In this anthropological investigation of the nature of an
underdeveloped peasant economy, Joel S. Kahn attempts to develop
the insights generated by Marxist theorists, by means of a concrete
case study of a peasant village in the Indonesian province of West
Sumatra. He accounts for the specific features of this regional
economy, and, at the same time, examines the implications for it of
the centuries-old European domination of Indonesia. The most
striking feature of the Minangkabau economy is the predominance of
petty commodity relations in agriculture, handicrafts and the local
network of distribution. Dr Kahn illustrates this with material on
local economic organization, which he collected in the field in the
highland village of Sungai Puar, the site of a blacksmithing
industry, and with published and unpublished data from other parts
of Indonesia. Dr Kahn's book is unusual for its combination of a
theoretical analysis of underdevelopment with a detailed regional
study. It will appeal to those interested in South-east Asian
studies, in development, and in neo-Marxist approaches in
anthropology.
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