The sea nomads : a study of the maritime boat people of Southeast Asia / David E. Sopher
Author(s): Sopher, David E.
Library Item Details
- Main Title
- The sea nomads : a study of the maritime boat people of Southeast Asia
- Author(s)
- Sopher, David E.
- Publisher
- Singapore : National Museum, 1977
- Collation
- 444 p. : maps included
25 cm. - Dewey Class
- 959
- Contents
- Preface / Christopher Hooi, Director National Museum -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I. Ecological: Malaysian Coasts And Seas: A. Introduction: The Habitat of the Sea Nomads; B. The Strand: 1. Classification of Strand Types; 2. Strand Types: (a) The Mangrove Coasts, (b) The Sand Beach, (c) Rocks and Cliffs, (d) The Coral Reef; 3. The Land behind the Strand; C. The Sea: 1. Significant Properties, 2. Topography, Temperature and Salinity, 3. Weather and Currents, 4. Biotic Resources; D. The Strand Environment as the Habitat of Primitive Man -- Part II. Descriptive: The Nomadic Boat People: A. Introduction: 1. Definitions, General Distribution and Habitat, 3. Cultural-Economic Summary; B. West Coast of the Malay Peninsula: 1. Sources, 2. Economy, 3. Names and Origin Stories, 4. Distribution and Range, 5. Personality and General Cultura Characteristics, 6. Cultural Contacts, Acculturation and Settlement; C. The South China Sea: 1. Riouw-Lingga Archipelago and Adjoining Coasts: (a) Sources, (b) Economy, (c) Names and Distribution; 2. The Pulau Tujuh; 3. Bangka, Billiton and Adjacent Coasts: (a) Sources, (b) Economy, (c) Name and Origin Stories, (d) Distribution and Range, (e) Culture Characteristics and Personality; D. North Borneo and the Sulu Archipelago: 1. Sources; 2. Nomenclature: (a) Nomadic Bajaus, (b) Lutangos, (c) Sedentary Bajaus (Orang Sama), (d) Samals (Samales-Laut); 3. Origin Stories; 4. Note on the Sea Dayaks; E. Eastern Indonesia: 1. Sources, 2. Economy, Distribution and Socail-Political Relationships, 3. Culture and Religion, 4. The Name 'Bajau' -- Part III. Comparative: An Alaysis Of Physical And Cultural Characteristics: Introduction; A. Physical Characteristics: Supplementary Note on Vital Statistics and Health, B. Language, C. Boat Building and Navigation, D. Fishing, E. Other Economic Activities: 1. Gathering, 2. Manufactures, 3. Transportation, 4. Piracy, 5. Domestic Crafts; F. Appendix: Aspects of Non-Material Culture: 1. Social Organisation, 2. Rites of Transition, 3. Religion, 4. Religious Rites and Artifacts (Non-Moslem); G. The Modern Sea Nomads as Representatives of an Original Cultural Entity: a Summary -- Part IV. Historical: The Sea Nomads Prior To The Nineteenth Century: Introduction; A. Thomas Forrest on the Bajaus; B. Francois Valentijn on the Bajaus (ca. 1675); C. Combes and Others on the Boat Folk of the Sulu Archipelago; D. Boat People in the Western Archipelago During the Portuguese Period, Appendix: Text of Barros' Remarks Concerning the Celates; E. Seventeenth and Eighteenth centure References to the Celates; F. Chinese and Arab Accounts before 1500 -- Part V. Deductive and Speculative. Conclusions: A. Sea Nomad Migrations; B. Sea Nomad Origins, Appendix: Two Opinions on the Origin of the Malaysian Sea Nomads -- Postscipt -- Bibliography -- Index.
- Language
- English
- BRN
- 767
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Rotunda Library & Archive
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