Books in the NIAS Classics series

First published in 1991 and quickly out of print, this book was hailed as "an outstanding contribution to Southeast Asian ethnography. . . . [It] is highly recommended not only for specialists in traditional hunting and fishing but also for those readers who wish to gain some insight 'from the native's point of view' into a fascinating tribal minority culture of highland Southeast Asia" (Roland Mischung, Asian Folklore Studies). The book's vivid descriptions and illustrations were especially praised. This reproduction of Hunting and Fishing is augmented by new material on food cultivation and its preparation among the Kammu by Kàm Ràw (Damrong Tayanin) and Håkan Lundström.

First published in 1975, B.J. Terwiel's Monks and Magic remains a widely cited text. This is an absorbing study of Buddhism as practised at that time in a community in rural Central Thailand, describing how esoteric spells and magical diagrams were the main interest of children and adolescents but full ritual knowledge was obtained in adulthood and tempered by life experiences. As death approaches, the Buddhist world view stimulates merit-making. This reproduction of the 1979 second revised edition is augmented by new material on magic and Buddhism in Southeast Asia by Professor Terwiel, a renowned specialist on the social and cultural history of Thailand.