Change and persistence in Thai society : essays in honor of Lauriston Sharp / edited by G. William Skinner and A. Thomas Kirsch - Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell University Press, 1975 - 386 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Introduction.--Note on transcription.--Griswold, A. B. and Prasert Na Nagara. On kingship and society at Sukhodaya.--Akin Rabibhadana. Clientship and class structure in the early Bangkok period.--Wyatt, D. K. Education and the modernization of Thai society.--Moerman, M. Chiangkham's trade in the'old days'.--Kirsch, A. T. Economy, polity, and religion in Thailand.--Hanks, L. M. The Thai social order as entourage and circle.--Ingersoll, J. Merit and identity in village Thailand.--Condominas, G. Phiban cults in rural Laos.--Keyes, C. F. Kin groups in a Thai-Lao community.--Piker, S. The post-peasant village in central plain Thai society.--Phillips, H. P. The culture of Siamese intellectuals.

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