contents

• Preface and Acknowledgements i List of Maps and Tables vii List of Photographs viii
• Introduction 1
• Chapter 1 The Background 8
• Chapter 2 The Conventions of Kinship 26
• Chapter 3 The Developmental Cycle 74
• Chapter 4 The Village community and its Land 122
• Chapter 5 Land Tenure 153
• Chapter 6 Inheritance 184
• Epilogue 214
• Appendices
  • 1. Affinal Terms 217
  • 2. A Wedding Ceremony 220
  • 3. An Example of Current Procedure in the Sale of Land 225
  • 4. The Allocation of Shares in a Water-Mill 228
  • 5. The Case of Daulat vs Mat Kokoh 233
  • Glossary 237
  • Bibliography 246
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