Lendle

This digital book is annotated with a bibliography on select works associated with the history of Burma (added 2011).

Published 1920.


CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION
II. THEIR ORIGIN, LANGUAGE, AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
III. SOME OF THEIR NATIONAL CUSTOMS
IV. THEIR AGRICULTURE: PEE BEE YAW, THE GODDESS OF THE HARVEST
V. THEIR FOLK-LORE: ONE OF THEIR SATIRICAL TRADITIONS
VI. SOME OF THEIR FIRESIDE STORIES
VII. SOME OF THEIR NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
VIII. HISTORICAL TRADITION: TAW-MAI-PAH, THE MYTHICAL ANCESTOR OF THE KARENS
IX. THEIR NATIONAL RELIGION AND THEIR GOD-TRADITIONS
X. THE AMERICAN MISSION AMONG THE KARENS
XI. CHRISTIANIZING A HEATHEN KAREN VILLAGE
XII. POLICY OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TOWARD THE KARENS
APPENDIX