TAI CULTURE

Interdisciplinary Tai Studies Series

Vol. 17: baan-müang: Towards Integrated Tai studies

2 Editorial

Part 1: articles

5 Oliver Raendchen TOWARDS AN APPROACH OF

“INTEGRATED TAI STUDIES”.

“baan-müang Complex Studies” after 10 Years.

19 Jana Raendchen THE SOCIO-POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION OF müang IN THE LIGHT OF
LAO HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS

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focus: Tai in Vietnam

43 Hoang Luong HISTORICAL EVIDENCE AND THE LEGACY OF
THE TRADITIONAL TAI SOCIO-POLITICAL
SYSTEM IN VIETNAM

48 Hoang Luong chiang AND wiang IN THE TRADITIONAL
SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE TAI

54 Nguyen Duy Thieu TRADITIONAL SOCIAL INSTITUTION müang:
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE müang

OF THE THAI AND THE MUONG PEOPLES

71 Ha Van Thu LAND AND RICE FIELDS OF THE TAI IN SÖN LA (North-West Vietnam)

76 Vu Truong Giang TRADITIONAL MEANS OF COMMUNICATION OF

THE TAI IN WEST THANH HOA

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84 Ranee Lertluamsai ORIGINAL AND MULTIPLE MEANINGS OF THE
TERM “MÜANG” IN SHAN (TAI YAI) ETHNIC GROUPS

99 part 2: communications

part 3: original text source

102 Volker Grabowsky, Khamhung Senmany, Bounleuth Sengsoulin

PHÜN VIANG: THE LEGEND OF VIENTIANE AT THE TIMES OF KING ANU

211 Patricia Cheesman TEXTILES AS A MATERIAL LEXICON OF TRIBUTARY RELATIONS IN THE LAO-TAI WORLD