This book offers a clear and absorbing account of social change in Melanesia since the arrival of Europeans, covering the colonial period and the history of the new postcolonial states. It discusses economic and technological change, urbanization, the development of the modern state--and the often violent reactions to these dramatic transformations. The book also considers the dilemmas of development that threaten the environment.
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This book offers a clear and absorbing account of social change in Melanesia since the arrival of Europeans, covering the colonial period and the history of the new post-colonial states. It discusses economic and technological change, urbanisation, the development of the modern state, and the often violent reactions to these dramatic transformations, and considers the dilemmas of development that threaten the environment. A companion to An Introduction to the Anthropology of Melanesia (1998), it is addressed to students with little or no background in the region's history and development.
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Long ago in the forested mountains of Papua New Guinea lived two brothers, one dark- and one fair-skinned. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
business big men, sociopolitical exchange, business big man, wantok system, cargo movements, cargo cults, steel axes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, John Frum, Port Moresby, Irian Jaya, New Britain, Cambridge University Press, New Ireland, Solomon Islands, Australian National University Press, Third World, George Brown, New Hebrides, Eastern Highlands, Oxford University Press, New York, South-West Pacific, Southern Highlands, Melanesia Plate, University of Hawaii Press, World War, Melbourne University Press, United States, Asia-Pacific Action Group, Australian Broadcasting Commission New!
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Long ago in the forested mountains of Papua New Guinea lived two brothers, one dark- and one fair-skinned. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
business big men, sociopolitical exchange, business big man, wantok system, cargo movements, cargo cults, steel axes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, John Frum, Port Moresby, Irian Jaya, New Britain, Cambridge University Press, New Ireland, Solomon Islands, Australian National University Press, Third World, George Brown, New Hebrides, Eastern Highlands, Oxford University Press, New York, South-West Pacific, Southern Highlands, Melanesia Plate, University of Hawaii Press, World War, Melbourne University Press, United States, Asia-Pacific Action Group, Australian Broadcasting Commission New!
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- New Guinea (World's Wild Places) by Roy D. Mackay on 4 pages
- New Britain by Wilson on page 200, page 207, and page 210
- Papua New Guinea: The Struggle for Development (Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia) by John Connell on page 141, and page 161
- The Pacific Islands by Douglas L. Oliver on page 31
- Papuan Wonderland: The Story of "The Most Difficult and Dangerous Patrol Ever Carried Out" in Papua-New Guinea by Jack Gordon Hides on page 35
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