Property & Politics in Sabah, Malaysia: Native Struggles Over Land Rights

by Amity A. Doolittle

Book Overview

In 1990, shortly after a Malaysian politician announced that the boundaries of Kinabalu Park, a primary tourist destination, were to be expanded to include the species-rich tropical forest known locally as Bukit Hempuen, most of the area was burned to the ground, allegedly by local people. What would motivate the people who had for generations hunted and gathered forest products there to act so destructively?

In this volume, Amity Doolittle...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295987626
• ISBN13: 9780295987620
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher