1998, ISBN: 9067181099

[EAN: 9789067181099], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: KITLV Press], MINAHASA, SULAWESI, INDONESIA - ANTHROPOLOGY; HISTORY, History|Asia|Southeast Asia, 334 pp., bibliography, index. Warfar… Mehr…

[EAN: 9789067181099], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: KITLV Press], MINAHASA, SULAWESI, INDONESIA - ANTHROPOLOGY; HISTORY, History|Asia|Southeast Asia, 334 pp., bibliography, index. Warfare and wealth were the major means for acquiring status in precolonial Minahasa (North Sulawesi). Although the egalitarian character of the society has changed since then, the author argues that the quest for power and prestige is an ongoing concern among Minahasans and that the ways to attain it have changed little. This is so despite the drastic changes the region has undergone, especially since the establishment of Dutch colonial rule in the nineteenth century. Minahasa was known in the Netherlands as a Christian, Westernized society that provided numerous soldiers for the colonial army. Today Minahasa is a region of Indonesia with a largely cash-crop economy and a high level of education. Based on extensive anthropological and historical research, this book focuses on patterns and processes of social mobility. The character of leadership in tribal society, then under the colonial bureaucracy, and later in modern Indonesia are discussed. Besides political changes, changes in economic conditions and in religion have had a considerable influence on mobility. These processes are illustrated by a case study of a local community. This study describes life in the 1980s, as well as reconstructing society in previous periods. Topics covered include feasts of merit, religious conversion, Dutch colonial policy, the relation between subsistence and the market, and between macro-historical processes and local history. 0.0<

1998, ISBN: 9067181099

[EAN: 9789067181099], [PU: KITLV Press, Leiden, 1998.], 8vo, 334pp, black and white illustrations. A very good paperback copy.

ISBN: 9789067181099

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