The Home of an Eastern Clan: A Study of the Palaungs of the Shan States. The Palaungs are a Mon-Khmer speaking group. This book is a detailed study of all aspects of life and culture of the Palaungs of the Shan States. This study, which was researched in 1910 and published in 1924, deals for the most part with the Katur tribe of the Palaungs. This scarce book is still one of the main studies on the subject and contains chapters on babies, young girls and boys, young men and maidens, marriage, the dwelling and home life, village life, medicine, customs on child birth and death, religion and cosmology, as well as some details on proverbs and folktales.