Living in a Lean-To: Philippine Negrito Foragers in Transition

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In this ethnographic study of the Agta, hunter-gatherers in the tropical rain forest of northeastern Luzon in the Philippines, Navin K. Rai documents a traditional society struggling to survive as their forest home is destroyed by outside forces. Foreword by Karl L. Hutterer.

Author(s): Navin K. Rai; Karl L. Hutterer
Series: Anthropological Papers: Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan 80
Publisher: University of Michigan
Year: 1990

Language: English
City: Ann Arbor

Contents
Maps, Figures and Plates
List of Appendices
Foreword
Preface
Note on Orthography
Part I. Introduction
1. The People
2. The Perspective
3. The Setting
Part II. The Traditional World
4. The Natural Environment
5. The Social Groupings
6. The Forest Orientation
7. The Social Circumscription
Part III. The Transitional World
8. The Changes
9. The Economic Transition
10. The Consequences
Part IV. Conclusions
11. Summary
12. The Agta Future
Chapter Notes
References Cited
Plates
Appendices