Population dynamics of a Philippine rain forest people
Subtitle: the San Ildefonso Agta
By: John D. Early, Thomas N. Headland.
Contributors: Headland, Thomas N.
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Aeta (Philippine people) -- Population.; Aeta (Philippine people) -- Social conditions.; Aeta (Philippine people) -- Economic conditions.; Logging -- Philippines -- San Ildefonso.; Rain forest ecology -- Philippines -- San Ildefonso.; San Ildefonso (Philippines) -- Population.; San Ildefonso (Philippines) -- Social conditions.; San Ildefonso (Philippines) -- Economic conditions.
Description: The Agta Negrito people have been hunters and gatherers in the tropical rain forests of the Philippines for centuries. This book investigates a small group of the Agta living on Luzon Island during their transition from a foraging society to a landless group of agricultural workers.

The core of the book is a demographic study of fertility, mortality, and migration over a 44-year period. It is one of only two studies that have completely reconstructed the population dynamics of a foraging group without relying on mathematical models. Ethnographic and narrative historical sections of the book establish the contexts for the demographic data and enhance the study's readability.

As a case history of social and population dynamics in a remote frontier region, the work describes the impact of international commercial interests on both the rain forest and the landless peasantry seeking to survive.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-199) and index.