Brief History of Lan Na, A: Northern Thailand from Past to Present Crime and HIV/AIDS self-help groups of

and HIV/AIDS self-help groups of northern Thailand

The Killing Fields

MICHAUD is Associate Researcher with the Chair of Asian Studies at Universite de Montreal

and examines opportunities opened up by the pro-democracy movement and recent focus on women's issues and rights for women to exercise influence both inside Burma and in exile

Ratana Tosakul is a senior lecturer of anthropology at Thammasat University

Brief History of Lan Na, A: Northern Thailand from Past to Present Crime and HIV/AIDS self-help groups ofLan Na is the name of a conglomerate of Thai city states that covered roughly the area of modern north Thailand between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries. Lan Na's influence reached far into the neighbouring regions, most under the leadership of the city state of Chiang Mai. Beginning with the popular legends, this wide ranging narrative takes us through prehistoric and protohistoric periods, through history, up to the present day. While the