editorial
article
Cholthira Satyawadhna: ETHNIC INTER-RELATIONSHIPS IN THE
HISTORY OF LANNA: RECONSIDERING THE LWA POLE IN THE LANNA SCENARIO (p. 6)
Serge Genest: CULTURE AND THE TRANSFER OF BIOMEDICAL KNOWLEDGE: DOCTOR-PATIENT
RELATIONS AND BIOMEDICAL POWER IN CHIANG MAI (THAILAND) (p. 30)
Jean Berlie: TAI NÜA IN LAOS AND YUNNAN (CHINA).
Tai-Lao and Dai. (p. 46)
Stephen Sparkes: CALLING THE "LIFE ESSENCE" OF A MITSUBISHI PICK-UP.
Exploring Conceptual Space in Isan Ritual. (p. 57)
Barend Jan Terwiel: EARLY AYUTTHAYA, TRADE AND EVIDENCE OF AN EPIDEMIC (p. 72)
Alexander Horstmann: LIFESTYLING AS EMPOWERMENT: STRATEGIES OF
SOCIAL ACTORS IN TIME AND SPACE (p. 74)
Manfred Kummer: SIITHANONCHAI - Ein Thailändisches Volksbuch (p. 88)
translation
Oliver Raendchen: SIANG MIANG (1st and 18th stories) (p. 95)
conference report
John Hartman: 30th International Conference of Sino-Tibetan
Language and Linguistics (p. 105)
short report
ASIA-PACIFIC-WEEKS in Berlin, September 15 - October 15, 1997 (p. 107)
Jana Raendchen: "MUSIC IS HARMONY" - A Thai Concept of Education:
The St. Dominic Symphonic Wind Band (Bangkok) (p. 117)
historical text
DIE SIAMESISCHE HOFTHEATER-TRUPPE.
Zum ersten Male in Europa. (p. 126)
Kontsri Subamonkala: LA THAILANDE ET SES RELATIONS
AVEC LA FRANCE (III) (p. 132)
portrait
Project on the Social and Cultural History of the Tai Peoples,
Chulalongkorn University (p. 146)
book review