The Banana Tree at the Gate. A History of Marginal Peoples and Global Markets in Borneo.
Michael R. Dove
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Description for The Banana Tree at the Gate. A History of Marginal Peoples and Global Markets in Borneo.
"The Hikayat Banjar", a 17th-century native court chronicle from Southeast Borneo, characterizes the irresistibility of natural resource wealth to outsiders as 'the banana tree at the gate'. This title employs this phrase as a root metaphor to frame the history of resource relations between the indigenous people of Borneo and the world system. Series: Yale Agrarian Studies Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 29 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMNX; JHMC; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636.
Product Details
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Yale Agrarian Studies Series
ISBN
9780300153217
SKU
V9780300153217
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