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Harvest of the Palm: Ecological Change in Eastern Indonesia Hardcover - 1977
by James J. Fox
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- Title Harvest of the Palm: Ecological Change in Eastern Indonesia
- Author James J. Fox
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 290
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA
- Date 01/01/1977
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780674381117 / 0674381114
- Weight 1.46 lbs (0.66 kg)
- Dimensions 9.5 x 6.52 x 1.02 in (24.13 x 16.56 x 2.59 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 76052996
- Dewey Decimal Code 301.510
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Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press , 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xv, 290 pages. Contents: Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. The Contrast of Economies -- CHAPTER TWO. The Clash of Economies -- CHAPTER THREE. The Intricate Background of Island Relations -- CHAPTER FOUR. Roti, Savu, and the Dutch East India Company -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Rotinese in the Nineteenth Century -- CHAPTER SIX. The Savunese in the Nineteenth Century -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Ethnic Relations in the Twentieth Century -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Introduction to the Borassus Palm -- CHAPTER NINE. Three Gase Studies of Borassus Utilization -- APPENDIXES -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. Subjects: Economic anthropology; Lesser Sunda Islands. Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia) Economic conditions. Asia…
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Harvard University Press, 1977-01-01. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good. 9x6x1. The dustjacket is in Very Good+ condition. Paradoxically, at a time when hunting and gathering societies are almost a thing of the past, a subsistence system based on gathering is not only persisting but actually gaining ground in southeastern Indonesia. The economy of the small islands of Roti and Savu is centered on the intensive use of the lontar palm tree, whose juice is the staple of the peopleâs diet and whose leaves, leafstalks, and trunks provide the wherewithal for their housing and most of their needs. This economy, marvelously stable and adaptive, is described in detail by James Fox, and is contrasted with that of the large neighboring islands, Timor and Sumba; there slash-and-burn agriculture has led to steady ecological deterioration, in the wake of which the lontar economy of the smaller islands has gained a foothold and is gradually expanding. How these developments came about is revealed by…
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