Table of Contents
- Frontmatter
- PART I. THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING
- PART II. THE STRUCTURE OF KACHIN GUMSA SOCIETY
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PART III. STRUCTURAL VARIABILITY
- VI. GUMLAO AND GUMSA (page 197)
- VII. GUMSA AND SHAN (page 213)
- VIII. THE EVIDENCE FROM KACHIN HISTORY (page 227)
- IX. MYTH AS A JUSTIFICATION FOR FACTION AND SOCIAL CHANGE (page 264)
- X. CONCLUSION (page 279)
- I. Some Documented Cases of Linguistic Change (page 293)
- II. The Hpalang Feud as Officially Reported (page 298)
- III. The Nature of Kachin 'Slavery' (page 299)
- IV. Jinghpaw Kinship Terminology (page 304)
- V. Estimate of 'Shan' and 'Kachin' Population in the Kachin Hills Area (page 309)
- VI. Rainfall: Annual Precipitation in Inches (page 310)
- VII. A Note on the Qualification of the Author (page 311)
- BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 313)
- INDEX (page 319)