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1 online resource (391 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415175746
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9780203001011
Serie:
International Library of Sociology Series
Inhalt:
The social, economic and political impact of the decline of the old colonial powers in Africa, India and the Middle East are still areas of vast research and debate. Much of the key issues concerning this area are discussed in this book
Anmerkung:
Intro -- MALAY FISHERMEN: THEIR PEASANT ECONOMY -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter I. The Fishing Industry In Malaya And Indonesia -- General Character of Malayo-lndonesian Sea Fishing -- Market Relations -- Incomes -- Practical Problems in the Fishing Industry -- Some Theoretical Considerations -- Structure of an Oriental Peasant Economy -- Chapter II. Economics Of The Industry In Two Malay States (Kelantan Rengganu) -- General Conditions and Importance -- Fishing Population and Output -- Equipment-Details of Types and Cos -- Capital Invested in Fishing Boats and Gear -- Finance of Boats and Nets -- Fish-buying and Money-lending -- Chapter III. Structure Of A Sample Fishing Community -- The Perupok Area, Kelantan -- Its Economic History -- Composition of Its Population -- External Economic Relationships -- Distribution by Sex and " Economic Stages -- Occupational Distribution -- Chapter IV. Planning And Organization Of Fishing Activities -- Preferences in the Use of Labour and Capita -- The Use of Time In Lift-net Fishing -- Organization of Lift-net Fishing -- The Role of the Fishing Expert -- The Expert and his Crew -- Fluctuations in Lift-net Crews -- Relations between Fishing Expert and Carrier Agent -- Strain and Re-alignment in Net-groups -- Changes in Boat-grouping of Nets -- Relations of Fishing Experts with One Another -- The Ritual Factor in Organization -- Chapter V. Ownership Of Equipment And Management Of Capital -- The Place of Capital in the Peasant Economy -- Volume of Investment in Fishing Equipment -- Ownership of Equipment -- Levels of Individual Boat and Net Capital -- Management of Capital by Individuals -- History of One Man's Investments -- Financing the Production and Maintenance of Equipment -- The Entrepreneur in Net Manufacture -- Chapter VI. The Credit System In Financing Production -- Seasonal Advances
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Appendix V. The Daganang (Dagangan) System In Trengganu And North Pahang -- Appendix VI. Weekly Records Of Sales Of Fish From Lift-Nets, Perupok Area, During A Half-Year -- Appendix VII. Sales Of Fish From Pukat Dalam (Mackerel-Nets), Perupok Area, During A Half-Year -- Appendix VIII. Commoner Kinds Of Fish Taken In East Coast Malayan Waters -- Appendix IX. Glossary Of Kelantan Terms Associated With Fishing -- Bibliography -- Index
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Friendly Loans -- Interest-bearing Loans -- Interest Disguised as Profit-sharing -- Mobilization of Credit through Capital Expenditure -- Credit in the Marketing of Goods -- Chapter VII. Marketing Organization -- The Middlemen -- Wholesale Buying on the Beach -- Samples of Bargaining Technique -- Features of Bargaining -- Graphs of Price Determination -- Cash, Credit, and Insurance against Price Reduction -- Arrangements among the Wholesale Dealers -- Intermediate and Retail Sellin -- The Market for Cured Fish -- Losses of Middlemen -- Inland Markets for Fish -- Fluctuations in Fish Prices -- Profits and Summary -- Chapter VIII. The System Of Distributing Earnings -- Sharing out the Earnings from the Lift-net -- Value of the Shares -- Distribution of Earnings from other Types of Fishing -- Fish for Home Consumption and Petty Cash -- The Basic Principles of Distribution -- Chapter IX. Output And Levels Of Income -- Estimated Value of Annual Output -- Levels of Output from Lift-nets -- Levels of Output in Other Types of Fishing -- Importance of the Output Figures -- Levels of Income -- Chapter X. Fishermen In The General Peasant Economy -- Supplementary Sources of Fishermen's Income -- Samples of Household Income -- Peasant Standards of Living -- Poverty and Wealth in the Peasant Scheme -- Tendencies to Change (by 1940) -- Chapter XI. Fisheries Development And The Malay Peasant -- Basic Problems -- Technical Development -- Economic Development -- SOCIAL CHANGE -- Appendices -- Appendix I. Note On Problems And Technique In A Field Study Of A Peasant Economy -- Appendix II. Summary Of Boats And Fishing Equipment In Malayan Waters, 1938-9 -- Appendix III. Summary Of Fishing-Boats And Nets In Kelantan And Trengganu, About 1939 -- Appendix IV. Variations In The Scheme Of Distribution In The Major Forms Of Fishing
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version Firth, Raymond Malay Fishermen Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2003 ISBN 9780415175746
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