INTRODUCTION
THE STUDY OF SOCIOCULTURAL DIVERSITY IN MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA 1
CHAPTER 1: PRIMITIVE AND TRIBAL WORLDS AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS 13
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 65
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 181
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 259
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 339
APPENDIX B: SIZE, DENSITY, URBAN COMPOSITION, AND ETHNIC COMPOSITION OF POPULATIONS IN THE COUNTRIES OF
MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA 343
INDEX 347
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