Ellen, R. F., 1947-

On the edge of the Banda zone : past and present in the social organization of a Moluccan trading network / Roy Ellen - Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, 2003 - xii, 330 p. : ill., maps. ; 24cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-320) index

Introduction -- Archipelagic Southeast Seram -- A conjectured history: The origins of a trading zone -- The political economy of a Conradian space -- Southeast Seram and the Papuas -- Boats and boat handling -- The structure of contemporary trading networks -- The social instruments of trade in late twentieth century Seram -- Traders, migration and ethnicity -- Conclusion.

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