Wagering the land : ritual, capital, and environmental degradation in the Cordillera of northern Luzon, 1900-1986 /
Why do market farmers in the rugged northern Philippine highlands stage ever more costly, elaborate ritual feasts so that their ancestors will shower success on ever more costly, ecologically risky farming ventures? Because the commercialization of agriculture in the area surrounding Buguias has res...
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Berkeley :
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©1992
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