| Description |
1 online resource (lii, 331 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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text file |
| Series |
Handbook of oriental studies. Section 3, Southeast Asia,
0169-9571 ;
v. 18
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Handbuch der Orientalistik. Dritte Abteilung, Südostasien ; 18. Bd.
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| Note |
"This volume originated from a panel ... which was organised for the EUROSEAS Conference, held at the Sorbonne University, Paris, in September 2004"--Preface. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
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| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Leach, E. R. (Edmund Ronald), 1910-1989. Political systems of Highland Burma -- Congresses.
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Leach, Edmund Ronald. Political systems of Highland Burma -- Congresses. |
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Leach, Edmund Ronald. |
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Leach, Edmund Ronald, 1910-1989. |
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Kachin (Asian people) -- Social life and customs -- Congresses.
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Kachin (Asian people) -- Social life and customs. |
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Kachin (Asian people) |
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Kachin (Asian people) -- Politics and government -- Congresses.
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Politics and government. |
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Ahoms (Indic people) -- Social life and customs -- Congresses.
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Ahoms (Indic people) -- Social life and customs. |
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Ahoms (Indic people) |
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Social structure -- Burma -- Case studies -- Congresses.
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Social structure. |
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Burma. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Indexed Term |
Highlands of Southeast Asia |
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Burma |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Robinne, François.
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Sadan, Mandy.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: EUROSEAS Conference (2004 : Paris). Social dynamics in the highlands of Southeast Asia. Leiden, the Netherlands : Brill, 2007 (DLC) 2007298875 (OCoLC)141384090 |
| ISBN |
9789047420620 (electronic book) |
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9047420624 (electronic book) |
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9789004160347 (hardback) |
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9004160345 (hardback) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/ej.9789004160347.i-331 |
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