Leaves of the same tree : trade and ethnicity in the Straits of Melaka
Despite the existence of about a thousand ethnolinguistic groups in Southeast Asia, very few historians of the region have engaged the complex issue of ethnicity. Leaves of the Same Tree takes on this concept and illustrates how historians can use it both as an analytical tool and as a subject of analysis to add further depth to our understanding of Southeast Asian pasts. Following a synthesis of some of the major issues in the complex world of ethnic theory, the author identifies two general principles of particular value for this study: the ideas that ethnic identity is an ongoing process and that the boundaries of a group undergo continual--if at times imperceptible--change based on perceived advantage
Electronic books
1 online resource (x, 320 pages) : maps
9781435666733, 9780824863319, 9780824831899, 9780824869403, 1435666739, 0824863313, 0824831896, 0824869400
259735384
Melayu antecedents
Emergence of Malayu
Ethnicization of the Minangkabau
From Malayu to Aceh
The Batak Malayu
The Orang Laut and the Malayu
The Orang Asli/Suku terasing and the Malayu
English