CSAC MONOGRAPHS 5
South-East Asia Series
Hua Kok: Social Organization in North-Central Thailand
Jeremy Kemp
Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing
and the Centre of South-East Asian Studies
University of Kent at Canterbury
1992
Table of Contents
- Preface vii
- Acknowledgements xi
- The transliteration of Thai words xii
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- CHAPTER ONE: SOCIAL ORGANISATION 1
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- Hua Kok - A Unit in Social Space? 1
- Alternative Modes of Study 3
- Hua Kok and Rural Thai Society 3
- Community 4
- Social Organisation and Social Structure 6
- Social Boundaries 8
- Organisation - Dyads, Networks and Spheres of Activity 10
- Loosely Structures Social Systems 12
- Notes 13
- CHAPTER TWO: NATION AND LOCALITY 16
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- THE NATIONAL CONTEXT 16
- Traditional Government and Administration 16
- Changes in Government and Administration 19
- Religion 21
- THE RESEARCH AREA 23
- Environment and Agriculture 23
- Demography 25
- Phitsanulok 26
- Wang Thong District and Town 27
- Hua Kok 29
- The History of Hua Kok: A Conjectural Reconstruction 33
- Bang Saphan and Wang Phom 36
- Notes 37
- CHAPTER THREE: KIN LINKS AND LABELS 40
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- Kinship Linkage and the Growth of Hua Kok 41
- Systems of Address and Reference 42
- Kin Terms 46
- Affinal Terms 49
- The Figurative Use of Kin Terminology 51
- Conclusion 52
- Notes 54
- CHAPTER FOUR: MARRIAGE 56
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- Locality and Marriage 56
- Marriage Rules 57
- Marriage Ceremonies 59
- Marriage Payments 63
- Tradition and Change 64
- Divorce, Polygyny and Illegitimacy 67
- Marriage Residence 70
- Conclusion 75
- Notes 76
- CHAPTER FIVE: FAMILY, HOUSEHOLD AND SOCIAL ORGANISATION 80
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- Domestic Organisation 81
- Household Membership 85
- Family Structure and Organisation 87
- Devolution 95
- Conclusion 105
- Notes 105
- CHAPTER SIX: RURAL ECONOMY 108
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- Economic Pursuits 110
- The Agricultural Cycle 112
- Rice 112
- Maize and Beans 115
- Conclusion 115
- Land and Land Tenure 116
- Ownership 119
- Renting 123
- Allocation of Usufruct 125
- Sale of Land 126
- Conclusion 127
- Notes 127
- CHAPTER SEVEN: THE SOCIAL ORGANISATION OF PRODUCTION 130
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- Work Parties 132
- Wage-labour and Tractor Hire 136
- Marketing 137
- Rice Processing 140
- Options and Preferences 141
- Agricultural Credit and Development 142
- Economic and Social Change 145
- Notes 146
- CHAPTER EIGHT: POLITICAL ORGANISATION 148
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- District, Commune and Village 149
- The Village Headman 152
- Elections 152
- Headman roles 153
- Headman and Village 155
- Disputes 158
- Villagers and Officials 164
- Notes 167
- CHAPTER NINE: RELIGION AND RITUAL 169
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- Buddhism and Hua Kok 171
- Manipulating the Supernatural 182
- Sanctions 187
- Notes 190
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- CHAPTER TEN: ORGANISATION, PROCESS AND CONTROL 192
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- Notes 201
- BIBLIOGRAPHY 203
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- MAPS
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- map 1: Map of Thailand with Phitsanulok and surrounding provinces 24
- map 2: Hua Kok and neighbouring settlements 28
- map 3: Hua Kok 30
- FIGURES
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- figure 1: Hua Kok estimated population and age distribution 32
- figure 2: Simplified genealogy illustrating kinship linkages back
- between households cover
- figure 3: Age and sexual differentiation among kin: primary terms only 43
- figure 4: Kin terms: formal genealogical structure 44
- figure 5: Genealogical relationships and the manipulation of kin terms 48
- TABLES
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- table 1: Population percentages for all religions 21
- table 2: Marriage patterns of Hua Kok residents 57
- table 3: The termination of marriage 68
- table 4: Initial marriage and residence patterns of couples in Hua Kok 71
- table 5: Initial marriage residence classified according to first or
- subsequent marriages 71
- table 6: Couples and the existing pattern of marriage residence in Hua Kok 75 table 7: The size and distribution of household membership 81
- table 8: Farming: area cultivated per household 116
- table 9: Farming: area cultivated per farm 117
- table 10: Tenure patterns (agricultural land od faring households) 118
- table 11: Tenure and area farmed per household 118
- table 12: Agricultural land owned per household 118
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