Tribal communities in the Malay world : historical, cultural and social perspectives / edited by Geo...
Tribal communities in the Malay world : historical, cultural and social perspectives / edited by Geo...
Tribal communities in the Malay world : historical, cultural and social perspectives / edited by Geoffrey Benjamin and Cynthia Chou.
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Leiden, the Netherlands ; Singapore : International Institute for Asian Studies [in conjunction with] Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2002.
Date
2002.
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N305.8959/ 1
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 489 p. : map. : 23 cm.
Contents
Introduction / Cynthia Chou and Geoffrey Benjamin (p.-6) -- On being tribal in the Malay world / Geoffrey Benjamin (p. 7-76) -- Tribal people on the Southern Thai borders: internal colonialism, minorities and the state / Annette Hamilton (p. 77-96) -- Developing indigenous communities into Sakais: S...
Culture contact and Semai cultural identity / Gerco Kroes (p. 237-253) -- "We people belong in the forest": Chewong re-creations of uniqueness and separateness / Signe Howell (p.254-272) -- Singapore's Orang Seletar, Orang Kallang and Orang Selat: the last settlements / Mariam Ali (p. 273-294) -- Or...
Inter-group relations in North Sumatra / Juara R. Ginting (p. 384-400) -- State policy, peasantization and ethnicity: changes in the Karo area of Langkat in colonial times / Tine G. Ruiter (p. 401-421) -- Visions of the wilderness on Siberut in a comparative Southeast Asian perspective / Reimar Sche...
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Publisher
Leiden, the Netherlands ; Singapore : International Institute for Asian Studies [in conjunction with] Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2002.
Date Published
2002.
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Summary
Explores the ways in which the character of tribal societies relate to the Malay kingdoms that have held power in the region for many centuries past, as well as to the modern nation-states of the region. It brings together researchers committed to comparative analysis of the tribal groups living on either side of the Malacca Straits.
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Tribal communities in the Malay world : historical, cultural and social perspectives / edited by Geoffrey Benjamin and Cynthia Chou.
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Papers presented originally to a Conference on Tribal Communities in the Malay World : Historical, Cultural and Social Perspectives, Singapore, 24-27 March 1997, organized by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies ... [et al.]
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N305.8959/ 1
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ISBN
9812301674 :
9789812301666 (pbk.)
9812301666 (pbk.)
9789812301673 :
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305.8959
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991017352429702626
