Harvest of the Palm: Ecological Change in Eastern Indonesia / James J. Fox
1977, 1st Edition. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press. Near 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 #354242
ISBN: 0674381114
Physical description: xv, 290 pages. Contents: Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. The Contrast of Economies -- CHAPTER TWO. The Clash of Economies -- CHAPTER THREE. The Intricate Background of Island Relations -- CHAPTER FOUR. Roti, Savu, and the Dutch East India Company -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Rotinese in the Nineteenth Century -- CHAPTER SIX. The Savunese in the Nineteenth Century -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Ethnic Relations in the Twentieth Century -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Introduction to the Borassus Palm -- CHAPTER NINE. Three Gase Studies of Borassus Utilization -- APPENDIXES -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. Subjects: Economic anthropology; Lesser Sunda Islands. Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia) Economic conditions. Asia Lesser Sunda Islands.
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