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Tadagale: A Burmese village in 1950Book 1954 • Brant, Charles S.
Burmans • Asia > Southeast Asia
This is a short report on some data from a field study in a village near Rangoon in 1950, done by an anthropologist in connection with the Cornell University Southeast Asia Program. It was intended to do a full scale field study of a 'representative'...Burmese kinship and the life cyclearticle 1951 • Brant, Charles S. & Mi Mi Khaing
Burmans • Asia > Southeast Asia
This brief but detailed article was written jointly by an ethnologist and a native of Burma. In the first portion of the paper, a list of kinship terms is given, and two charts presented. A description of family life follows, along with a statement o...Ralik-Ratak (Marshall Islands)Book 1938 • Krämer, Augustin et al.
Marshallese • Oceania > Micronesia
This source, by two ethnologists, is a general survey of Marshallese culture. A long portion of the work is devoted to the history of the area, and the geography of the islands. There are sections dealing with material culture, social structure, econ...