Book
Pwo Karen: at the edge of mountain and plain
West Pub. Co. • St. Paul • Published In 1976 • Pages: xxiii, 354
By: Hamilton, James W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study is concerned with a before-and-after analysis of the Pwo Karen of northern Thailand. The focus is on the social structure, economic organization, and culture change due to natural and cultural variations within the environment. In so doing, the author asking the following: What are the adaptive processes whereby an ethnic culture becomes incorporated within a state as the state expands into local cultures? It shows the increasing dependence of the Karen upon Thai markets, which has caused some loss of cultural autonomy. Many Thai elements are being incorporated into the Karen view and way of life as a direct result of this dependence.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Community structure
- Community heads
- Territorial hierarchy
- Inter-ethnic relations
- External relations
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Internal trade
- Exchange transactions
- Labor supply and employment
- Settlement patterns
- Cereal agriculture
- Buying and selling
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Inter-community relations
- Labor relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Karen
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1959-1969
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1826-1976
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ban Hong village, Lamphun province, Northern region, Thailand
- NotesAdditional notes
- James W. Hamilton
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-350) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75044046
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Pwo Karen (Southeast Asian people)