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Malay fishermen: their peasant economy

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.LondonPublished In 1946 • Pages: ix, 354

By: Firth, Raymond.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study is based on a general survey in 1939-1940 covering nearly all the fishing communities in the states of Kelantan and Trengganu and some villages in the north of Pahang. Firth carried out eight months of intensive work in fishing villages and associated communities near Perupok in the Bachok district of Kelantan. The organization and financing of production, ownership of equipment, marketing, output, and the distribution of proceeds from fishing are described, based on daily records for a six months' period of the value of catch in the area under study. Individual income from fishing and the relationships of individuals in the community are also covered.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Fishing
Fishing gear
Internal trade
Settlement patterns
Wholesale marketing
Marine industries
External trade
Ethnic stratification
Income and demand
Preservation and storage of food
Research and development
Annual cycle
Land use
Topography and geology
Boats
Price and value
Mutual aid
Borrowing and lending
Wages and salaries
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Malays
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2010
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southeast Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
Book
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
B. P. Emerson ; 1955
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1939-1940
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1939-1946
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
The states of Kelantan and Trengganu; some villages in the north of Pahang; villages and associated communities near Perupok in the Bachok district of Kelantan
NotesAdditional notes
by Raymond Firth
'Issued in cooperation with the Royal Institute of International Affairs and the Institute of Pacific Relations.'
Includes bibliographical references (p. 348)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
46005465
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Fish trade--Malay Peninsula
Fishers--Malay Peninsula