Land and longhouse : agrarian transformation in the uplands of Sarawak /
R.A. Cramb
- Copenhagen : NIAS Press, 2007
- xxii, 422 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
- Nordic Institute of Asian Studies monograph series ; 110 .
- Nordic Institute of Asian Studies monograph series ; no. 110 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-412) and index
Agrarian transformation in the Southeast Asian uplands -- The Iban of Sarawak -- The pre-colonial agrarian system of the Saribas Iban -- The Brooke state and Iban land -- The struggle for land in the Brooke period -- The growth of commercial agriculture in the Brooke period -- The adaptation of land tenure to commercial agriculture -- Agrarian law and policy in the post-war period -- Public and private agents of agrarian development in the uplands -- Post-war transformation of smallholder agriculture in the Saribas district -- Land tenure and land development in the Saribas district -- The struggle for balanced development in the Southeast Asian uplands.