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

• Hoofdauteur: Anton Ploeg (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: pacific-credo Publications 2020
• Onderwerpen: exogenous culture changes; bigmanisation?; socio-cultural changes; West Papua; migrations; wealth items; cowry revolution; sweet potato revolution; Social anthropology
• Online toegang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Samenvatting

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

Toegang

Open Access