The Palaung in northern Thailand / Michael C. Howard and Wattana Wattanapun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howard, Michael C.

Contributor:

Watthana Watthanāphan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palaung (Burmese people)--Thailand, Northern.

Refugees--Thailand, Northern.

Refugees--Burma--Shan State.

Ethnology--Thailand, Northern.

Economic conditions.

Social conditions.

Ethnology.

Refugees.

Palaung (Burmese people).

Thailand, Northern--Social conditions--20th century.

Thailand, Northern--Economic conditions--20th century.

Northern Thailand.

Burma--Shan State.

Physical Description:

iii, 114 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Chiang Mai, Thailand : Silkworm Books, 2001.

Summary:

Today over 2000 Palaung--a group of mountain peoples speaking Mon-Khmer--live in a handful of villages north of Chiang Mai in Thailand. They fled from Burma in the 1980s to escape the fighting between communist insurgents and Burmese army troops. Though granted sanctuary, in the late 1990s many of the Palaung in Thailand found themselves involved in a new conflict over land use in northern Thailand's environmentally degraded highlands. This is the first book written on the Palaung in Thailand, a compelling collaborative effort by anthropologist Michael Howard and Thai artist Wattana Wattanapun. They introduce the Palaung culture and way of life, telling the story of the Palaung's flight from Burma and settlement in Thailand. Howard's photographs and Wattana's drawings enliven the account.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-109) and index.

ISBN:

9748832511

OCLC:

49516239