A Papuan plutocracy
Subtitle: ranked exchange on Rossel Island
By: John Liep
Publisher: Aarhus University Press; Gazelle [distributor]; David Brown [distributor]
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Arhus; Lancaster; Oakville, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9788779344464
Subjects: Kula exchange; Ceremonial exchange; Massim (Papua New Guinean people); Social life and customs; Shell money; Rites and ceremonies; Social classes
Description: "This book is an ethnography of a Melanesian island, an exploration of ranked exchange and a critique of anthropologoical exchange theory. John Liep unravels the complex society and exchange system on Rossl Island east of New Guinea."--Jacket.
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Københavns Universitet, 2007).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-363) and index.