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Record Nr.

UNINA9910495965103321

Autore

Carrier James G

Titolo

Wage, trade, and exchange in Melanesia : a Manus society in the modern state / / James G. Carrier and Achsah H. Carrier [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1989

ISBN

0-585-13515-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 257 p. )

Collana

Studies in Melanesian anthropology  Wage, trade, and exchange in Melanesia

Studies in Melanesian anthropology ; ; 7

Altri autori (Persone)

CarrierAchsah H

Disciplina

330.995/3

Soggetti

Manus (Papua New Guinean people) - Social conditions

Manus (Papua New Guinean people) - Economic conditions

Acculturation - Papua New Guinea - Case studies

Manus (Papua New Guinean people) - Economic conditions - Papua New Guinea

Acculturation - Case studies

Regions & Countries - Australia & Pacific Islands - Oceania

History & Archaeology

Ponam Island (Papua New Guinea) Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Problem of Persistence: Precolonial Forms in Postcolonial Life -- Ponam Island, Manus Province -- History of Ponam Island -- Local Production: Ponam Fishing -- Local Circulation: Ponam Trade -- Migration and Remittance -- Internal Exchange -- Conclusions: Colonization, Articulation, and the Evolution of Ponam Society.