Social dynamics in the highlands of Southeast Asia reconsidering Political systems of Highland Burma by E.R. Leach
Drawing on long term fieldwork and research in communities from Assam through to Laos, this book offers a different level of reappraisal of the work of Edmund Leach and offers a significant contribution to the development of a new regional anthropology of Southeast Asia.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden, the Netherlands :
Brill
2007.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Handbook of Oriental studies. Section 3, Southeast Asia ; v. 18. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31526251*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface (François Robinne and Mandy Sadan); List of Contributors; Introduction: Notes on Edmund Leach's analysis of Kachin society and its further applications (F.K.L. Chit Hlaing (F.K. Lehman)); Part One Historical Contexts of E.R. Leach's Fieldwork; The biographical origins of Political Systems of Highland Burma (Robert Anderson); On the continuing relevance of E.R. Leach's Political Systems of Highland Burma to Kachin Studies (Maran La Raw); Translating Gumlau: History, the 'Kachin' and Edmund Leach (Mandy Sadan); Part Two Comparative Approaches in Assam and Laos.
