Malaysia - Anthropology & Sociology from The Penang Bookshelf

Kuching, Malaysia: Museum, Kuching, 1957. Paperback. Good. This volume contains a collection of articles divided into the following sections: - I. Movements in Time and Place - II. Government On and Under the Ground - IV. Goings on - V. Biological - VI: Literary: Reviews. Please… Read more about this item

Kuching, Malaysia: Museum, Kuching, 1986. Paperback. Very Good. This volume contains a collection of articles divided into the following sections: - I: Social Science - II. History - III. Natural Science. Please see scanned contents pages for further details. 295 pages.Weight 0.8kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover has a little bit… Read more about this item

Kuching, Malaysia: Museum, Kuching, 1954. Paperback. Good. This volume contains a collection of articles divided into the following sections: - I. Human Sciences - II Zoology - III Reviews and Notes. Please see scanned contents pages for further details. 192 pages. Weight 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia The spine and parts of… Read more about this item

Kuching, Malaysia: Museum, Kuching, 1995. Paperback. Very Good +. Transcriptions of live recordings made by the author, together with translations into English, of the Kejamen, a Kajang minority group, closely related to the Sekapan, from the Upper Rejang area in Belanga District. 637 pages. For further details, please see the scanned contents pages Weight: 1.5kg Post free… Read more about this item

Kuching, Malaysia: Museum, Kuching, 1962. Paperback. Good. This volume contains a collection of articles divided into the following sections: - I. New Comparisons and Classifications - II. Ears (and Eyes) Across the Borders - III. Studies in Development - IV. Nature Studies. Please see scanned contents pages for further… Read more about this item

Kuching, Malaysia: Museum, Kuching, 1997. Paperback. Very Good. This volume contains a collection of articles divided into the following sections: - I. Social Science - II. Archeaology - III. Language - IV. Natural History. Please see scanned contents pages for further details. 221 pages. Weight 0.7kg. Post free within… Read more about this item

Kuching, Malaysia: Museum, Kuching, 1962. Paperback. Good +. This volume contains a collection of articles divided into the following sections: - I. New Comparisons and Classifications - II. Ears (and Eyes) Across the Borders - III. Studies in Development - IV. Nature Studies. Please see scanned contents pages for… Read more about this item

Ithaca, USA: Cornell Univ Southeast Asia, 2002. Paperback. Very Good. The author provides a detailed study of a conflict between urban development and the needs of long term residents who are required to move and see their homes demolished to allow such development. This case involved the Portuguese Eurasian residents of Pulau Tikus, part of the capital city… Read more about this item

Singapore: Institute Of Southeast Asian Studies, 1987. Paperback. Good. This book publishes the results of the author's research in a village near Jitra in Kedah, where she sought to determine what, if any, effect the 'Green Revolution' had on what had previously been a subsistence economy. Most of the work is devoted to the social effects on … Read more about this item

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: SIRd, 2017. First edition. Paperback. New. This collection of essays, based on research by a group of scholars at Monash University Malaysia for their Honours and Masters degrees, unpicks the strands of race entangling the lives of denizens of Kuala Lumpur in the 21st century. Whether it's the smart cafe culture, TV advertisements for various… Read more about this item

Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, 1989. 1989 edition. Paperback. As New. This is a classic study of one of Malaysia's aboriginal peoples who, according to the author's prevace to this edition, are probably now no longer the forest hunter gatherers they were at the time when the book was written. This 294 page book contains much we can… Read more about this item

Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 2017. First edition. Paperback. New. At a time when traditional Asian habits of children respecting and caring for their elderly parents are beginning to break down and other agencies are exploring the extent to which they can provide alternative support, the contributors to this book take a comprehensive look at the situation… Read more about this item

Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 2017. First edition. Paperback. New. In this collection of papers, the contributors examine the role played by virtual social networks in current society, particularly in Malaysia. The positive aspects of such networks in accounting, higher education and in the public sector are set against the 'disruptive' effects on students' social life. The… Read more about this item

Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 1995. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Despite the slightly misleading subtitle to this book, the author, an anthropologist, is concerned about the rehabilitation of under age girls subject to sexual exploitation in Malaysia. He assesses the situation at the end of the 20th century and finds the system has failed those 'rescued.'… Read more about this item

London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. This book is based on research carried out amongst Bidayuh women who have migrated from the countryside to the city to find work. Hew, a member of the academic staff of the Universiti Sarawak Malaysia, looks at how the women cope with changes generally and in particular how family relationships… Read more about this item

London: Athlone Press, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. This work, a revised Ph.D thesis, mainly seeks to study the workings of the matrilineal system of kinship prevalent in Negeri Sembilan at the time of the research. Swift particularly looks at how this system copes with the patrilineal system of Islam, the change from rice to rubber cultivation… Read more about this item

Singapore: Eastern Universities Press, 1972. Revised. Paperback. Very Good. 16-2-16. A geography text book with sample questions at the end of each chapter, several line drawings and black and white photographs. The author was formerly a teacher in Sabah. 204 pages. Please see the scan of the contents page for further details. Weight: 0.5kg. Post free within… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 28-9-15. A collection of essays by both established and younger anthropologists introducing the reader to the social organisation of a number of Borneo peoples. In addition to describing the significant social features of these societies, the monographs also consider certain theoretical problems in the analysis of cognatic societies.… Read more about this item

Kuching, Malaysia: Museum, Kuching, 1951. Paperback. Very Good. This volume contains a collection of articles divided into the following sections - Human Sciences and Zoology/Botany 251 pages.Weight: 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia The spine has faded slightly with sunning. The binding is tight and the text clear with mild tanning throughout.

Kuching, Malaysia: Museum, Kuching, 1984. Paperback. Very Good. 27-4-16. This volume contains a collection of articles divided into the following sections - I Social Science, II - Archaeology' & History III - Language & IV Natural History. 245 pages. Weight: 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover has a small amount of wear The binding is tight… Read more about this item