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Tribal communities in the Malay world : historical, cultural, and social perspectives

Explores the ways in which the character of tribal societies relate to the Malay kingdoms that have held power in the region for many centuries past, as well as to the modern nation-states of the region. It brings together researchers committed to comparative analysis of the tribal groups living on either side of the Malacca Straits

Print Book, English, 2002
International Institute for Asian Studies ; Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Leiden, the Netherlands, Singapore, 2002