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The Karens of BurmaBook 1945 • Marshall, Harry Ignatius
Karen • Asia > Southeast Asia
This is the eighth of a series prepared in India, by and for the British government, in connection with World War II dislocations in Burma. This number concerns itself with the Karen ethnic groups ('tribe') of Burma; their culture, their relations wi...The Karen people of BurmaBook 1922 • Marshall, Harry Ignatius
Karen • Asia > Southeast Asia
Despite the subtitle, this work is not a thorough ethnography, because as the author states, 'the notes were collected at such intervals as could be taken from my labors as a district missionary.' A large portion of the text is devoted to mythology a...