The Chimbu : a study of change in the New Guinea Highlands
1972, 1st edition. London : Routledge and Kegan Paul. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #396544
ISBN: 0710075723
Series: International Library of Anthropology. Physical description: xiii, 151 pages : illustrations (black and white), 2 maps ; 22 cm. Notes: Originally published : Cambridge [Mass.]: Schenkman Publishing Co., 1972. Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-148) and index. Contents: The Chimbu view of past and future -- The kinds of variation and change -- Chimbu pre-history -- Chimbu's first contact with Europeans -- Domestic and local groups -- Groups and segments -- Big men and small -- Cycles and transactions -- Strife -- Warfare -- The process of change -- The forces of change -- Material and technological change -- Economic change -- Local leadership and activities -- Conflict today -- Kondom's kingdom -- Plus ça change, plus c'est la même. chose. Subjects: Chimbu (Papua New Guinean people); Chimbu (Papua New Guinean people); Social change Papua New Guinea; Ethnology New Guinea.
Price: €12.95