Forests of Fortune
The Environmental History of Southeast Borneo, 1600-1880
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19895080 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Han Knapen (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Forests of Fortune (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789004454231 |
| OpenAlex | W4251941025 |
| Open Library | OL12848837M |
| ISBN | 9789004454231 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
The onslaught on the Bornean rain forest is a recurrent theme in the media today. Studies dealing with the island, however, have largely ignored the long-term antecedents of modern environmental changes and problems. Yet phenomena such as forest fires, logging, the decimation of animal populations, and lack of arable land are far from new, even for a sparsely populated island like Borneo. This book is the first attempt to deal with the long-term interrelation between humans and their environment in Borneo, going back to the moment when first historical information becomes available in the early seventh century. The book deals with the relationship between people and the natural environment in Southeast Borneo, based on many hitherto unused primary sources. It describes the ways in which people made a living within the wide range of environments found here, focusing on agriculture, hunting, fishing, animal husbandry, forest exploitation, and the collection of products for the market. It deals with the impact of these activities on the natural environment and attempts to explain why most areas were strikingly little affected until modern times, yet others showed clear signs of human occupation and exploitation from an early date
Agriculture · Arable land · Archaeology · Environmental ethics · Fishing · Geography · Logging · Natural (archaeology) · Asian Studies and History · Ecology · Forestry · History · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Borneo · Environmental policy · Environmental Science · Environmental studies · Forest ecology · History: World · Human Ecology · Rain forest ecology
Historicizing Foraging in South Asia
Rising floodwaters
Agrarian change and diversity in the light of Brookfield, Boserup and Malthus
Nature of War and Peace among the Bugis–Makassar People
The Longhouse as Trade Hub in Inland Borneo
The ‘Migrated Archives’ and a Forgotten Corner of Empire
Making Places and Making States
Learning Knowledge About Rattan ( Calamoideae arecaceae ) and Its Uses Amongst Ngaju Dayak in Indonesian Borneo
Chinese Economic Dominance in Southeast Asia
From low to high fertility in Sulawesi (Indonesia) during the colonial period
Bridewealth and Birth Control
The Volatile State in Southeast Asia
The Development of a New Religion in Kalimantan, Central Borneo
Indigenous Micro-Ethnicity and Principles of Identification in Southeast Borneo
Hanging by Rubber
Only Gold can Become Hope
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.7 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2021 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |