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• Preliminary Pages
• Foreword
• Abstract
• Acknowledgements
• Note on Transcription

1. Introduction
2. Settlement History, Headmanship, and the Lord of the Water, Lord of the Land
3. Kinship, Marriage, and Domestic Social Organisation
4. Village Organisation and the Sociology of Production and Consumption
5. The Economy of Palokhi: Subsistence in a Regional Context
6. Agricultural Rituals: The Ceremonial Cycle in Palokhi
7. Conclusion: Cultural Reproduction and the Maintenance of Identity

• Appendix A. The ‘Au’ Ma Xae Ritual
• Appendix B. Labour Expended on Agricultural Activities and Co—Operative Labour Exchanges in Palokhi (21 January 1981 – 31 December 1981)
• Appendix C. A Note on Work and Wage Work in Palokhi
• Appendix D. Swidden Cultivation in Palokhi
• Appendix E. Crops Grown in Palokhi Swiddens
• Appendix F. Wet-Rice Cultivation in Palokhi
• Appendix G. The Agistment of Buffaloes and Cattle in Palokhi
• Appendix H. Examples of Household Budgets in Palokhi
• Appendix I. The Origin of the Karen: An “Official” History
• Bibliography