Download or read book Tribal Communities in the Malay World written by Geoffrey Benjamin and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2002 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the ways in which the character of tribal societies relate to the Malay kingdoms that have held power in the region for many centuries past, as well as to the modern nation-states of the region. It brings together researchers committed to comparative analysis of the tribal groups living on either side of the Malacca Straits.