Peasant Pedlars and Professional Traders: Subsistence Trade in Rural Markets of Minahasa, Indonesia
Date of publication:
1987
Publisher:
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Number of pages:
155
Code:
BM86
About the publication
Trading in the rural areas of developing countries provides a valuable source of cash income, especially for small and landless peasants. In a case study of the village of Kakas in the province of North Sulawesi, Indonesia, the authors depict the colourful market scene of a village pasar, the selling and buying strategies of traders and customers, and the characteristics of supply and demand. They also shed light on the often-neglected non-economic aspects of the pasar, such as its value for local communication and its role in the formation of a new sense of local identity and solidarity. By means of studies of trader households this book also scrutinizes how rural households combine petty trade with other income-generating activities such as cash-cropping, subsistence production, wage labour, and even work as a civil servant. The authors also show how petty trade, though highly efficient, may well be an indicator of underdevelopment.
Contents
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Peasant Pedlars and Professional Traders: Subsistence Trade in Rural Markets of Minahasa, Indonesia (hard cover)
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Preliminary pages
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1. Introduction (UM)
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2. Field-Work Methodology (HB)
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3. Minahasa: Some Thoughts on the Region (HB)
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4. Kakas Village (UM)
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5. Pasar Kakas (UM)
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6. Trader Households (UM & HB)
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7. Part-Time & Permanent Traders (UM)
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8. Trading within the Strategy of Combined Economic Sectors (UM)
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9. The Efficient Substance Trader & the World Market (UM)
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10. Trading Past the Market-Place: The Case of the Cloves (UM)
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11. Socio-Economic Change and the Role of Traders in the Village (UM)
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