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Informationen zum Autor Victor King has undertaken sociological and anthropological field research in Kalimantan and Malaysian Borneo during the past 20 years. Currently at the University of Hull! he is also Secretary of the British Academy Committee for South-East Asian Studies! and UK Director of the Borneo Research Council. Klappentext Examines the ethnic diversity of Borneo and shows that! beneath these variations! there are common social and cultural features. The book provides a view of traditional Bornean societies and cultures! documenting the challenge to traditional ways of life posed by modernization. Zusammenfassung Examines the ethnic diversity of Borneo and shows that! beneath these variations! there are common social and cultural features. The book provides a view of traditional Bornean societies and cultures! documenting the challenge to traditional ways of life posed by modernization. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. List of Plates. List of Maps. List of Tables. 1. The Island of Borneo: General Perspectives. 2. The People. 3. Prehistory: Australoids and Mongoloids. 4. India! China and Islam. 5. Europeans and Borneo: From Early Trade to Independence. 6. Economic Systems. 7. Socio-Political Organization. 8. Worldview and Religion. 9. Material Culture. 10. Modernization and Development. References. Index.
