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This reappraisal of Political Systems of Highland Burma , the seminal work by E.R. Leach, presents much new material on the highlands of Southeast Asia and its borders from writers with long-term research experience in these areas. The Introduction establishes in detail both the theoretical and regional ethnographic significance of Leach’s work and the chapters to follow. Part One discusses issues relating to Leach’s fieldwork, including the background to his research and issues arising from his fieldwork practice. Part Two presents a variety of engagements with Leach’s theoretical approach, particularly his ideas of socio-political oscillation. This theory is considered in relation to the historical experience of culture contact in Assam and Laos, particularly between Tai and non-Tai groups. Part Three considers once more Leach’s ideas with respect to communities that are, or could be considered, Kachin sub-groups in Burma, Tibet and Yunnan, this time focusing on interpretations of exchange and the notion of ritual language. A discussion of approaches towards the study of transethnicity concludes the work. The book is a significant contribution to the development of a new regional anthropology of Southeast Asia, incorporating material from areas that were, until recently, closed to researchers.

Kachin (Asian people) --- Ahoms (Indic people) --- Social structure --- Kachin (Peuple d'Asie) --- Ahom (Peuple de l'Inde) --- Structure sociale --- Social life and customs --- Politics and government --- Case studies --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Politique et gouvernement --- Cas, Etudes de --- Leach, Edmund Ronald, --- Ahoms (Indic people) -- Social life and customs -- Congresses. --- Kachin (Asian people) -- Politics and government -- Congresses. --- Kachin (Asian people) -- Social life and customs -- Congresses. --- Leach, Edmund Ronald. Political systems of Highland Burma. --- Social structure -- Burma -- Case studies -- Congresses. --- Southeast Asia --- Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East --- History & Archaeology --- Leach, Edmund Ronald. --- Highlands of Southeast Asia --- Burma --- Leach, E. R. --- Organization, Social --- Social organization --- Kam Tai (Indic people) --- Shan (Indic people) --- Tai-Ahoms (Indic people) --- Chingpa (Asian people) --- Chingpaw (Asian people) --- Kachin tribes --- Singphos (Asian people) --- Anthropology --- Sociology --- Social institutions --- Ethnology --- Tai (Southeast Asian people) --- Tibeto-Burman peoples --- Assam. --- Kachin. --- Politieke stelsels. --- Sociale structuur. --- Oost-Azië. --- Zuidoost-Azië. --- Burma. --- Highlands of Southeast Asia.