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Madurese seafarers : Prahus, timber and illegality on the margins of the Indonesia state
The madurese are one of the great maritime and trading peoples of the indonesian archipelago. This remakable study takes readers into the coastal villages of Madura,where the distinctive traditional vessels were powered by sail until the late twentith century. It examines informal sector economic niches,notably the cattle,salt and timber trades and teh carriage of people. The author argues that the ecology and demography of madura,the nature of village society,cultural traditions of frugality and self-reliance,and an appetite for risk all contributed to the sucsess of the madyrese as maritime enterpreneurs. During suharto's New Order, Madurese seafarers prospered through their role in the booming timber trade between Kalimantan and Java,adopting quasi-legal methods and exercising great ingenuity to circumvent state-imposed laws and rgulations.
based on data collected during visits to remote ports and unlicensed sawmills in Kalimantan,prahu harbours in Java,and 'wild' beach port in madura, madurese seafarers explores the inner workings of madurese maritime trade during a critical period of change that brought these village-based maritime transporters and traders into conflict with the modern indonesian state.
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