Skip to main content
ACLS Humanities E-Book
Fulcrum logo

Share the story of what Open Access means to you

a graphic of a lock that is open, the universal logo for open access

University of Michigan needs your feedback to better understand how readers are using openly available ebooks. You can help by taking a short, privacy-friendly survey.

  1. Home
  2. Political systems of Highland Burma: a study of Kachin social structure

Political systems of Highland Burma: a study of Kachin social structure

Edmund Ronald Leach 1970 © Edmund R. Leach
Read Book
ISBN(s)
  • 9780485196443 (paper)
Subject
  • Asian: South and Southeast
Citable Link

  • Table of Contents

  • Reviews

  • Stats

  • Frontmatter
  • PART I. THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING
    • I. INTRODUCTION (page 1)
    • II. THE ECOLOGICAL BACKGROUND OF KACHIN SOCIETY (page 18)
    • III. THE CATEGORIES SHAN AND KACHIN AND THEIR SUBDIVISIONS (page 29)
  • PART II. THE STRUCTURE OF KACHIN GUMSA SOCIETY
    • IV. HPALANG--AN UNSTABLE KACHIN GUMSA COMMUNITY (page 63)
    • V. THE STRUCTURAL CATEGORIES OF KACHIN GUMSA SOCIETY (page 101)
  • 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)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
AANTH 57.2 pt. 1 (Apr. 1955): 362-363 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-7294%28195504%292%3A57%3A2%3C362%3APSOHBA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-2
FEQ 14.2 (Feb. 1955): 284-285 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0363-6917%28195502%2914%3A2%3C284%3APSOHBA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-K
BSOAS 17.2 (1955): 389-932 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0041-977X%281955%2917%3A2%3C389%3APSOHBA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-K
IA 30.4 (Oct. 1954): 529-530 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0020-5850%28195410%2930%3A4%3C529%3APSOHBA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-I
Man 54 (May 1954): 82 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0025-1496%28195405%291%3A54%3C82%3A1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-H
2,219 views since June 21, 2018
ACLS Humanities E-Book logo

ACLS Humanities E-Book

  • About HEB
  • Contact HEB
  • For Librarians
  • Subscriptions

Powered by Fulcrum logo

  • About
  • Blog
  • Feedback
  • Contact
  • Contribute
  • Accessibility
  • Preservation
  • Privacy
  • Terms of Service
  • Log In
© ACLS Humanities E-Book 2020
x This site requires cookies to function correctly.