ISBN:
0415422531
,
0203960750
,
9780415422536
,
9780203960752
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 200 p)
,
ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
The modern anthropology of Southeast Asia
Parallel Title:
Print version Modernity and Malaysia : Settling the Menraq Forest Nomads
DDC:
306.09595
Keywords:
Indigenous peoples Social conditions
;
Indigenous peoples Government relations
;
Indigenous peoples Land tenure
;
Kelantan Ethnic relations
;
Kelantan Social conditions
Abstract:
Bringing together the results of over twenty-five years of research on the indigenous peoples of Malaysia, this fascinating book illustrates the experiences of modernity in indigenous communities through a detailed case study of the Rual Menraq of Malaysia
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Social and cultural milieu; 3 Modernity, development, and tribal communities; 4 Rual Resettlement; 5 Menraq as foragers; 6 From foragers to commodity producers; 7 Social and cultural change; 8 Conclusion; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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