On the road to tribal extinction : depopulation, deculturation, and adaptive well-being among the Batak of the Philippines / James F. Eder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eder, James F., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Acculturation--Philippines--Palawan--Case studies.

Acculturation.

Batak (Philippine people)--Population.

Batak (Philippine people).

Batak (Philippine people)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 276 p., [8] p. of plates ) ill. ;

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, 1992.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The cultural and even physical extinction of the world's remaining tribal people is a disturbing phenomenon of our time. In his study of the Batak of the Philippines, James Eder explores the adaptive limits of small human populations facing the ecological changes, social stresses, and cultural disruptions attending incorporation into broader socioeconomic systems.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Tables and Figures

1. Introduction

2. The Batak as They Were

3. The Batak as They Are Today

4. Demographic Evidence of Adaptive Difficulty

5. Physiological Evidence of Adaptive Difficulty

6. Increased Stress Levels as the Cause of Adaptive Difficulty

7. Decreased Stress-Coping Ability as the Cause of Adaptive Difficulty

8. Ethnic Identity, Human Motivation, and Tribal Survival

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [251]-271.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520912755

0520912756

9780585127866

0585127867

OCLC:

1163878098