Raiding, trading, and feasting : the political economy of Philippine chiefdoms
"As early as the first millennium A.D., the Philippine archipelago formed the easternmost edge of a vast network of Chinese, Southeast Asian, Indian, and Arab traders, who circulated porcelain, silk, glass beads, and other luxury goods throughout the South China Sea and through the Malacca Straits into the Indian Ocean. Items procured through maritime trade became key symbols of social prestige and political power for the Philippine chiefly elite. Raiding, Trading, and Feasting presents the first comprehensive analysis of how participation in this trade related to broader changes in the political economy of these Philippine island societies."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©1999
University of Hawaiʻi Press, Honolulu, ©1999
History
ix, 477 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9780824820350, 0824820355
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