The Golden Peninsula: Culture and Adaptation in Mainland Southeast Asia

Charles F. Keyes

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The Golden Peninsula

Culture and Adaptation in Mainland Southeast Asia

Charles F. Keyes

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1995

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
PREFACE TO THE REPRINT EDITION Publicly Available Download PDF	V
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
MAPS AND PHOTOGRAPHS Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
INTRODUCTION THE STUDY OF SOCIOCULTURAL DIVERSITY IN MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
CHAPTER 1 PRIMITIVE AND TRIBAL WORLDS AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS
Primitive and tribal cultures in Southeast Asian prehistory and history Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	13
Types of primitive and tribal systems in mainland Southeast Asia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	26
The Semang of the Malay Peninsula Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	32
The Chin of Nothern Burma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	38
The Karens of Burma and Thailand Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	49
CHAPTER 2 DEVELOPMENT OF THERAVADA BUDDHIST CIVILIZATION IN MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA
The classic Indianized civilizations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	65
The Tai and the restructuring of Southeast Asian societies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	74
Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	78
Theravada Buddhism as a popular religion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	82
Traditional Theravada Buddhist societies and the challenge of colonialism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	90
The impact of Western colonialism on the Theravada Buddhist societies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	96
CHAPTER 3 RURAL LIFE IN THERAVADA BUDDHIST SOCIETIES
Cultural knowledge of Theravada Buddhist villagers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	113
Population and social structure Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	126
Ecological adaptation and economic organization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	136
Local communities and the political organization of rural life Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	151
Religion, social structure, and rural life Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	158
CHAPTER 4 TRADITION AND REVOLUTION IN VIETNAM
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	181
Traditional society in Vietnam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	182
Cultural traditions and cultural conflict in traditional Vietnam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	194
Vietnam as a colonial society Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	202
Vietnam in cultural crisis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	214
War and the two Vietnams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	224
Rural life in Communist Vietnam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	231
Ideology, education, and values in Communist Vietnam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	241
CHAPTER 5 CITIES IN CHANGING SOCIETIES IN MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA
Premodern cities and religiously oriented societies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	259
Colonial cities in plural societies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	272
Political culture and contemporary cities in mainland Southeast Asia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	282
The economic role of cities in contemporary mainland Southeast Asia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	299
Life in contemporary cities in mainland Southeast Asia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	314
APPENDIX A LANGUAGE GROUPINGS IN MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	339
APPENDIX B SIZE, DENSITY, URBAN COMPOSITION, AND ETHNIC COMPOSITION OF POPULATIONS IN THE COUNTRIES OF MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	343
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	347

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