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Pathways of change : Socio-cultural change among the highlanders of western New Guinea

This monograph is a comparative study of eight ways of life of highlanders in West Papua. It consists of ten sections: an introduction, a conclusion and eight ethnographic chapters, each dealing with a separate way of life. I chose this presentation since I wanted to make clear the individuality of...

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Main Author: Anton Ploeg (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: pacific-credo Publications 2020
Subjects:
exogenous culture changes
bigmanisation?
socio-cultural changes
West Papua
migrations
wealth items
cowry revolution
sweet potato revolution
Social anthropology
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Summary:This monograph is a comparative study of eight ways of life of highlanders in West Papua. It consists of ten sections: an introduction, a conclusion and eight ethnographic chapters, each dealing with a separate way of life. I chose this presentation since I wanted to make clear the individuality of each of them. In the book I attempt to trace the changes in these ways of life as they were occurring just previous to the settlement of colonial outsiders. This attempt proved feasible since for seven of them first contact accounts are available.
ISBN:books.pacific.938
9782491338022
Access:Open Access

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