Leaves of the Same Tree
Douban
Trade and Ethnicity in the Straits of Melaka
Leonard Y. Andaya
Overview
Despite the existence of about a thousand ethnolinguistic groups in Southeast Asia, very few historians of the region have engaged the complex issue of ethnicity. Leaves of the Same Tree takes on this concept and illustrates how historians can use it both as an analytical tool and as a subject of analysis to add further depth to our understanding of Southeast Asian pasts. Following a synthesis of some of the major issues in the complex world of ethnic theory, the author identifies two general principles of particular value for this study: the ideas that ethnic identity is an ongoing process and that the boundaries of a group undergo continual--if at times imperceptible--change based on perceived advantage.
contents
List of Maps p. viii
Acknowledgments p. ix
Introduction p. 1
Chapter 1 Malayu Antecedents p. 18
Chapter 2 Emergence of Malayu p. 49
Chapter 3 Ethnicization of the Minangkabau p. 82
Chapter 4 From Malayu to Aceh p. 108
Chapter 5 The Batak Malayu p. 146
Chapter 6 The Orang Laut and the Malayu p. 173
Chapter 7 The Orang Asli/Suku Terasing and the Malayu p. 202
Conclusion: Framing the Southeast Asian Past in Ethnic Terms p. 235
Notes p. 241
Abbreviations p. 285
Select Bibliography p. 287
Index p. 315