Book
People in the middle: the Rhade of South Viet Nam
Michigan State University • East Lansing, Mich. • Published In 1962 • Pages:
By: Donoghue, John D., Whitney, Daniel D., Ishino, Iwao.
Abstract
Fieldwork for this study coincided with fierce competition between the North Vietnamese-supported Viet Cong insurgents and the United States-backed Republic of Vietnam to win the support of the Rhade. The principal goal of the study was to assist the joint United States–South Vietnamese effort by providing a comprehensive description of the social organization, administrative structure, kinship system, economic organization, and belief system of the Rhade. The results emphasized the persistence of slash-and-burn cultivation as the mainstay of the Rhade economy, and the centrality of women’s roles in descent reckoning, spouse selection, and property inheritance.
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2016
- Field Date
- 1961-1962
- Coverage Date
- 1956-1962
- Coverage Place
- Buôn Kô Sir (Ko-Sier), Đắk Lắk (Darlac), Vietnam
- Notes
- John D. Donoghue ; Daniel D. Whitney ; Iwao Ishino
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 111)
- LCSH
- Rhade (Vietnamese people)