Social Change in Melanesia
Development and History
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- Author: Paul Sillitoe, University of Durham
- Date Published: April 2000
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521778060
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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 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.
Read more- Together with its companion volume, An Introduction to the Anthropology of Melanesia (CUP 1998), it is the most comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the region
- Written specifically as an introductory text for students in anthropology, development studies, and related subjects
- Excellent use of ethnographic case material and halftones
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- Date Published: April 2000
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521778060
- length: 286 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 154 x 19 mm
- weight: 0.46kg
- contains: 56 b/w illus. 14 maps
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Change and development
2. The arrival of Europeans
3. Another history
4. Technological change and economic growth
5. Land rights and community
6. Business big men as entrepreneurs
7. From tribespeople to peasants
8. Mining, misunderstanding, and insurrection
9. Forestry and local knowledge
10. Migration and urbanisation
11. Cargo cults and millennial politics
12. Missionaries and social change
13. From tribal to state politics
14. Custom and identity.
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