Rice, rupees, and ritual : economy and society among the Samosir Batak of Sumatra / D. George Sherman, with the assistance of Hedy Bruyns Sherman
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1990. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #393019
ISBN: 0804716668
Physical description: (xiii, 366 pages) : illustrations, maps. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-355) and index.
Contents: Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- A Note on Pronunciation and Orthography -- Introduction -- 1. Deceptive Appearances: Environment, Demography, and Agricultural Change -- 2. History and Change -- 3. Ethnohistory, Inequality, and Contemporary Village Politics -- 4. Bius: Religious Conflict and Accommodation -- 5. Ritual Expressions of Values and the Feasting System -- 6. The Agricultural Cycle and the Cycle of Wants -- 7. The Ecology and Ethnology of Batak Grassland Farming -- 8. Marketing, Credit, and Investment -- 9. Age and Gender Differentials in the Work Force -- 10. Modes of Labor Mobilization -- 11. Ownership, Care, and Values of Livestock -- 12. Landholding and Transference -- 13. Reciprocity and Spheres of Exchange in Batak Economy -- 14. Change and Persistence in the Worldview of Samosir Villagers -- Appendix A. Methods of Data Gathering -- Appendix B. Means of Measurement and Their Margins of Error -- Appendix C. Regulations Promulgated at a Church-Sanctioned Feast -- Appendix D. Rice-Growing Statistics -- References Cited -- Index. Subjects: Toba-Batak (Indonesian people) Economic conditions. Toba-Batak (Indonesian people) Social life and customs. Toba-Batak (Indonesian people) - Economic conditions
Samosir Island (Indonesia) - Economic conditions
Samosir Island (Indonesia) - Social life and customs. Agriculture Asia Economics. Agriculture Sumatra Economics.
Price: €35.00