A Note on Pronunciation and Orthography

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents ix
4. A Note on Pronunciation and Orthography xv
5. Introduction 1
6. PART I. ENVIRONMENT AND HISTORY
7. 1. Deceptive Appearances: Environment, Demography, and Agricultural Change 15
8. 2. History and Change 36
9. PART II. SOCIOCULTURAL EFFECTS OF COLONIAL PENETRATION
10. 3. Ethnohistory, Inequality, and Contemporary Village Politics 55
11. 4. Bius: Religious Conflict and Accommodation 76
12. 5. Ritual Expressions of Values and the Feasting System 91
13. PART III. AGRICULTURE AND TRADE
14. 6. The Agricultural Cycle and the Cycle of Wants 117
15. 7. The Ecology and Ethnology of Batak Grassland Farming 143
16. 8. Marketing, Credit, and Investment 161
17. PART IV. ACCESS TO RESOURCES: LABOR AND LAND IN INTERPRETING THE ECONOMY
18. 9. Age and Gender Differentials in the Work Force 183
19. 10. Modes of Labor Mobilization 202
20. 11. Ownership, Care, and Values of Livestock 225
21. 12. Landholding and Transference 238
22. PART V. MODELING SAMOSIR BATAK ECONOMY
23. 13. Reciprocity and Spheres of Exchange in Batak Economy 277
24. 14. Change and Persistence in the Worldview of Samosir Villagers 312
25. Appendix A. Methods of Data Gathering 325
26. Appendix B. Means of Measurement and Their Margins of Error 328
27. Appendix C. Regulations Promulgated at a Church-Sanctioned Feast 331
28. Appendix D. Rice-Growing Statistics 332
29. References Cited 339
30. Index 357