Farmers in the Hills: Ethnographic Notes on the Upland Peoples of North Thailand
Subtitle: Ethnographic notes on the upland peoples of North Thailand
Publisher: Suvarnabhumi Books, Singapore
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Singapore
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Copyright date: 1986
Subjects: Ethnology—North Thailand, Ethnic minorities; Government and ethnic minorities; opium production and use; Hill peoples; Yao, Meo, Karen, Lahu, Lisu, Akha
Genres: Ethnology
Table of contents: title: Preface, v; title: Acknowledgements, vii; title: List of Maps, ix; title: List of Diagrams, xi; title: List of Plates, xi; title: Introduction: Hills and Valleys, Hillmen and Lowlanders, Anthony R. Walker, 1; title: Part One: The Sinicized Hillmen: Yao and Meo; title: 1. The Yao People, Tan Chee Beng, 21; title: 2. The Yao Village of Khun Haeng: Some Impressions, Tan Chee Beng, 33; title: 3. The Election of a Yao Headman, Syed Jamal Jaafar, 37; title: 4. A Yao Bridge Ceremony, Tan Chee Beng, 41; title: 5. The Yao Naming System, Tan Chee Beng, 47; title: 6. A Legendary History of the Origin of the Yao People, Tan Chee Beng, 55; title: 7. The Meo Poeple, Syed Jamal Jaafar, 61; title: 8. Two Blue Meo Communities in North Thailand, Anthony R. Walker, 73; title: 9. Meo Death Customs. Tan Chee Beng, 81; title: Part Two: The Karen: A People of the Thai-Burma Borderlands; title: 10. The Karen People: An Introduction, Mohd. Razha Rashid & Pauline H. Walker,  87; title: 11. The Pwo Karen Village of Dong Luang: Some Notes and Impressions. Mohd. Razha             Rashid, 97; title: 12. Karen Swiddening Techniques, Mohd. Razha Rashid, 101; title: Part Three: The Tibeto-Burman Speakers: Lahu, Lisu and Akha; title: 13. The Lahu People: An Introduction, Anthony R. Walker, 111; title: 14. Ban Luang: A Lahu Nyi Villagew. Anthony R. Walker, 127; title: 15. Sheh-kaw Shi-nyi: A Lahu Nyi Agricultural Festival, Anthony R. Walker, 139; title: 16. The Lahu Na (Black Lahu) Christian Community at Huai Tadt: Some Notes, Anthony R. Walker, 149; title: 17. The Lisu People: An Introduction, Mohd. Razha Rashid & Pauline H. Walker, 157; title: 18. The Lisu Village of MaePun Naweh, Mohd. Razha Rashid, 165; title: 19. The Akha People: An Introduction, Syed Jamal Jaafar & Anthony R. Walker, 169; title: 20. The Akha Village of Huai San: A Note, Pauline H. Walker, 183; title: Part Four: Hillmen and Government; title: 21. Central Government and "Tribal" Minorities: Thailand and West Malaysia Compared, Tan Chee Beng, 189; title: 22. The Zonal Approach to Agricultural Development in North Thailand, Anthony R. Walker & Syed Jamal Jaafar, 205