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Theravada Buddhism and Village Economic Behavior: A Burmese and Thai Comparison

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2011

David E. Pfanner  and
Jasper Ingersoll
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The following two articles constitute the partial results of a project in comparative coordinated research in Southeast Asia. Prior to undertaking field research in Burma and Thailand in 1959–60, the authors developed a research design to ensure the collection of comparable data for description and analysis in the areas of social structure and economics. The original plan was modified in the field during an exchange of visits to the Burmese and Thai peasant communities eventually selected for study.

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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , May 1962 , pp. 341 - 361
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Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1962

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1 The Pegu District Department of Agriculture found in a recent random sample survey of district farmers that out of 48 farmers not keeping livestock but aware of its profit potential, 35 farmers gave religious reasons for not engaging in this activity; 5 farmers mentioned lack of finance; 3 lack of skill; 2 lack of suitable land; 2 lack of labor; and 1 mentioned fear of loss through death of animals.

2 Rajadhon, Phya Anuman, Life and Ritual in Old Siam: Three Studies of Thai Life and Customs. Translated and edited by Gedney, William J.. (New Haven: Human Relations Area Files Press, 1960), p. 9 ff.Google Scholar

3 Kaufman, Howard, Bangkhuad, A Community Study in Thailand (New York: The Association for Asian Studies, 1960), pp. 103–105.Google Scholar