Minangkabau Social Formations.

Abstract

List of maps, figures and tables Preface 1. Introduction 2. The internal and the external in a Minangkabau village: an introduction to the world of the concrete 3. Adat, kinship and marriage: the constitution of the subsistence community 4. Agriculture and subsistence: the reproduction of the subsistence community 5. Commodity production in the village economy: the case of blacksmithing 6. Occupation, class and the peasant economy 7. The structure of petty commodity production 8. Mercantilism and the evolution of 'traditional' society 9. The emergence of petty commodity production 10. Conclusions: the concept of a neo-colonial social formation Bibliography Glossary of Minangkabau terms Index.