Malaysia and the "Original People" A Case Study of the Impact of Development on Indigenous Peoples (Part of the Cultural Survival Studies in Ethnicity and Change Series)

by Dentan, Robert Knox; Endicott, Kirk; Gomes, Alberto G.; Hooker, M.B.

• ISBN13: 9780205198177
• ISBN10: 0205198171
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-10-16
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Sharply focused on key issues affecting indigenous and ethnic groups worldwide, this book is part of a series of ethnographies, authored by leading figures in the field of anthropology and builds on introductoy material by going further in- depth and allowing readers to explore, virtually first hand, a particular issue and its impact on a culture.Concentrates on a well-researched, specific issue and its impact on a particular culture. Provides in-depth information on a particular culture, expanding the readerOs grasp of the experiences and problems encountered by different cultures.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Series	vii	(2)
Preface: "This Book Told Me More About Penguins Than I Wanted to Know"	ix	(6)
Acknowledgments	xv
Introduction	1	(22)
Advancing Rapidly to Wealth and Greatness	1	(7)
Orang Asli in the Malayan Ethnic Mosaic	8	(11)
Claims to Indigenous Status	19	(4)
Orang Asli Before Development	23	(28)
Batek: Forager-Traders of the Lowland Rainforest (1975-1976)	24	(5)
East Semai: Upland Swidden Farmers (1962)	29	(9)
West Semai: Trader-horticulturists of the Foothills (1963-1993)	38	(9)
Temuan: Lowland Rice Farmers and Traders (1978)	47	(4)
Government Intervention	51	(34)
A History of Orang Asli Relations with the Outside World	51	(16)
The Legal Position of the Orang Asli Today	67	(12)
The Government's Goal for Orang Asli	79	(6)
Development, Destruction, and Encroachment	85	(32)
The Impact of Orang Asli on the Environment	86	(2)
Malaysian Views of Development	88	(6)
Malaysian Development in Practice	94	(16)
Effects of Development on Orang Asli	110	(7)
Regroupment and Islamization	117	(34)
Regroupment	117	(25)
Islamization Program	142	(9)
The Future of the Orang Asli	151
Who Speaks for the Orang Asli?	151	(4)
Orang Asli Aspirations	155