The Banana Tree at the Gate: A History of Marginal Peoples and Global Markets in Borneo by Michael R. Dove

The Banana Tree at the Gate: A History of Marginal Peoples and Global Markets in Borneo

Michael R. Dove

332 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction economics informative reflective medium-paced
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The "Hikayat Banjar," a native court chronicle from Borneo, characterizes the irresistibility of natural resource wealth to outsiders as "the banana tree at the gate." Michael R. Dove employs this phrase as a root metaphor to frame the history of ...

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