From subsistence to simple commodity production: economic relations in two Semai settlements

• Main Author: Nicholas, Colin G.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English; English
• Published: 1985
• Subjects: Senoi (Southeast Asian people) - Pahang - Kampung Kuala Tual - Economic conditions; Senoi (Southeast Asian people) - Pahang - Kampung Sungei Buntu - Economic conditions; Senoi (Southeast Asian people) - Social life and customs
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8796/1/FEP_1985_1%20IR.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8796/

This study documents and analyzes the changes occurring in the Semai settlements of Kampung Kuala Tual and Kampung Sungei Buntu since the early 1950s. In particular, the focus is on the transformation of their economies from one which was subsistence-oriented to d ominated by production for exc...