Book
Burma
Sampson Low, Marston and Company • London • Published In 1901 • Pages:
By: Ferrars, Max, Ferrars, Bertha.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a well-known general description of Burma and the Burmese. The first chapter sketches the cultural history and setting of Burma and the next four deal with the life-cycle, ending with a valuable chapter on trades and professions; this last is one of the best sources on Burmese material culture including social and technical aspects. The subsequent chapters are somewhat superficial, although the paragraphs on the Chinese are more thorough and have data otherwise unavailable. The chapters on Burmese political organization and on religious, funereal and recreational culture are uneven and, although these matters are more adequately covered elsewhere in the AP04 Burma File, the data on royalty is useful. The source is chiefly remarkable for a wealth of photographs on all topics. These are unequalled in the literature. Useful appendices include those on a chronology of Burmese history, weights, measures and time, and on transliteration from the Burmese. The many transliterations in the text are supplemented by a map with place names given in transliteration rather than in anglicized form. The authors have travelled in Burma and have been associated with the Southeast Asian ethnological expert, R. Heine-Geldern, in their native Germany.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Chief executive
- History
- Sacred objects and places
- Medium of exchange
- Puberty and initiation
- Internal trade
- Occupational specialization
- Techniques of socialization
- Childhood activities
- Prophets and ascetics
- Organized ceremonial
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Sacred objects and places
- Burial practices and funerals
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Burmans
- 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.
- 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
- F. K. Lehman ; 1956 ; Teferi A. Adem; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1890
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1890-1901
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Burma
- NotesAdditional notes
- Max and Bertha Ferrars
- Photographs are frequently out of context with the accompanying page text and have, in such cases, been marked with bracketed categories.
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 01000643
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Burmese
- Ethnology--India--Burma
- Burma