Modernity and Malaysia : settling the Menraq Forest nomads / Alberto Gomes.
Modernity and Malaysia : settling the Menraq Forest nomads / Alberto Gomes.
Modernity and Malaysia : settling the Menraq Forest nomads / Alberto Gomes.
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London : Routledge, 2007.
Date
2007.
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N306.09595/ 2
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English
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Physical content
xii, 200 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
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.
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London : Routledge, 2007.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2007.
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Summary
"Bringing together over thirty years of detailed ethnographic research on the Menraq of Malaysia, this book analyses and documents the experience of development and modernization in tribal communities." "Challenging conventional social scientific understanding of concepts such as modernity and marginalization, and providing empirical material for c...
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Modernity and Malaysia : settling the Menraq Forest nomads / Alberto Gomes.
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The modern anthropology of Southeast Asia.
Modern anthropology of Southeast Asia series.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N306.09595/ 2
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74VKRqP3OyvA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKRqP3OyvA
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0203960750 (ebk.) :
9780415422536 (hbk.) :
0415422531 (hbk.) :
9780203960752 (ebk.) :
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306.09595
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991023047549702626
