Malay Peasant Society in Jelebu Tapa dura - 1965

Hardback. New. A detailed account by a social anthropologist of a pagan Polynesian ritual cycle. This book omits some of the Tikopia vernacular texts, but includes a theoretical introduction, and also includes postscripts comparing the performances of 1928-9 with those witnessed by the author on his second visit to Tikopia in 1952.

Berg Pub Ltd, 1965. Hardcover. New. 192 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches.

London: Athlone Press, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. This work, a revised Ph.D thesis, mainly seeks to study the workings of the matrilineal system of kinship prevalent in Negeri Sembilan at the time of the research. Swift particularly looks at how this system copes with the patrilineal system of Islam, the change from rice to rubber cultivation and the effects of colonial administrative intrusion. 181 pages with chapters on The Traditional Political System, The Nature fo the Economy, The Major Products: Rice, Rubber and Fruit, Saving and Capital, The Decline of the Traditional Political Organisation, Some Recent Adat Disputes, Family and Domestic Groups, The Village, Status and Social Stratification & Economy and Society. 181 pges Very Good Hardback in a Good Dust Jacket First Edition There is a glossary, bibliography and an index. Weight 0.50 Kg. Postage within Malaysia is free The dust jacket has tanned slightly with age, has a bit of rubbing and a small nick on one edge. The… Leer más