essay

The post-peasant village in Central Plain Thai society

Change and persistence in Thai society : essays in honor of Lauriston SharpIthaca, N.y.Published In 1975 • Pages: 298-323, 359-379

By: Piker, Steven Isaac.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article presents information on sociocultural change in the village of Ban Qi. Piker presents data on the historical background to modernization, the traditional rural equilibrium in the central plain, and the village of Ban Qi in the twentieth century. The conclusion is that traditional kin-oriented social relationships have been replaced by non-kin relationships as a result of economic change.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Sociocultural trends
Real property
Production and supply
Kin relationships
Kindreds and ramages
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Central Thai
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southeast Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Marlene Martin ; 1985
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1962-1968
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1962-1968
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Community of Ban Qi, Ayuthaya province, Thailand
NotesAdditional notes
by Steven Isaac Piker
Includes bibliographical references (p. 359)
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Thais