Modernity and Malaysia

Abigdon, UK: Routledge, 2007. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. The Menraq, also known as Semang or Negritos, are one of the indigenous tribes that existed for thousands of years as foragers on the Malaysian peninsula. In 1972 they were resettled by the Malaysian Government. Gomes brings together more than 30 years of research into this group to assess… Read more about this item

Hardback. New. Bringing together over thirty years of detailed ethnographic research on the Menraq of Malaysia, this book analyses and documents the experience of development and modernization in tribal communities. It traces the transformation of the lives of Menraq resulting from resettlement, development, and various 'civilizing projects'.

Paperback / softback. New.

New. Bringing together over thirty years of detailed ethnographic research on the Menraq of Malaysia, this fascinating book analyzes and documents the experience of development and modernization in tribal communities. Descendents of hunter-gatherers who have inhabited Southeast Asia for about 40,000 years, the Menraq (also known as Semang or Negritos) were nomadic foragers until they were… Read more about this item

New. Bringing together over thirty years of detailed ethnographic research on the Menraq of Malaysia, this fascinating book analyzes and documents the experience of development and modernization in tribal communities. Descendents of hunter-gatherers who have inhabited Southeast Asia for about 40,000 years, the Menraq (also known as Semang or Negritos) were nomadic foragers until they were… Read more about this item