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Toward a basis for understanding the minorities in Burmaessay 1967 • Maran, La Raw
Kachin • Asia > Southeast Asia
This document discusses the problems of ethnic relations in Burma. The most important of these problems is the emergence of a politically dominant ethnic Burmese group that systematically marginalized minority ethnic groups following Burma's independ...On the continuing relevance of E. R. Leach's Political systems of Highland Burma to Kachin studiesessay 2007 • Maran, La Raw
Kachin • Asia > Southeast Asia
This document, by indigenous Kachin professional anthropologist, discusses the continuing relevance of E. R. Leach's book Political Systems of Highland Burma to Kachin studies. It shows that the book had serious weaknesses and misunderstandings which...