Minangkabau Rural Markets

This book is a study on traditional markets and their functions in the market society of Minangkabau, West Sumatra Indonesia. It contains detailed empirical findings on the forms of marketplaces, trade and traders, local people (mostly peasants) experiences dealing with market situation and the function of local values in the market that is embedded in the Minangkabau culture. The interacting pictures of marketplaces and indigenous social practice within and beyond them are mostly delineated.

Aceasta carte este un studiu asupra pietelor traditionale si a functiilor acestora in societatea de piata din Minangkabau, Sumatra de Vest Indonezia. Acesta contine descoperiri empirice detaliate cu privire la formele pietelor, comertului si comerciantilor, experienta locala (majoritatea taranilor) care se ocupa de situatia pietei si functia valorilor locale pe piata, care este incorporata in cultura Minangkabau.