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  • 1925-1929
  • Firth, Raymond  (8)
  • Cashmore, E.  (4)
  • Hoboken : Taylor and Francis  (12)
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  • 1
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    Religion (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780415128964
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (254 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Religion: A Humanist Interpretation
    DDC: 200.1
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    Abstract: Treats religion as a human art, capable of great intellectual and artistic achievements
    Description / Table of Contents: Religion: a Humanist Interpretation; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 An anthropological approach to the study of religion; Chapter 2 Religious belief and personal adjustment; Chapter 3 Spiritual aroma? Religion and politics; Chapter 4 Gods and God: monotheism and polytheism; Chapter 5 Offering and sacrifice: problems of organization; Chapter 6 Ritual and drama in Malay spirit mediumship; Chapter 7 Faith and scepticism in Kelantan village magic; Chapter 8 Paradox in religious systems; Chapter 9 The truth of religion?; Notes; References; Index
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  • 2
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    United Kingdom? (Routledge Revivals) : Class, Race and Gender since the War (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780415661843
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (263 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
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    Parallel Title: Print version United Kingdom? (Routledge Revivals) : Class, Race and Gender since the War
    DDC: 306.0941
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    Abstract: First published in 1989, United Kingdom? examines the three main divisions in British society in the post-war period: class, race and gender. During the 1980s there was an increasing concern about deep, and often bitter, divisions in British society. Events such as the miners' strike of 1984-5, the riots in Handsworth, Tottenham and Brixton, and the women's peace camp at Greenham Common all demonstrated the opposing views and cultures of the British public. However, the UK at the time was also able to show remarkable and continuing stability in other areas. This book considers to what extent t
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction: Forces of conflict; A cake to fight over; Conflict within unity; Influences; Part 1: Class; 2. Reform and reaction; Building the new society; Live now, pay later; More power than the Prime Minister; The best form of defence; 3. Two gears of class; Towards classlessness ... and back again; Lilliput; 5:41; 4. The mechanics of non-change; A silent revolution in education; The anodyne effect; Dazzled by the bourgeois ideal; Interest in the system; Part 2: Race; 5. The solution that started a problem
    Description / Table of Contents: Shouts and whispersBuilding the race relations industry; Literally mad: Powell; The national character; 6. Making sense of racism; Immobility; Halal meat and fish fingers; Imaginary equations; Logic of racism; 7. A quiet fire; Straight to rage; When the twisting stopped; Love and political revelation; The functions of rioting; Part 3: Gender; 8. Out of the ideal home; Home-making as a career; Architects of oppression; A decade of release; The gender gap; In male hands; 9. Shaping moulds; Sex in the classroom; Work and marriage as alternatives; Wedlocked?; The darker side of family life
    Description / Table of Contents: 10. The feminist solutionGoverning body; A gift-wrapped smoke-bomb; Sisters; After the rabbits are caught; 11. Conclusion: Potential and prohibition; The changing state; Gathering clouds; References and Bibliography; Index
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    Having To (Routledge Revivals) : The World of One Parent Families (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780415812702
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (299 p)
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    Parallel Title: Print version Having To (Routledge Revivals)
    DDC: 306.8/56/0941
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    Abstract: First published in 1985, Having To summarises the situation of more than a million parents in the UK alone that survive as single parents. This thought-provoking book is based on interviews with more than 200 women and men of all ages and backgrounds. The accounts of what life can be like in the world of one parent families are revealing, sometimes disturbing, and above all, moving. In this book, parents talk in depth about their experiences when confronted by violence, infidelity, lesbianism, child abuse and paranoia. They portray stories that will provoke many questions about the s
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction: Cages; - The unnatural family?; - It doesn't matter what you do, it's wrong; - The living dead; - I'll still be only 32 when the kid's grown up; Part One: Influences; 2. Violence; - I don't know why I kept going back; - A terrible blackness; - Even a bad husband is better than no husband; 3. Infidelity; - Mummy, why is daddy sleeping with Kathleen?; - Q. Have you finally come to your senses? A. I've just left them; - Goodbye to Jane; 4. Abandoned Women
    Description / Table of Contents: - Once bitten ...?- A case of having to; - He never says Natasha, always 'my Natasha'; 5. Transformations; - Personal things; - Born again; - On quicksand; - Breaking the pattern; 6. Schoolgirl Mothers; - Experiences with my father; - Miss World; - I didn't think of all the consequences; Summary of Part One; Part Two: Consequences; 7. Positive Dimensions; - I've never thought that a father was necessarily an important part of the family; - Marriage, a little jailhouse; - Still fighting; 8. Poverty and Isolation; - Deeper and deeper; - Down to 91p; - A bag of fungus; - Crying; 9. Children
    Description / Table of Contents: - A handful- Rentboy; - She's uncontrollable; 10. Men Alone; - You must have some guts; - Boys cry; - Nothing like being a mother; Summary of Part Two; 11. Conclusion: Captive Freedom; - On the margins; - Liberated but caught; Bibliography; Index
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    Themes in Economic Anthropology (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780415330190
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (305 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Themes in Economic Anthropology
    DDC: 301.5
    Keywords: Economic anthropology ; Economic anthropology ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The main focus of the volume - the processes of choice and decision-making in different economic systems - offers exceptional scope for the convergence of economic and anthropological perspectives. It concentrates on transactions that both express and influence social relationships and values. 〈BR〉 Covering a wide geographic area there are specific studies on societies in Equatorial Africa, Colombia, South India and the Balkans.〈BR〉 First published in 1967
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Editor's Preface; RAYMOND FIRTH; Themes in Economic Anthropology: A General Comment; Economic viewpoints; Economics of the gift; Problems of valuation; Economic anthropology in the modern world; Notes; References; LEONARD JOY; One Economist's View of the Relationship betweenEconomics and Anthropology; Social and economic determinants of behaviour; Implications of economic models for anthropology; Relevance of economic analysis; Equilibrium analysis; Complexity of choice situations; Communication of anthropologists with economists; Notes; References
    Description / Table of Contents: RONALD FRANKENBERGEconomic Anthropology: One Anthropologist's View; A prefatory thought; What is economic anthropology?; Neo-classical views: e.g. the contribution of RaymondFirth; Berliner's critique; Attack I: Robbins Burling and the individual; Counter-attack I: Fredrik Barth, Robert Paine, andthe entrepreneurial process; Attack II: Dalton, Polanyi, and the inapplicability ofeconomic theory; Counter-attack II: Salisbury and the criterion oflabourtime; Counter-attack III: Scarlett Epstein on change in twopeasant villages in India; Attack III: Sahlins and the evolution of culture
    Description / Table of Contents: Conclusions - magnificent dynamicsNotes; References; PERCY S. COHEN; Economic Analysis and Economic Man: Some Commentson a Controversy; Introduction; A brief history of the debate; Types of economic analysis; Economic man and the social system; Conclusion; Notes; References; MARY DOUGLAS; Primitive Rationing: A Study in Controlled Exchange; Controlled and competitive economies; Primitive coupon systems; Discontinuity in the demand function; Controlled exchange; References; FREDRIK BARTH; Economic Spheres in Darfur; Physical background; Subsistence; Institutional forms; Economic spheres
    Description / Table of Contents: Patterns and alternatives of allocationPossibilities for growth; Spheres and barriers; Management and stratification; Discrepancies of evaluation; Innovating activity; Concluding remark; Notes; References; LEONARD JOY; An Economic Homologue of Barth's Presentation ofEconomic Spheres in Darfur; Analytical preliminaries; Explanation of the matrix; Value of matrix formulation; Quantification; Conclusion; Notes; References; SUTTI ORTIZ; The Structure of Decision-making among Indians ofColombia; Introduction; The Paez Indians; The organizational context of economic relations; Managerial decisions
    Description / Table of Contents: ConclusionsNotes; References; SCARLETT EPSTEIN; Productive Efficiency and Customary Systems of Rewardsin Rural South India; Introduction; The Jajmani system; Types of traditional labour relations; Customary systems of rewards and improved productiontechniques; Average product and customary rewards; Conclusion; Note; References; LORRAINE BARIC; Traditional Groups and New Economic Opportunities inRural Yugoslavia; The institutional framework; Alternative possibilities for economic action; Social variables; Flexibility in social manoeuvre; The decline of traditional zadrugas; Conclusion; Notes
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    Symbols (Routledge Revivals) : Public and Private (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780415694667
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (467 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Revivals
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    Parallel Title: Print version Symbols (Routledge Revivals) : Public and Private
    DDC: 301.2/1
    Keywords: Symbolism ; Symbolism ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book first published in 1973 offers a broad survey of the study of symbolic ideas and behaviour.The study of symbolism is popular nowadays and anthropologists have made substantial contributions to it. Raymond Firth has long been internationally known for his field research in the Solomons and Malaysia, and for his theoretical work on kinship, economics and religion. Here from a new angle, he has produced a broad survey of the study of symbolic ideas and behaviour.Professor Firth examines definitions of symbol. He traces the history of scientific inquiry into the symbolism of religious cu
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Symbols; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; I; 1. An Anthropologist's Reflections on Symbolic Usage; 2. A Question of Terms: Scope and Meaning of 'Symbol'; 3. Development of Anthropological Interest in Symbols; 4. Crystallization of Problems of Symbol Theory; 5. Modern Anthropological Views of Symbolic Processes; 6. Private Symbols and Public Reactions; II; 7. Food Symbolism in a Pre-Industrial Society; 8. Hair as Private Asset and Public Symbol; 9. Bodily Symbols of Greeting and Parting; 10. Symbolism of Flags; 11. Symbolism in Giving and Getting
    Description / Table of Contents: 12. Symbol and SubstanceReferences; Index;
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    The Logic of Racism (2013)
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    ISBN: 1283972565 , 9780415661850 , 9781283972567
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (273 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Routledge Revivals
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    Parallel Title: Print version The Logic of Racism
    DDC: 305.8009425
    Keywords: Social classes ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: First published in 1987, The Logic of Racism provides a portrait of race relations based on the stories of 800 different individuals from all sections of society. In this book, voices from the author's tape recorder are converted to the page for the reader to experience the vivid, sometimes humorous and frequently disturbing impressions of race relations as they are experienced. Interviewees include people from different age groups, sexes, races, and social backgrounds as well as the politicians, teachers and professionals responsible for fighting racism. The book combines real life experience
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; The Logic of Racism; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter One Introduction: Social Vision; It's easy to be a liberal in Exeter; Part One Views from the middle years; Chapter Two The Scramble for Houses - White Workingclass; They're ten times better off than we are; Colour's everything to do with it, 'cause nothing else is; A poison streak; Chapter Three A Loathing of Compulsion - White Middleclass; Wearing blinkers; The law of the jungle; They'll never make the quantum jump to white; Chapter Four Coming to Terms - Ethnic Minorities; It's always at the back of your mind
    Description / Table of Contents: Unless they want to be seen as foundry workers for everMiddleclass and streetclass; Part Two Visions of Youth; Chapter Five Posing New Problems - White Workingclass; It's not a case of 'they've come to steal our jobs' any more; I'd shoot women who went with blacks-and the blacks with them; They want to do to us what we did to them; Chapter Six The Keys to Tomorrow - White Middleclass; I don't think there's any deep discrimination; Their own fault; The educated are more prejudiced; Chapter Seven Crawlers No More - Ethnic Minorities; Blacks against blacks
    Description / Table of Contents: To gain equal status, Asians have to crawl to whitesWhen the chips are down, I'm not white, and that's all that matters; Part Three Perspectives in Later Life; Chapter Eight As Communities Crumble - White Workingclass; It only takes one; This isn't England; I'd pay a higher rent to help them go back; Chapter Nine A Natural Equilibrium - White Middleclass; We've bent over backwards for them; If you don't like it, go to Moscow, or the States; There's a fine line between discrimination and preference; Chapter Ten Swallowing the Bitter Pill - Ethnic Minorities; I don't put it down to being black
    Description / Table of Contents: They don't punish they nourish; I've heard the smell of our food frightens people; Part Four Problem-Solvers of the Future; Chapter Eleven Multicultural Challenges - Schools; At the end of the day, they all live in England; Only 14 per cent of the child's time; Our children, our schools, our culture; Chapter Twelve The Wheels of the Race Relations Industry - Practitioners; Racism finds a place in any type of society; A 'hearts and minds' integration of cultures?; Attitudes change, and people will forget they ever resented others; Chapter Thirteen Conclusion - Politicians and Policy
    Description / Table of Contents: A snake and a bullockThe problem is that he thinks I am a problem; Bibliography; Index;
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    Having To : The World of One Parent Families (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780415812702
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (299 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Revivals
    Parallel Title: Print version Having To: The World of One Parent Families
    DDC: 306.8/56/0941
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    Abstract: 〈P〉First published in 1985, 〈I〉Having To 〈/I〉summarises the situation of more than a million parents in the UK alone that survive as single parents. This thought-provoking book is based on interviews with more than 200 women and men of all ages and backgrounds.〈/P〉
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction: Cages; - The unnatural family?; - It doesn't matter what you do, it's wrong; - The living dead; - I'll still be only 32 when the kid's grown up; Part One: Influences; 2. Violence; - I don't know why I kept going back; - A terrible blackness; - Even a bad husband is better than no husband; 3. Infidelity; - Mummy, why is daddy sleeping with Kathleen?; - Q. Have you finally come to your senses? A. I've just left them; - Goodbye to Jane; 4. Abandoned Women
    Description / Table of Contents: - Once bitten ...?- A case of having to; - He never says Natasha, always 'my Natasha'; 5. Transformations; - Personal things; - Born again; - On quicksand; - Breaking the pattern; 6. Schoolgirl Mothers; - Experiences with my father; - Miss World; - I didn't think of all the consequences; Summary of Part One; Part Two: Consequences; 7. Positive Dimensions; - I've never thought that a father was necessarily an important part of the family; - Marriage, a little jailhouse; - Still fighting; 8. Poverty and Isolation; - Deeper and deeper; - Down to 91p; - A bag of fungus; - Crying; 9. Children
    Description / Table of Contents: - A handful- Rentboy; - She's uncontrollable; 10. Men Alone; - You must have some guts; - Boys cry; - Nothing like being a mother; Summary of Part Two; 11. Conclusion: Captive Freedom; - On the margins; - Liberated but caught; Bibliography; Index
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    We the Tikopia : a sociological study of kinship in primitive Polynesia (2013)
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    ISBN: 9781136538018 , 1136538011
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (667 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Firth, Raymond We the Tikopia : A sociological study of kinship in primitive Polynesia
    DDC: 572.9935
    Keywords: Tikopia (Solomon Islands people) ; Consanguinity ; Families ; Primitive societies ; SCIENCE ; Life Sciences ; Biochemistry ; Consanguinity ; Families ; Primitive societies ; Tikopia (Solomon Islands people) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Recognized as a major work when first published, this title has, over the years, become a classic. Forming the basis of modern social anthropology, We the Tikiopia stands in the forefront of its literature. The book is an excellent example of fieldwork analysis of a primitive society; a complete account of the working of a primitive kinship system; and an exhaustive and sophisticated study of Polynesian social institutions. First published in 1936
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    Primitive Polynesian Economy (2013)
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    ISBN: 9781136537172 , 1136537171
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (633 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Firth, Raymond Primitive Polynesian Economy
    DDC: 330.9935
    Keywords: Geschichte 1935 ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Reference ; Economic anthropology ; Tikopia (Solomon Islands people) ; Tikopia (Solomon Islands people) ; Economic anthropology ; Sozialanthropologie ; Wirtschaft ; Wirtschaftliches Verhalten ; Wirtschaftssystem ; Polynesier ; Polynesien ; Polynesien ; Sozialanthropologie ; Wirtschaftliches Verhalten ; Geschichte 1935 ; Polynesien ; Wirtschaft ; Polynesier ; Wirtschaft ; Wirtschaftssystem
    Description / Table of Contents: A great classic of British anthropology, Primitive Polynesian Economy is structured as follows: Problems of Primitive Economics Food and Population in Tikopia Knowledge, Technique and Economic Lore The Labour Situation Ritual in Productive Activity Economic Functions of the Chiefs Property and Capital in Production Principles of Distribution and Payment Exchange and Value Characteristics of a Primitive Economy First published in 1939
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    Primitive Economics of the New Zealand Maori (Routledge Revivals) (2012)
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    ISBN: 9780415694728
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (550 p)
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    Parallel Title: Print version Primitive Economics of the New Zealand Maori (Routledge Revivals)
    DDC: 390.0899442
    Keywords: Economic anthropology ; New Zealand ; Maori (New Zealand people) ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: First published in 1929, Raymond Firth's original and insightful study offers an incredibly detailed account of the social and economic organisation of the Maori people before their contact with Western civilisation.Bridging the gap between anthropology and economics, the work covers the class structure, land system, industry, methods of co-operative labour, exchange and distribution, and the psychological foundations of Maori society. This reissue will be welcomed by all students of anthropology and anyone interested the history of the Maori people
    Description / Table of Contents: Front Cover; Primitive Economics of the New Zealand Maori; Copyright Page; Contents; I. The Study of Primitive Economics; II. The Maori And His Economic Resources; III. Social Structure and Economic Organization; IV. The Psychology of Work; V. The Nature of Maori Industry; VI. The Organization of Production; VII. Magic in Economics; VIII. The Distribution of Goods and Payment for Labour; IX. The Feast; X. The Ownership and Command of Wealth; XI. The Land; XII. The Exchange of Gifts; XIII. Native Tracks and Canoe-Ways; XIV. The Economic Aspect of Culture Change; XV. The Maori Community
    Description / Table of Contents: Bibliography(i) The literature of Primitive Economics; (ii) New Zealand Iiterature; Index;
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    Tikopia Ritual and Belief (Routledge Revivals) (2012)
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    ISBN: 9780415694681
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (386 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
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    Parallel Title: Print version Tikopia Ritual and Belief (Routledge Revivals)
    DDC: 390.0996
    Keywords: Rites and ceremonies ; Polynesia ; Tikopia (Solomon Islands people) ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: First published in 1967, this book gives some of the fruits of the author's study of Tikopia ways of thought as the result of three field expeditions. Most Polynesians became Christians more than a century ago but Tikopia had a substantial pagan population until quite recent years. This book of essays describes rites and beliefs of a people who still maintained their traditional institutions remote from civilization. Studies of totemism, of magic and of beliefs in the fate of the soul in the afterworld, not only throw new light on Polynesian attitudes but also contribute some novel ideas to th
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Tikopia Ritual and Belief; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; 1. Outline of Tikopia Culture; 2. Ceremonies for Children; 3. Privilege Ceremonies; 4. Bond Friendship; 5. Suicide and Risk-Taking; 6. Rumour in a Primitive Society with A Note on the Theory of 'Cargo' Cults; 7. The Meaning of Dreams; 8. The Analysis of Mana: An Empirical Approach; 9. The Sociology of 'Magic'; 10. Ritual Adzes in Tikopia; 11. Totemism in Polynesia; 12. Economics and Ritual in Sago Extraction; 13. The Plasticity of Myth
    Description / Table of Contents: 14. Individual Fantasy and Social Norms: Seances with Spirit Mediums15. The Fate of the Soul; 16. A Commentary; INDEX;
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    Malay Fishermen (2012)
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    ISBN: 9780415175746
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (391 p)
    Series Statement: International Library of Sociology
    Parallel Title: Print version Malay Fishermen
    DDC: 306.309595
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    Abstract: The social, political and economic impact of the decline of the old colonial powers in Africa, India and the Middle East are still key areas of scholarly research and debate. Based on careful social observation and empirical research, the titles in The Sociology of Development set of the International Library of Sociology explore the tension between agriculture and industry in developing economies, and trace the complex political process of independence. Aimed at administratores and academics, thse studies are central to Development Studies
    Description / Table of Contents: MALAY FISHERMEN: THEIR PEASANT ECONOMY; Copyright; Contents; Losses of Middlemen; Preface; Chapter I. The Fishing Industry In Malaya And Indonesia; General Character of Malayo-lndonesian Sea Fishing; Market Relations; Incomes; Practical Problems in the Fishing Industry; Some Theoretical Considerations; Structure of an Oriental Peasant Economy; Chapter II. Economics Of The Industry In Two Malay States (KelantanRengganu); General Conditions and Importance; Fishing Population and Output; Equipment-Details of Types and Cos; Capital Invested in Fishing Boats and Gear; Finance of Boats and Nets
    Description / Table of Contents: Fish-buying and Money-lendingChapter III.Structure Of A Sample Fishing Community; The Perupok Area, Kelantan; Its Economic History; Composition of Its Population; External Economic Relationships; Distribution by Sex and " Economic Stages "; Occupational Distribution; Chapter IV. Planning And Organization Of Fishing Activities; Preferences in the Use of Labour and Capita; The Use of Time In Lift-net Fishing; Organization of Lift-net Fishing; The Role of the Fishing Expert; The Expert and his Crew; Fluctuations in Lift-net Crews; Relations between Fishing Expert and Carrier Agent
    Description / Table of Contents: Strain and Re-alignment in Net-groupsChanges in Boat-grouping of Nets; Relations of Fishing Experts with One Another; The Ritual Factor in Organization; Chapter V. Ownership Of Equipment And Management Of Capital; The Place of Capital in the Peasant Economy; Volume of Investment in Fishing Equipment; Ownership of Equipment; Levels of Individual Boat and Net Capital; Management of Capital by Individuals; History of One Man's Investments; Financing the Production and Maintenance of Equipment; The Entrepreneur in Net Manufacture; Chapter VI.The Credit System In Financing Production
    Description / Table of Contents: Seasonal AdvancesFriendly Loans; Interest-bearing Loans; Interest Disguised as Profit-sharing; Mobilization of Credit through Capital Expenditure; Credit in the Marketing of Goods; ChapterVII. Marketing Organization; The Middlemen; Wholesale Buying on the Beach; Samples of Bargaining Technique; Features of Bargaining; Graphs of Price Determination; Cash, Credit, and Insurance against Price Reduction; Arrangements among the Wholesale Dealers; Intermediate and Retail Sellin; The Market for Cured Fish; Inland Markets for Fish; Fluctuations in Fish Prices; Profits and Summary
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter VIII.The System Of Distributing EarningsSharing out the Earnings from the Lift-net; Value of the Shares; Distribution of Earnings from other Types of Fishing; Fish for Home Consumption and Petty Cash; The Basic Principles of Distribution; ChapterIX. Output And Levels Of Income; Estimated Value of Annual Output; Levels of Output from Lift-nets; Levels of Output in Other Types of Fishing; Importance of the Output Figures; Levels of Income; Chapter X. Fishermen In The General Peasant Economy; Supplementary Sources of Fishermen's Income; Samples of Household Income
    Description / Table of Contents: Peasant Standards of Living
    Description / Table of Contents: MALAY FISHERMEN: THEIR PEASANT ECONOMY; Copyright; Contents; Losses of Middlemen; Preface; Chapter I. The Fishing Industry In Malaya And Indonesia; General Character of Malayo-lndonesian Sea Fishing; Market Relations; Incomes; Practical Problems in the Fishing Industry; Some Theoretical Considerations; Structure of an Oriental Peasant Economy; Chapter II. Economics Of The Industry In Two Malay States (KelantanRengganu); General Conditions and Importance; Fishing Population and Output; Equipment-Details of Types and Cos; Capital Invested in Fishing Boats and Gear; Finance of Boats and Nets
    Description / Table of Contents: Fish-buying and Money-lendingChapter III.Structure Of A Sample Fishing Community; The Perupok Area, Kelantan; Its Economic History; Composition of Its Population; External Economic Relationships; Distribution by Sex and "" Economic Stages ""; Occupational Distribution; Chapter IV. Planning And Organization Of Fishing Activities; Preferences in the Use of Labour and Capita; The Use of Time In Lift-net Fishing; Organization of Lift-net Fishing; The Role of the Fishing Expert; The Expert and his Crew; Fluctuations in Lift-net Crews; Relations between Fishing Expert and Carrier Agent
    Description / Table of Contents: Strain and Re-alignment in Net-groupsChanges in Boat-grouping of Nets; Relations of Fishing Experts with One Another; The Ritual Factor in Organization; Chapter V. Ownership Of Equipment And Management Of Capital; The Place of Capital in the Peasant Economy; Volume of Investment in Fishing Equipment; Ownership of Equipment; Levels of Individual Boat and Net Capital; Management of Capital by Individuals; History of One Man's Investments; Financing the Production and Maintenance of Equipment; The Entrepreneur in Net Manufacture; Chapter VI.The Credit System In Financing Production
    Description / Table of Contents: Seasonal AdvancesFriendly Loans; Interest-bearing Loans; Interest Disguised as Profit-sharing; Mobilization of Credit through Capital Expenditure; Credit in the Marketing of Goods; ChapterVII. Marketing Organization; The Middlemen; Wholesale Buying on the Beach; Samples of Bargaining Technique; Features of Bargaining; Graphs of Price Determination; Cash, Credit, and Insurance against Price Reduction; Arrangements among the Wholesale Dealers; Intermediate and Retail Sellin; The Market for Cured Fish; Inland Markets for Fish; Fluctuations in Fish Prices; Profits and Summary
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter VIII.The System Of Distributing EarningsSharing out the Earnings from the Lift-net; Value of the Shares; Distribution of Earnings from other Types of Fishing; Fish for Home Consumption and Petty Cash; The Basic Principles of Distribution; ChapterIX. Output And Levels Of Income; Estimated Value of Annual Output; Levels of Output from Lift-nets; Levels of Output in Other Types of Fishing; Importance of the Output Figures; Levels of Income; Chapter X. Fishermen In The General Peasant Economy; Supplementary Sources of Fishermen's Income; Samples of Household Income
    Description / Table of Contents: Peasant Standards of Living
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