The golden peninsula: culture and adaptation in mainland Southeast Asia

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keyes, Charles F., Author.

Series:

SHAPS library of Asian studies The golden peninsula

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Southeast Asia.

Ethnology.

Southeast Asia--Social conditions.

Southeast Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] University of Hawaii Press 1995

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE TO THE REPRINT EDITION

CONTENTS

MAPS AND PHOTOGRAPHS

INTRODUCTION THE STUDY OF SOCIOCULTURAL DIVERSITY IN MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA

CHAPTER 1 PRIMITIVE AND TRIBAL WORLDS AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS

Primitive and tribal cultures in Southeast Asian prehistory and history

Types of primitive and tribal systems in mainland Southeast Asia

The Semang of the Malay Peninsula

The Chin of Nothern Burma

The Karens of Burma and Thailand

CHAPTER 2 DEVELOPMENT OF THERAVADA BUDDHIST CIVILIZATION IN MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA

The classic Indianized civilizations

The Tai and the restructuring of Southeast Asian societies

Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia

Theravada Buddhism as a popular religion

Traditional Theravada Buddhist societies and the challenge of colonialism

The impact of Western colonialism on the Theravada Buddhist societies

CHAPTER 3 RURAL LIFE IN THERAVADA BUDDHIST SOCIETIES

Cultural knowledge of Theravada Buddhist villagers

Population and social structure

Ecological adaptation and economic organization

Local communities and the political organization of rural life

Religion, social structure, and rural life

CHAPTER 4 TRADITION AND REVOLUTION IN VIETNAM

Introduction

Traditional society in Vietnam

Cultural traditions and cultural conflict in traditional Vietnam

Vietnam as a colonial society

Vietnam in cultural crisis

War and the two Vietnams

Rural life in Communist Vietnam

Ideology, education, and values in Communist Vietnam

CHAPTER 5 CITIES IN CHANGING SOCIETIES IN MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA

Premodern cities and religiously oriented societies

Colonial cities in plural societies

Political culture and contemporary cities in mainland Southeast Asia

The economic role of cities in contemporary mainland Southeast Asia

Life in contemporary cities in mainland Southeast Asia

APPENDIX A LANGUAGE GROUPINGS IN MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA

APPENDIX B SIZE, DENSITY, URBAN COMPOSITION, AND ETHNIC COMPOSITION OF POPULATIONS IN THE COUNTRIES OF MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-8248-4068-2

0-585-27681-1

OCLC:

1322124479