Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables
- List of illustrations
- Preface
- Preface to the New Edition
- Abbreviations and orthography
- Dedication
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Groups
- 3 Ceremonial grounds
- 4 Warfare, alliance, and compensation
- 5 Moka transactions and media of exchange
- 6 Moka chains
- 7 Counting pigs and shells
- 8 Disputes and struggles precipitated by moka occasions
- 9 Moka and the status of big-man
- 10 The moka system and the behaviour of big-men
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables
- List of illustrations
- Preface
- Preface to the New Edition
- Abbreviations and orthography
- Dedication
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Groups
- 3 Ceremonial grounds
- 4 Warfare, alliance, and compensation
- 5 Moka transactions and media of exchange
- 6 Moka chains
- 7 Counting pigs and shells
- 8 Disputes and struggles precipitated by moka occasions
- 9 Moka and the status of big-man
- 10 The moka system and the behaviour of big-men
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Rope of MokaBig-men and Ceremonial Exchange in Mount Hagen New Guinea, pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1971