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Ride, Rupees And Ritual: Economy And Society Among The Samosir Batak Of Sumatra
by D.George Sherman (Author),
Stanford University Press (Publisher)
Product Specifications
Book Description
In this ethnographic study of the small mountain village of Huta Ginjang in the
Samosir area of northern Sumatra, the author pursues three main themes: the role
of rice in the Batak economy of feasting, and the cultural ecology of dry- and
flooded-field rice-growing. Two important questions emerge: How did the social
and economic changes resulting from Dutch colonization - particularly the
adoption of money as a medium of exchange - affect Samosir Batak culture/ Have
the values that largely shape the local economy been fundamentally altered by
the effects of colonization and subsequent Japanese and Indonesian
administrations? After introductory chapters present the environmental and
historical background of
Book Specifications
ISBN-13 9780804716666
Language English
Binding Hard Bound
Publisher Stanford University Press
Publishing Date 1990-04-01
Product Edition 1
Total Pages 384