TY - BOOK AU - Robinne,François AU - Sadan,Mandy ED - EuroSEAS Conference TI - Social dynamics in the highlands of Southeast Asia: reconsidering Political systems of Highland Burma by E.R. Leach T2 - Handbook of oriental studies. Section 3, Southeast Asia, SN - 9789047420620 AV - DS528.2.K3 E87 2004 U1 - 305.895 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Leiden, the Netherlands PB - Brill KW - Leach, E. R. KW - Leach, Edmund Ronald KW - Leach, Edmund Ronald. KW - Kachin (Asian people) KW - Social life and customs KW - Congresses KW - Politics and government KW - Ahoms (Indic people) KW - Social structure KW - Burma KW - Case studies KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Anthropology KW - Cultural KW - bisacsh KW - Discrimination & Race Relations KW - Minority Studies KW - Politieke stelsels KW - gtt KW - Sociale structuur KW - Kachin KW - Assam KW - Ethnosoziologe KW - gnd KW - Volk KW - Politisches System KW - Soziales System KW - Sozialanthropologie KW - Zuidoost-Azië KW - Oost-Azië KW - Südostasien KW - Birma KW - Laos KW - Yunnan KW - Nordwest KW - Himalaja KW - Ost KW - Kachin KW - swd KW - Highlands of Southeast Asia KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface (François Robinne and Mandy Sadan); List of Contributors; Introduction: Notes on Edmund Leach's analysis of Kachin society and its further applications (F.K.L. Chit Hlaing (F.K. Lehman)); Part One Historical Contexts of E.R. Leach's Fieldwork; The biographical origins of Political Systems of Highland Burma (Robert Anderson); On the continuing relevance of E.R. Leach's Political Systems of Highland Burma to Kachin Studies (Maran La Raw); Translating Gumlau: History, the 'Kachin' and Edmund Leach (Mandy Sadan); Part Two Comparative Approaches in Assam and Laos; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - Drawing on long term fieldwork and research in communities from Assam through to Laos, this book offers a different level of reappraisal of the work of Edmund Leach and offers a significant contribution to the development of a new regional anthropology of Southeast Asia UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=252761 ER -