Political systems of Highland Burma: a study of Kachin social structure

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Foreword -- Introductory Note to the 1964 Reprint -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Maps -- Diagrams -- PART I. THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. THE ECOLOGICAL BACKGROUND OF KACHIN SOCIETY -- III. THE CATEGORIES SHAN AND KACHIN AND THEIR SUB-DIVISIONS -- PART II. THE STRUCTURE OF KACHIN GUMSA SOCIETY -- IV. HPALANG-AN UNSTABLE KACHIN GUMSA COMMUNITY -- V. THE STRUCTURAL CATEGORIES OF KACHIN GUMSA SOCIETY -- I. Introduction -- II. Concepts of Territorial Division -- III. Concepts concerning Aggregates of Persons -- IV. Concepts of Affinal Relationship and Incest -- V. Concepts of Property and Ownership -- VI. Concepts of Rank and Class -- VII. Concepts of the Supernatural -- VIII. Concepts of Authority: Political and Religious Office -- PART III. STRUCTURAL VARIABILITY -- VI. GUMLAO AND GUMSA -- VII. GUMSA AND SHAN -- VIII. THE EVIDENCE FROM KACHIN HISTORY -- IX. MYTH AS A JUSTIFICATION FOR FACTION AND SOCIAL CHANGE -- X. CONCLUSION -- APPENDICES -- I. Some Documented Cases of Linguistic Change -- II. The Hpalang Feud as Officially Reported -- III. The Nature of Kachin 'Slavery' -- IV. Jinghpaw Kinship Terminology -- V. Estimate of 'Shan' and 'Kachin' Population in the Kachin Hills Area -- VI. Rainfall: Annual Precipitation in Inches -- VII. A Note on the Qualifications of the Author -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.