Remarkable for their military prowess, their receptivity to Christianity, and their intricate all-embracing kinship networks, the Kachins are a hardy mountain people living in the remote hills of northern Burma and on the peripheries of India and China. In this richly illustrated book, Bertil Lintner describes their history, religion, culture and social system. It was published in 1997 by the now defunct Teak House Books in Chiang Mai, Thailand.