Central Borneo: Ethnic Identity and Social Life in a Stratified Society.

Introduction I: Orientation: The peoples of Central Borneo Colonial influence on Central Borneo II: Ethnicity: Ethnicity Ethnicity and culture: some definitions and queries Ethnic categories as taxonomies Ethnic identity Changes in ethnic ascription III: Social Organisation: The Social System at the Community Level: The individual, the household, kinship, and marriage Settlement patterns and groupings The village economy: Food production and related activities The economic system Stratification, inequality, and political structure General features of the stratification system Political and judicial process Social inequality Nomadic hunters-gatherers IV: Regional Organization: Relations between nomads and swiddeners Trade General relations between nomads and swiddeners Sedentarization Relations between Central Borneo agriculturalists Headhunting and warfare Relations with Malays Conclusion Appendices: The regions of Central Borneo Migrations Languages of Central Borneo References