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Svay a Khmer village in Cambodia May Mayko Ebihara ; edited by Andrew Mertha ; with an introduction by Judy Ledgerwood.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Ithaca, New York Southeast Asia Program Publications 2018.Description: 331 pages illustrations 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781501714801 (pdf
  • 9781501714719 (epub/​mobi
  • 9781501715112 (hardback
  • 9781501715129 (paper
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 959.604 EBI
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction ch. 2 Cambodia as a Whole ch. 3 Village Svay: The Setting and Social Structure ch. 4 Economic Organization ch. 5 Religion ch. 6 The Life Cycle ch. 7 Political Organization ch. 8 Relations of the Village with the Surrounding World ch. 9 Conclusion.
Summary: "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"

Originally presented as author's thesis (Ph.D)--Columbia University, 1971.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction ch. 2 Cambodia as a Whole ch. 3 Village Svay: The Setting and Social Structure ch. 4 Economic Organization ch. 5 Religion ch. 6 The Life Cycle ch. 7 Political Organization ch. 8 Relations of the Village with the Surrounding World ch. 9 Conclusion.

"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"

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