On the edge of the Banda zone : past and present in the social organization of a Moluccan trading network /

On the edge of the Banda zone : past and present in the social organization of a Moluccan trading network /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Ellen, R. F., 1947-
Imprint:	Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c2003.
Description:	xii, 330 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Moluccans -- Commerce -- Indonesia -- Ceram Island. Moluccans -- Fishing -- Indonesia -- Ceram Island. Moluccans -- Indonesia -- Ceram Island -- Social life and customs. Nutmeg industry -- Indonesia -- Ceram Island -- History. Spice trade -- Indonesia -- Ceram Island -- History. Manners and customs. Nutmeg industry. Politics and government. Spice trade. Ceram Island (Indonesia) -- Politics and government. Ceram Island (Indonesia) -- Social life and customs. Indonesia -- Ceram Island. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4954768

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ISBN:	0824826760 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-320) and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
A Note on Spelling
Acknowledgments
1.. Introduction
2.. Archipelagic Southeast Seram
3.. A Conjectured History: The Origins of a Trading Zone
4.. The Political Economy of a Conradian Space
5.. Southeast Seram and the Papuas
6.. Boats and Boat Handling
7.. The Structure of Contemporary Trading Networks
8.. The Social Instruments of Trade in Late Twentieth-Century Seram
9.. Traders, Migration, and Ethnicity
10.. Conclusion
Appendixes
Notes
Works Cited
Index