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The closing of the frontier: land pressures and their implications for rural social organization in the Thai central plain
Contributions to Asian studies • 9 • Published In 1976 • Pages: 7-26
By: Piker, Steven Isaac.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper discusses traditional social stratification in Thailand from about 1350-1767 A.D., and then, beginning in the 19th century, with changes in stratification patterns as the result of forces of 'modernization,' both from within the society as well as from without. During Piker's field work 'modernization' processes were well advanced, and changes were dynamic not only in terms of the relationship of the peasant to the broader society as a whole, but also in terms of peasant to peasant relationships. Associated with these changes are those described by the author as the result of population pressure on land ownership in rural Thailand. The major conclusion of the paper '...is that definite patterns of social stratification, predicated upon differential access to the wherewithal for subsistence and the occupational implications thereof, are emerging among villages, whereas previously in Thai history villagers have stood as a single stratum in relationship to the other strata of the society'.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Population
- History
- Cereal agriculture
- Real property
- Production and supply
- Classes
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Central Thai
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- 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
- article
- 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
- John Beierle ; 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
- ca. 1350-1960
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Banoi village, Ayutthya province, Thailand
- NotesAdditional notes
- Steven Piker
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 72622759
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Thais