introduction malayan aborigines de williams hunt p d r (13 resultados)

Written during the guerilla war for independence in the 1950s, for the benefit of the Security Forces (British and British Malaya government). The author was a self-trained ethnologist. -- Includes 22 plates of photographs, drawings of facial adornments, a distribution map. -- Small bookstore label from Singapore. Owner name with "Phnom Penh." -- Hardcover, 102 pages, 7.5x10 inches. Condition: good-only (cover is worn, rubbed, with bumped corners; pages are bright and binding is tight).

Condición: Fair. Acceptable condition. (ethnology, Malaysia) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Decorative Cloth. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book has 102 pages with b&w photographs, charts and a distribution map. Cover has light shelfwear, a small scrape on the spine and about 6 white marks (dirt?) on it. Previous owner gift inscription in front endpaper. Inside pages clean and binding is tight. Covers: Environment, Numbers, Distribution, Types and Tribes, Social Organisation, Language, Music, Dance, Health, Dress and Personal Ornament, Ways of Life, Material Culture, Magic and Religion, Customs and Beliefs. Has examples of Face Tattoos, Face Painting, Aboriginal Patterns.

Hardcover. Condición: Reading Copy. Below average copy. Reading copy. 102pp, b/w plates. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. New York: AMS Press, 1952. Hardcover.

Kuala Lumpur 1952. Sm.4to. Or.cl. (faded & somewhat soiled). (VI102pp.). With frontisp. 22 full-page plates 7 text-figs. and a map.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Editio. green,gilt dec.cloth,102 pages, illustrated, frontis.,numerous b & w illustrations from photographs, line drawings in text, foreward by General Sir Gerald Templer, light edge wear , a clean, copy Size: 4 to. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Some cover wear, interior clean and unmarked. Discusses the Semai Senoi Aborigines in the central highlands. Written in accordance to the author's own observations beginning in 1947. 102pp. B/w photos.

Paperback. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: no dj. Introduction to the Malayan Aborigines, an. Book.

Kuala Lumpur 1952, Govt. Press. Green cloth, 102p., 1 color, 84 b.w. photos, 2 charts, appendices, bibliography, index, spine very worn, parts missing, edges worn. AUTHOR'S SIGNED. The author, who was adviser on Aborigines, Federation of Malaya, gives us a concise report covering environment, types and tribes, language, music, dancing, health, dress, magic, religion, &c. Scans can be sent by email.

An Introduction to the Malayan Aborigines is an anthropological and administrative guide to the Orang Asli people of the Malay Peninsula, written for British Commonwealth soldiers and colonial administrators. WilliamsHunt draws on years of fieldwork among aboriginal communities to detail their cultures, social organization, languages, beliefs and daily practices.The book begins by categorizing the various tribes-how they differ in lifestyle, subsistence practices (hunting, gathering, shifting cultivation), material culture, and degree of contact with nonaboriginal Malays. It discusses how each group is organized socially: kinship, leadership, marriage customs, housing, diet, and how groups interact with each other and with the colonial administration. WilliamsHunt also covers how indigenous languages are used, including their limitations and pressures from Malay and English; likewise, music, dance, and other expressive arts are described in detail.On the practical side, the book includes discussion of "welfare" issues: health, hygiene, housing, and how colonial welfare and resettlement policies affect Orang Asli lifestyles. There is advice for troops and administrators about respect, hygiene, and how to avoid unintentionally harming traditions. Altogether, the work balances descriptive ethnography with pragmatic concerns of governance, making it both a record of culture and a manual for colonial policy.The book is signed by the author on the front endpaper. The book is in very good condition but has wear on the edges of the green cloth boards. A couple of pages are uncut.

Soft cover. Condición: Fair. 1952 - 102pp Pictures b/w of artifacts and people in it Major P.D.R. Williams-Hunt text in english.

Kuala Lumpur 1952, Govt. Press. Green cloth, 102p., 1 color, 84 b.w. photos, 2 charts, appendices, bibliography, index, very good. The author, who was adviser on Aborigines, Federation of Malaya, gives us a concise report covering environment, types and tribes, language, music, dancing, health, dress, magic, religion, &c. Scans can be sent by email.