| On the Road to Tribal Extinction: Depopulation, Deculturation, and Adaptive Well-Being Among the Batak of the Philippines Contributor(s): Eder, James F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520078829 ISBN-13: 9780520078826 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $31.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1992 Annotation: The cultural and even physical extinction of the world's remaining tribal people is a disturbing phenomenon of our time. In his study of the Batak of the Philippines, James Eder explores the adaptive limits of small human populations facing the ecological changes, social stresses, and cultural disruptions attending incorporation into broader socioeconomic systems. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 305.800 |
| LCCN: 8701861 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.47" W x 8.55" (0.85 lbs) 292 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |