TY - JOUR KW - aquatic resources KW - agriculture KW - hunter-gatherer KW - fishing KW - hunting KW - economic anthropology KW - peasants KW - gathering KW - rattan trading KW - trading KW - Semang KW - Batek De' KW - Kelantan KW - Batek KW - Lebir River KW - economics KW - Malaysia AU - Kirk Endicott AB - This paper describes and provides an analyses of the economy of one Semang group, the Batek De' of Kelantan. The paper focuses on the variation in economic activity, both seasonally and historically (since 1875), and attempt to determine the principles that govern these variations. Also, an attempt to explain why the Batek follow a hunter-gather lifeway rather than another possible way of life (i.e., swidden) is made. AN - 89-00120 BT - Research in Economic Anthropology C6 - 0-89232-357-4; 0190-1281 CN - GN448.R28 DA - 01/1984 DB - Pennsylvania State University Libraries LA - English N2 - This paper describes and provides an analyses of the economy of one Semang group, the Batek De' of Kelantan. The paper focuses on the variation in economic activity, both seasonally and historically (since 1875), and attempt to determine the principles that govern these variations. Also, an attempt to explain why the Batek follow a hunter-gather lifeway rather than another possible way of life (i.e., swidden) is made. PY - 1984 SP - 29 EP - 52 ST - The economy of the Batek of Malaysia T2 - Research in Economic Anthropology TI - The economy of the Batek of Malaysia: Annual and historical perspectives VL - 6 ER -