On the edge of the Banda zone : past and present in the social organization of a Moluccan trading network - Ellen, R. F., 1947- (Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, 2003)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-320) index
Keywords: Moluccans -- Commerce -- Indonesia -- Ceram Island; Moluccans -- Indonesia -- Ceram Island -- Social life and customs; Ceram Island (Indonesia) -- Politics and government; Ceram Island (Indonesia) -- Social life and customs