand
Edition: Second edition
Series: Asian Folklore and Social Life Monographs
Publisher: The Chinese Association for Folklore, Taipei
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Taipei
Format: Hardcover
Copyright date: 1981
Table of contents: title: ntroduction: Northern Thailand: Hills and Valleys, Hillmen and Lowlanders. Anthony R. Walker (1-17); title: PART ONE. THE SINICIZED HILLMEN: YAO AND MEO; title: Chapter 1. The Yao People: An Introduction. Tan Chee Beng (21-32); title: Chapter 2. The Yao Village of Khun Haeng: Some Impressions. Tan Chee Beng (33-6); title: Chapter 3. The Election of a Yao Headman. Syed Jamal Jaafar (37-40); title: Chapter 4. A Yao Bridge Ceremony. Tan Chee Beng (41-6); title: Chapter 5. The Yao Naming System. Tan Chee Beng (47-53); title: Chapter 6. A Legendary History of the Origin of the Yao People. Tan Chee Beng (55-9); title: Chapter 7. The Meo People: An Introduction. Syed Jamal Jaafar (61-72); title: Chapter 8. Two Blue Meo Communities in North Thailand. Anthony R, Walker (73-9); title: Chapter 9. Meo Death Customs. Tan Chee Beng (81-4); title: PART TWO. THE KAREN: A PEOPLE OF THE THAI-BURMA BORDERLANDS; title: Chapter 10. The Karen People: An Introduction, Mohd. Razha Rashid and Pauline H. Walker (87-95); title: Chapter 11. The Pwo Karen Village of Don Luang: Some Notes and Impressions. Mohd. Razha Rashid (97-100); title: Chapter 12. Karen Swiddening Techniques. Mohd. Razha Rashid (101-07); title: PART THREE. THE TIBETO-BURMAN SPEAKERS: LAHU, LUSU AND AKHA; title: Chapter 13. The Lahu people: An Introduction. Anthony R. Walker (111-26); title: Chapter 14. Ban Luang: A Lahu Ni Village. Anthony R. Walker (127-37); title: Chapter 15. Sheh-kaw Shi-nyi: A Lahu Nyi Agricultural Festival. Anthony R. Walker (139-48); title: Chapter 16. The Lahu Na (Black Lahu) Christian Community at Huai Tadt: Some Notes. Anthony R. Walker (149-55); title: Chapter 17. The Lisu people: An Introduction. Mohd. Razha Rashid and Pauline H. Walker (157-64); title: Chapter 18. The Lisu Village of Mae Pun Naweh. Mohd. Razha Rashid (165-68); title: Chapter 19. The Akha People: An Introduction. Syed Jamal Jaafar and Pauline H. Walker; title: Chapter 20. The Akha Village of Huai San: A Note. Pauline H. Walker (183-6); title: PART FOUR. HILLMEN AND GOVERNMENT; title: Chapter 21. Central Government and "Tribal" Minorities: Thailand and West Malaysia Compared. Tan Chee Beng (189-203); title: Chapter 22. The Zonal Approach to Agricultural Development in North Thailand. Anthony R. Walker and Syed Jamal Jaafar (205-11)