The Banana Tree at the Gate: A History of Marginal Peoples and Global Markets in Borneo (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)

By Michael R. Dove

Book Overview

The "Hikayat Banjar," a native court chronicle from Borneo, characterizes the irresistibility of natural resource wealth to outsiders as "the banana tree at the gate." Michael R. Dove employs this... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030015321X
• ISBN13: 9780300153217
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.1"