Social Change in Melanesia: Development and History - Brossura

Sillitoe, Paul

 
9780521778060: Social Change in Melanesia: Development and History
Brossura
ISBN 10: 0521778069 ISBN 13: 9780521778060
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Sinossi

An account of social change in Melanesia covering the colonial period and the post-colonial era, first published in 2000.

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Descrizione del libro

First published in 200, this is a clear introductory account of social change in Melanesia covering the colonial and post-colonial eras. Topics include economic and technological change, urbanisation, development of the modern state, the often violent reactions to these dramatic transformations, and dilemmas of development that threaten the environment. For students and general readers.

Contenuti

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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Editore
Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione
2000
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0521778069
ISBN 13 
9780521778060
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
286
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
Avery
https://www.avery.fr/

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Dardilly
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9780521771412: Social Change in Melanesia: Development and History

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0521771412 ISBN 13:  9780521771412
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2000
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