Book
Looking for money: capitalism and modernity in an Orang Asli village
Center for Orang Asli Concerns: Trans Pacific Press • Melbourne, Vic. • Published In 2004 • Pages:
By: Gomes, Alberto G..
Abstract
This is a study of subsistence patterns and simple commodity production in a Semai village. The author surmises that people in the region have been trading forest products since the first millennium A.D., which intensified with access to European and Chinese markets through Malay middlemen and traders. The data collected includes data on time allocation, production output, and household income and expenditures for six households for one year. Households practice diverse subsistence activities, including fishing, hunting, gathering and swidden cultivation; and cash-earning activities, such as rubber tapping, forest product gathering and wage labor. The major forest product commodities are petai, durian and rattan. Petai and durian are gathered by "husbanded collecting," i.e., from privately-owned trees planted in the wild. Private ownership is a new development. Gomes depicts a flexible economy that has for many years been dependent on the marketplace for income and consumption.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2012
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2012
- Field Date
- 1982-1984
- Coverage Date
- 1880-2002
- Coverage Place
- Lengap village, Batang Padang district, Perak, Malaysia
- Notes
- Alberto G. Gomes
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- LCCN
- 2005360359
- LCSH
- Senoi (Southeast Asian people)--Malaysia--Batang Padang (Perak)--Economic conditions
- Senoi (Southeast Asian people)--Malaysia--Batang Padang (Perak)--Social Conditions
- Economic development--Social aspects--Malaysia--Batang Padang (Perak)
- Capitalism--Malaysia--Batang Padang (Perak)
- Batang Padang (Perak)--Economic conditions
- Batang Padang (Perak)--Social conditions