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UNINA9910797894503321 |
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Autore |
Rasmussen Anders Emil |
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In the absence of the gift : new forms of value and personhood in a Papua New Guinea community / / by Anders Emil Rasmussen |
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New York ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn Books, , 2015 |
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[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (210 p.) |
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Pacific perspectives : studies of the European society for oceanists ; ; 5 |
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Disciplina |
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Ethnology - Papua New Guinea |
Community life - Papua New Guinea |
Kinship - Papua New Guinea |
Social values - Papua New Guinea |
Identity (Psychology) - Papua New Guinea |
Individuality - Papua New Guinea |
Papua New Guinea Social life and customs |
Papua New Guinea Ethnic relations |
Papua New Guinea Emigration and immigration Social aspects |
Papua New Guinea Economic conditions |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The Historical Roots of a Singaut Economy -- 2 Visible While Away -- 3 The Power of Words -- 4 It’s Never Tomorrow -- 5 The Historical Roots of Community as a Level of Organization and as a Concept -- 6 To Benefit the Community -- 7 All Things Considered -- Conclusion -- References -- Index |
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"By adopting ideas like 'development,' members of a Papua New Guinean community find themselves continuously negotiating what can be expected of a relative or a community member. Nearly half the people born on the remote Mbuke Islands become teachers, businessmen, or bureaucrats in urban centers, while those who stay at home ask migrant relatives 'What about me?' This detailed ethnography sheds light on remittance motivations and documents how terms like |
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'community' can be useful in places otherwise permeated by kinship. As the state withdraws, Mbuke people explore what social ends might be reached through involvement with the cash economy"--Provided by publisher. |
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UNINA9910959456203321 |
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Autore |
Brockmann R. John |
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Twisted rails, sunken ships : the rhetoric of nineteenth century steamboat and railroad accident investigation reports, 1833-1879 / / R. John Brockmann |
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Amityville, N.Y., : Baywood Pub. Co., 2005 |
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1-351-84087-8 |
1-315-22343-0 |
0-89503-504-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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Collana |
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Baywood's technical communications series |
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Railroad accidents - United States |
Steamboat disasters - United States |
Accident investigation - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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pt. 1. Using science as a corporate defense -- pt. 2. Publicity, political pressure, and emotional involvement by authors transform disaster investigations -- pt. 3. The antebellum period of disaster investigation : transformation ends and a constellation of roles and reports becomes normal. |
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Contemporary disaster investigation reports into the Shuttle, Three Mile Island, or the World Trade Centre did not happen by chance, but were the result of an evolution of the discourse communities involved with investigating technological accidents. The relationships of private companies, coroners, outside experts, and government investigators all had to be developed and experimented with before a genre of investigation reports could exist. This book is the story of the evolution |
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of these investigation discourse communities in published reports written between 1833 and 1879. Using the reports generated by seven different accidents on railroads and steamboats between 1833 and 1876, it is possible to observe the changes in how these reports interacted and changed over the course of the nineteenth century: The Explosion of the Steamboat New England in the Connecticut River, 1833; The Explosion of the Locomotive Engine Richmond near Reading Pennsylvania, 1844; The Explosion of the Steam Boat Moselle in Cincinatti, 1838; The Camden and Amboy Railroad Collision in Burlington, New Jersey, 1855; The Gasconade Bridge Collapse on the Pacific Railroad in Missouri, 1855; The Eastern Railroad Collision in Revere, Massachusetts, 1871; The Ashtabula Railroad Bridge Collapse in Ohio, 1876 |
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