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Childbirth and Tradition in Northeast Thailand: Forty Years of Development and Cultural Change Pirate grounded in contemporary issues andAnders Poulsen 2007, 284 (xvii + 267) pp. 22x21 cm 83 photographs, 3 maps, 21 tables Anders Poulsen's term as a UNESCO expert ended in 1962, but he has returned to the same area of Northeast Thailand many times since, most recently in 2005. As such, this beautifully illustrated volume offers a rare study of IsaanThai customs and belief associated with pregnancy and birth and how they have changed over almost half a century. Using a psychological and