PART Ⅰ．THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING 1
CHAPTER Ⅰ．INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER Ⅱ．THE ECOLOGICAL BACKGROUND OF KACHIN SOCIETY 18
CHAPTER Ⅲ．THE CATEGORIES SHAN AND KACHIN AND THEIR SUBDIVISIONS 29
PART Ⅱ．THE STRUCTURE OF KACHIN GUMSA SOCIETY 63
CHAPTER Ⅳ．HPALANG－AN UNSTABLE KACHIN GUMSA COMMUNITY 63
CHAPTER Ⅴ．THE STRUCTURAL CATEGORIES OF KACHIN GUMSA SOCIETY 101
Ⅰ．Introduction 101
Ⅱ．Concepts of Territorial Division 108
Ⅲ．Concepts concerning Aggregates of Persons 125
Ⅳ．Concepts of Affinal Relationship and Incest 136
Ⅴ．Concepts of Property and Ownership 141
Ⅵ．Concepts of Rank and Class 159
Ⅶ．Concepts of the Supernatural 172
Ⅷ．Concepts of Authority：Political and Religious Office 182
PART Ⅲ．STRUCTURAL VARIABILITY 197
CHAPTER Ⅵ．GUMLAO AND GUMSA 197
CHAPTER Ⅶ．GUMSA AND SHAN 213
CHAPTER Ⅷ．THE EVIDENCE FROM KACHIN HISTORY 227
CHAPTER Ⅸ．MYTH AS A JUSTIFICATION FOR FACTION AND SOCIAL CHANGE 264
CHAPTER Ⅹ．CONCLUSION 279
APPENDICES 293
Ⅰ．Some Documented Cases of Linguistic Change 293
Ⅱ．The Hpalang Feud as Officially Reported 298
Ⅲ．The Nature of Kachin ＇Slavery＇ 299
Ⅳ．Jinghpaw Kinship Terminology 304
Ⅴ．Estimate of ＇Shan＇ and ＇Kachin＇ Population in the Kachin Hills Area 309
Ⅵ．Rainfall：Annual Precipitation in Inches 310
Ⅶ．A Note on the Qualifications of the Author 311
BIBLIOGRAPHY 313
INDEX 319