First major contemporary publication on the Orang Suku Laut (Indonesian sea nomads) Based on first hand fieldwork Contributes to anthropological debates on exch

Few places in the world have not been explored and reported on to the English-speaking world. The islands of Buton are one of them. In the first comprehensive s

"A spectacular achievement and one of the very best travel books I have read." —Simon Winchester, Wall Street Journal Declaring independence in 1945, Indonesi

Cynthia Chou focuses upon the predicaments of the Orang Suku Laut or 'tribe of sea people', an indigenous people of Indonesia, in view of the challenges imposed

The true story of an ordinary woman living an extraordinary existence all over the world. “Gelman doesn’t just observe the cultures she visits, she particip