Wagering the Land
Ritual, Capital, and Environmental Degradation in the Cordillera of Northern Luzon, 1900-1986
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4922757 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David M Kummer, Martin W Lewis |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 445 |
| Publication date | 1992-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economic Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0095 • E-ISSN: 1944-8287 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/144033 |
| OpenAlex | W2035582585 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
Market farming in the rugged northern Philippine highlands has resulted in a unique blend of new and old economic, environmental and religious practices. Predictably, the onset of modern farming methods has brought ecological degradation but, contrary to most theories of rural development, traditional beliefs and communal bonds have flourished at the same time. The explosion of commercial agriculture after World War II, which brought unaccustomed prosperity to the region of Buguias, reinforced the religious practice of lavish feasting. Since the host will have good luck if the ritual succeeds in placating the ancestors, he feels free to adopt the most destructive farming methods. While pursuing heavenly favour these growers are literally wagering their lands, hopeful of gaining prosperity and prestige
Archaeology · Capital (architecture · Economic geography · Environmental degradation · Geography · Ecology · Philippine History and Culture
Wetland Production and Smallholder Persistence
Human Geography and the “New Ecology”
Ceramic Technology and Social Boundaries
Fishing for Fairness
Fishing for Fairness
Engineering the Philippine uplands
Intensive Agricultural Landscapes of Oceania
Legal Pluralism, Forest Conservation, and Indigenous Capitalists
Agrarian change and diversity in the light of Brookfield, Boserup and Malthus
Fruit trees under contract
Maintaining subsistence security in Western Samoa
Pesticides in export and domestic agriculture
It Takes Modern Means to be Traditional
Exchanges with the Dead
Elusive Societies
| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2020 (30) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |