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

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ISBN:

9780520912755

9780585127866

Title:

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

Author:

Eder, James F.

Personal Author:

Eder, James F.

Edition:

[Reprint ed.].

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 277 pages, [8] pages of plates) : illustrations

Contents:

The Batak as They Were -- The Batak as They Are Today -- Demographic Evidence of Adaptive Difficulty -- Physiological Evidence of Adaptive Difficulty -- Increased Stress Levels as the Cause of Adaptive Difficulty -- Decreased Stress-Coping Ability as the Cause of Adaptive Difficulty -- Ethnic Identity, Human Motivation, and Tribal Survival.

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Subject Term:

Batak (Philippine people) -- Social conditions.

Batak (Philippine people) -- Population.

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

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

1992

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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.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1988.

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

Author Notes

Eder James F. :

James F. Eder is Professor of Anthropology at Arizona State University, Tempe.