Editorial
Introductory Guest Editors' note
VALUES, PERSPECTIVES AND DIRECTIONS OF THE PROJECT (p. 7)
research articles
of the Project on the "Social and Cultural History of the Tai Peoples"
Chatthip Nartsupha & Ranoo Wichasin: THE STATE OF
KNOWLEDGE OF AHOM HISTORY (p. 16)
Ranee Lertluamsai: FAA-KHWAN-MÜANG: THE WORLDVIEW OF THE
ANCIENT TAI. A STUDY OF THE TAI AHOM DOCUMENTS (p. 48)
Yos Santasombat: KINSHIP AND MARRIAGE IN DAIKONG (p. 61)
Suwit Theerasasawat: TRADING AND COMMERCE OF THE LAOTIAN
PEOPLE IN THE MEKONG RIVER BASIN FROM THE TIME OF INDEPENDENCE TO
1975.(p. 92)
Ratanaporn Sethakul: LAN NA HISTORY IN THE LÜ CHRONICLES (p. 112)
international conference paper
Cholthira Satyawadhna: FOLK WISDOM, SPIRIT CULTS, AND
POWER CHANGE OF THE LUA AND MUANG AT THE BOO
KLUEA SALT MINE OF NAN PROVINCE (p. 121)
international conference report
Yukio Hayashi & Yoko Hayami: INTERNATIONAL CO-WORKSHOP
ON THE PROJECTS "Inter-Ethnic Relations in the Making of Mainland
Southeast Asia", Center for Southeast Asian Studies (Kyoto University) and
"Social and Cultural History of the Tai Peoples" (Chulalongkorn University) (p. 143)
book review
"Hundred Best Thai Books of the Past Hundred Years" Project (p. 147)
30 ETHNIC GROUPS IN CHIANG RAI (p. 154)
KAALEE MAAN TAI (p. 158)
HISTORY OF TERMS: SIAM, THAI, LAO, KHOM, AND THE SOCIETAL
CHARACTERISTICS OF THESE ETHNONYMS (p. 165)