Social Change in Melanesia: Development and HistoryThis book offers a clear and absorbing account of social change in Melanesia since the arrival of Europeans, covering the colonial period and the history of the new post-colonial states. It discusses economic and technological change, urbanisation, the development of the modern state, and the often violent reactions to these dramatic transformations, and considers the dilemmas of development that threaten the environment. A companion to An Introduction to the Anthropology of Melanesia (1998), it is addressed to students with little or no background in the region's history and development. |
Contents
Change and development | 1 |
The arrival of Europeans | 13 |
Another history | 33 |
Technological change and economic growth | 58 |
Land rights and community | 75 |
Business big men as entrepreneurs | 91 |
From tribespeople to peasants | 110 |
Mining misunderstanding and insurrection | 125 |
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