1st Edition

Articulating Change In The ""Last Unknown""

By Frederick K. Errington Copyright 1995
    216 Pages
    by Routledge

    216 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book explores questions of identity and value posed by people living on (or near) the small Pacific island of Karavar in Papua New Guinea, focusing on how the Karavarans' long-term preoccupation has played out in various social contexts.

    Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Resistance Through Emulation -- Dueling Currencies in East New Britain -- From Darkness to Light in the George Brown Jubilee -- First Contact with God -- The Triumph of Capitalism in East New Britain? -- Conclusion

    Biography

    Frederick K. Errington