%0 Book Section
%T Jingpo: Kachin of the Yunnan Plateau
%A Wang, Zhusheng
%B Program for Southeast Asian Studies monograph series
%D 1997
%I Program for Southeast Asian Studies
%C Tempe, Ariz.
%@ 1881044157
%G English
%F ap06-032
%O Zhusheng Wang ; foreword by F.K. Lehman
%O LOC search performed 2/15/11;  pages: 382; ready for analysis 2/15/11;
%O Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-354) and index
%X This book discusses aspects of social change among the Jingpo, a section of ethnic Kachin people living in Yunnan along the Sino-Burmese border. It shows that before the 1949 revolution in China, the Jingpo were quite different from their Han and Dai neighbors in terms of political, economic, and social structure. The revolution altered Jingpo society, but certain important characteristics survived the transformation. One of these includes the continuity of rice cultivation which shaped economic structures and social relations among villagers.
%K Jingpo (Chinese people)
%K Kachin (Asian people)
%K Kachin
%K Rawang
%K Cultural identity and pride
%K Community structure
%K Community heads
%K Real property
%K Form and rules of government
%K Chief executive
%K Status, role, and prestige
%K Settlement patterns
%K Gift giving
%K Prayers and sacrifices
%K Mode of marriage
%K Nuptials
%K Income and demand
%K Standard of living
%K Exchange transactions
%K Household
%K Cereal agriculture
%K Territorial hierarchy
%K Special crops
%K Mythology
%K Classes
%K Revolution
%K Labor supply and employment
%K Cult of the dead
%K Missions
%K Research and development
%K Local officials
%9 bibliographic
%U https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=ap06-032
%P xx, 360
%[ 2022-06-25