When i started this paper. I expected to find many citation to Benedict's work and ended up somewhat surprised at the few references to it. John F. Embree rather then Ruth Bencedict served to define the topice and issues of concern for the anthropological study of thailand. While the Cornell Southeast Asia Program published Thai Culture and Behavior,neither it not Benedict's analytical perspective palyed much of a role in the study of Bang Chan. Yet whan i reread Benedict's work much of its content was familiar to me,based on what i had about and seen in Thailand