Transforming the Indonesian uplands
Subtitle: marginality, power and production
By: edited by Tania Murray Li
Series: Studies in environmental anthropology -- v. 4; Studies in environmental anthropology -- v. 4.
Publisher: Harwood Academic Publishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780203986127
Subjects: Agriculture; Rural conditions; Rural development; Upland ecology; Aspect de l'environnement; Aspect économique; Aspect social; Développement rural; Écologie des hautes terres; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; Industries; Agribusiness; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING; Sustainable Agriculture; Economic aspects; Environmental aspects; Social aspects
Description: Drawing upon current theoretical debates in social anthropology, development studies and political ecology, this text addresses the changing histories and identities of Indonesian upland people as they relate in new ways to the natural resource base, to markets and to the state.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Marginality, power and production / Tania Murray Li; title: Maize and tobacco in upland Indonesia, 1600-1940 / Peter Boomgaard; title: Culturalising the Indonesian uplands / Joel S. Kahn; title: "It's not economical" / Albert Schrauwers; title: Forest knowledge, forest transformation / Roy Ellen; title: Becoming a tribal elder, and other green development fantasies / Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing; title: Representations of the "other" by others / Michael Dove; title: Nucleus and plasma / Ben White; title: From home gardens to fruit gardens / Krisnawati Suryanata; title: Agrarian transformations in the uplands of Langkat / Tine G. Ruiter.