... From villager to citizen 47 * From citizen to globality 51 * Virtual civilization 53 Marriage 55 Romantic love 55 * Village wedding 57 * ... ...country into the European Union, a continental state, part of the European United States. Finland also has the most museums, it has the world's larges... ... into the European Union, a continental state, part of the European United States. Finland also has the most museums, it has the world's largest colle... ...y collecting information on the lives of modern Finns. In European welfare states, an individual's life and future must be secure, planned and control... ...k, and one needs capital. And hiring it is costly, too. That really is the case. We can't do anything about it and it makes us people kind of paralyze... ...anna state, which was yet again invaded by Burma. The Lanna state was only united with the kingdom of Thailand in the Thonburin era in 1774, when the ... ... the northern mountains. Later in the 19th and 20th centuries, e.g. during civil wars in China, Chinese people have moved to Thailand. In Lampang, too... ...ople. More and more village farmers have found that they have scarcely any rights in their world markets-dominated environments, and they make almost ... ...ist their relatives. On the other hand, the media fuel new ideas about the rights of modern man. Educated, employed women and men may live as singles ...

...ge Buddhism. The author draws surprising parallels between the worldviews of peoples of Thailand and Finland, the past and future of local cultures. Matti Sarmela started collecting material on Northern Thailand in 1972. Based on a longitudinal field study, he wrote his description of three villages in Lampang Province, and the changes in villagers' lives over three decad...