Peasant Pedlars and Professional Traders : : Subsistence Trade in Rural Markets of Minahasa, Indonesia / / Ulrich Mai.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Mai, Ulrich,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [1987]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 1987
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (155 p.)

Trading in the rural areas of developing countries provides a valuable source of cash income, especially for small and landless peasants. In a case study of the village of Kakas in the province of North Sulawesi, Indonesia, the authors depict the colourful market scene of a village pasar, the selling and buying strategies of traders and customers, and the characteristics of supply and demand. They also shed light on the often-neglected non-economic aspects of the pasar, such as its value for local communication and its role in the formation of a new sense of local identity and solidarity. By means of studies of trader households this book also scrutinizes how rural households combine petty trade with other income-generating activities such as cash-cropping, subsistence production, wage labour, and even work as a civil servant. The authors also show how petty trade, though highly efficient, may well be an indicator of underdevelopment.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction (UM) -- 2. Field-Work Methodology (HB) -- 3. Minahasa: Some Thoughts on the Region (HB) -- 4. Kakas Village (UM) -- 5. Pasar Kakas (UM) -- 6. Trader Households -- 7. Part-Time and Permanent Traders (UM) -- 8. Trading within the Strategy of Combined Economic Sectors (UM) -- 9. The Efficient Subsistence Trader and the World Market (UM) -- 10. Trading past the Market-Place: The Case of Cloves (UM) -- 11. Socia- Economic Change and the Role of Traders in the Village (UM) -- Bibliography