Politics, Property and Law in the Philippine Uplands.

From: The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology | Date: November 1, 1994| Author: | Copyright information

Melanie Wiber has written an illuminating case study which is of interest to anyone concerned with the interplay of property relations, market incorporation and state policy among indigenous minority groups. The book describes and analyses the history and structure of legal, property and kinship relations among the Ibaloi of Kabayan municipality in the Cordillera Central of Northern Luzon. The Ibaloi are one of a number of ethno-linguistic groups collectively referred to as Igorots. These societies are of particular interest because of the very high degree of local control over ...

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