Causey: Hard Bargaining in Sumatrap

by Andrew Causey

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Hard Bargaining in Sumatra is an artfully written and penetrating examination of interactions between Western travelers and Toba Batak wood carvers in the souvenir marketplaces of Samosir Island, North Sumatra. Toba Batak carvings, ranging from simple human figures of wood to elaborately engraved water buffalo horns, are described in tourist guidebooks and by Toba Batak vendors alike as traditional and antique, despite many recent changes and inventions...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0824827473

ISBN13:9780824827472

Release Date:January 2003

Publisher:University of Hawaii Press

Length:292 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"

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Accounting & Finance Business Business & Investing Commerce Economics General Global Hospitality, Travel & Tourism Indonesia Industrial Industries & Professions International Marketing Politics & Social Sciences Social Sciences Sumatra

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