Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION .2. ORIGINS OF THE CONGREGATION SYSTEM 3· THE CONGREGATION SYSTEM UNDER THE FRENCH 4· CHINESE SO CIAL ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE CONGREGATION 5· ALTERNATIVE CENTRES OF POWER 6. THE END OF THE CONGREGATIONS 7• THE RISE OF VOLUNTARY ASSO CIATIONS 8. RELIGIOUS ASPECTS OF CHINESE COMMUNITY LIFE 9· ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF CHINESE COMMUNITY LIFE IO. LEADERSHIP IN THE CHINESE COMMUNITY IN PHNOM-PENH 11. CHINESE SO CIAL ORGANIZATION IN SMALLER TOWNS 12. COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OVERSEAS CHINESE COMMUNITIES I3. BEYOND A CONCLUSION

About the Author

W. E. Willmott is Associate Professor of anthropology in the University of British Columbia.