ISBN:
9781501715129
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9781501715112
Language:
English
Pages:
xxxi, 331 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Ebihara, May, author Svay
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Ebihara, May, 1934 - 2005 Svay
DDC:
959.604
Keywords:
Khmers
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Village communities
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Svay Riĕng (Cambodia) Social life and customs
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Svay Riĕng (Cambodia) History 20th century
;
Provinz Svay Rieng
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Khmer
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Landleben
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Sozialstruktur
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Geschichte 1959-1960
Abstract:
"May Mayko Ebihara (1934-2005) was the first American anthropologist to conduct ethnographic research in Cambodia. Provides a remarkably detailed picture of individual villagers and of Khmer social structure and kinship, agriculture, politics, and religion. The world Ebihara described would soon be shattered by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge. Fifty percent of the villagers perished in the reign of terror, including those who had been Ebihara's adoptive parents and grandparents during her fieldwork. Never before published as a book, Ebihara's dissertation served as the foundation for much of our subsequent understanding of Cambodian history, society, and politics"--
Note:
Originally presented as author's thesis (Ph.D)--Columbia University, 1971
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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