Peasant and Nation: A Thai-Lao Village in a Thai State

abbot administrative Amphoe average baht Ban Khwao Ban Nong Tyn Bangkok Buddhist Cangwat cash income cent Central Plains central Thai ceremony Chinese community development worker context cultural dialect district officer economic ethnic expenditures headman household huamyang important Isan language Isan region Isan village kamnan kenaf Khonkaen Khorat Khorat Plateau King kingdom literacy living Luang Prabang Maekhong Mahasarakham major male mass media messages middlemen migrants molam Mongkut monkhood monks muban national groups national networks national system noise Nonetheless Nọng Nong Tyn villagers Northeast northeastern Thailand northeastern villages officials paddy Pathet Lao patterns peasant community political population primarily primary education produce province radio religious representatives Rgi-et role Sangha Sarit school teachers social structure Table tambon center Tambon Khwao taxes teaching Thai government Thai language Thai villages Thai-Lao villagers Therevada Total town traditional types Ubon urban Vientiane village school villager's