Land's End: Capitalist Relations on an Indigenous Frontier Tania Murray Li is an English-language study book that offers an in-depth examination of how capitalist relations emerge in an indigenous borderland. This book is intended for professionals in the social sciences and development studies.
Based on twenty years of ethnographic research in Sulawesi, Indonesia, Li describes how indigenous highlanders privatize their common land to grow cocoa, leading to inequality among family members and neighbors. This process, part of the transition to land’s end, casts a critical light on common modernization narratives and highlights the limitations of development that pursues jobless growth. The book offers valuable insights for both researchers and activists concerned with capitalist relations and land ownership on indigenous frontiers.
Topics: Development studies, Asian history, social sciences, anthropology, cultural & social anthropology.