TY - BOOK AU - Skinner,G.W. AU - Kirsch,A.Thomas TI - Change and persistence in Thai society: essays in honor of Lauriston Sharp SN - 0801408601 PY - 1975/// CY - Ithaca, N.Y. PB - Cornell University Press KW - Social classes KW - Thailand KW - History KW - Ethnology KW - Asia, Southeastern KW - Social conditions N1 - Introduction.--Note on transcription.--Griswold, A. B. and Prasert Na Nagara. On kingship and society at Sukhodaya.--Akin Rabibhadana. Clientship and class structure in the early Bangkok period.--Wyatt, D. K. Education and the modernization of Thai society.--Moerman, M. Chiangkham's trade in the'old days'.--Kirsch, A. T. Economy, polity, and religion in Thailand.--Hanks, L. M. The Thai social order as entourage and circle.--Ingersoll, J. Merit and identity in village Thailand.--Condominas, G. Phiban cults in rural Laos.--Keyes, C. F. Kin groups in a Thai-Lao community.--Piker, S. The post-peasant village in central plain Thai society.--Phillips, H. P. The culture of Siamese intellectuals ER -