Nomads of the Borneo Rainforest : The Economics, Politics, and Ideology of Settling Down
1994, 1st edition. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #392847
ISBN: 0824815661
Physical description: 286 pages, 22 cm. Notes: Bibliography: p257-273; includes index. Contents: Foreword / Georges Condominas -- pt. 1. Punan Histories: Data and Methodology. Ch. 1. Land and People. Ch. 2. The Bukat. Ch. 3. The Kereho of the Busang River -- pt. 2. Traditions and Changes: Origins of the Punan. Ch. 4. Traditional Nomad Culture. Ch. 5. Processes of Change. Ch. 6. Summary and Conclusion. Subjects: Nomads Sedentarization Borneo; Punan (Bornean people) Agriculture Borneo; Shifting cultivation; Social change; Regions & Countries, Asia & the Middle East; History & Archaeology; East Asia; Ethnology Borneo; Borneo Rural conditions.
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