Social Change in Melanesia
Subtitle: Development and History
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 13, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780521778060
Subjects: Social & cultural anthropology; Social Science; History; Archaeology / Anthropology; Politics/International Relations; Social conditions; Anthropology - Cultural; Melanesia--Social conditions; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Anthropology - General; Sociology - General; Melanesia
First sentence: Long ago in the forested mountains of Papua New Guinea lived two brothers, one dark- and one fair-skinned.
Description: "This book is a companion volume to An Introduction to the Anthropology of Melanesia (1998). It gives a clear and absorbing account of social change in Melanesia since the arrival of Europeans, covering the history of the colonial period and the new post-colonial states. This account of social change in the Pacific is addressed to students with little or no background in the region's history and development."--BOOK JACKET.