Ritual, Power, and Economy : Upland Lowland Contrasts in Mainland Southeast Asia (Occasional Paper, No 14)

Introduction : Transformations In Ritual And Economy In Upland And Lowland Southeast Asia / Mark R. Woodward And Susan D. Russell -- Cultural Notes On Trade And The Tai / Richard A. O'conor -- Power And Its Shan Transformations / Nicola Tannenbaum -- Internal Inflationary Pressures In The Prestige Economy Of The Feast Of Merit Complex : The Chin And Kachin Cases From Upper Burma / F.k. Lehman -- Lisu Ritual, Economics, And Ideology / E. Paul Durrenberger -- Economy, Polity, And Cosmology In The Ao Naga Mithan Feast / Mark R. Woodward. Susan D. Russell, Editor. Many Of The Papers In This Volume Were Presented At The Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute Conference At Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Ill., July 31-aug. 2, 1986--p. Iv. Includes Bibliographical References.