Penan Histories

Penan Histories
Author : Tim Bending
Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 194
Release : 2021-08-04
ISBN 10 : 9789004486935
ISBN 13 : 9004486933
Language : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL
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Penan Histories is an ethnographic examination of the transition from nomadism to agriculture and employment in the timber industry, to protest against that industry, and back once more to working as loggers; a story also of cultural change, collective action and individual corruption.

Penan Histories
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Pages: 194

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