Change and Continuity in MinangkabauSocial scientists have long recognized many apparent contradictions in the Minangkabau. The worlds largest matrilineal people, they are also strongly Islamic and, as a society, remarkably modern and outward looking. Focusing on Minangkabau proper, and treating several adjacent areas as well, this collection examines the resilience and adaptability of the Minangkabau in the face of outside political and economic pressures and of distortions in social