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Title:
Land and longhouse : agrarian transformation in the uplands of sarawak
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Nordic Institute of Asian Studies monograph series ; 110
Publication Information:
Denmark : NIAS, 2007
Physical Description:
xxii, 422 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9788776940102

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Summary

Summary

This book examines the role of community, market and state in the historic transformation of upland livelihoods in Southeast Asia.

Focusing on the Saribas Iban of Sarawak, the book combines in-depth, generation-long village case studies with an account of changes in land use and tenure at the regional level spanning a century and a half.

This analysis demonstrates that, far from being passive victims of globalization, the Iban have been active agents in their own transformation, engaging with both market and state while retaining community values and governance.

The book offers a fascinating, empirically rich account of interest to scholars, development practitioners and the general reader alike.


Author Notes

Prior to his retirement, Rob Cramb was a distinguished scholar at the University of Queensland, his research interests centred on rural development, agrarian change, and natural resource management in Southeast Asia.