A Papuan plutocracy : ranked exchange on Rossel Island / John Liep.
2009
GN671.N5 L55 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
A Papuan plutocracy : ranked exchange on Rossel Island / John Liep.
Author
Liep, John.
ISBN
9788779344464 (pbk.)
8779344461 (pbk.)
8779344461 (pbk.)
Imprint
Arhus : Aarhus University Press ; Lancaster : Gazelle [distributor] ; Oakville, CT : David Brown [distributor], 2009.
Language
English
Description
xxxviii, 376 p. ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number
GN671.N5 L55 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
990
Note
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Københavns Universitet, 2007).
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Foreword / by Stephen C. Levinson
Preface
Introduction
Prologue. Massim transformations
Pt. 1. The setting. Rossel Island ; Frameworks of practice ; Dimensions of power ; Economic domains
Pt. 2. Ranked exchange. Shell money and valuables ; The cycle of social reproduction ; The pig feast ; The remaining forms of payment ; The rules and practice of ranked exchange
Epilogue. A Papuan plutocracy
Glossary.
Preface
Introduction
Prologue. Massim transformations
Pt. 1. The setting. Rossel Island ; Frameworks of practice ; Dimensions of power ; Economic domains
Pt. 2. Ranked exchange. Shell money and valuables ; The cycle of social reproduction ; The pig feast ; The remaining forms of payment ; The rules and practice of ranked exchange
Epilogue. A Papuan plutocracy
Glossary.