Hard Times on Kairiru Island : Poverty, Development, and Morality in a Papua New Guinea Village
1994, 1st edition. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press. Near fine copy in the original title-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 #398008
Physical description: 288 p., 24 cm. Notes: Bibl. references: p. 249-271. Contents: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- ONE Introduction: Hard Times, Goodness, and Visions of the Future -- TWO The Setting: History and Geography, Kinship and Leadership, Food and Money -- THREE Social Relations and Material Well-Being -- FOUR The Supernatural: Old and New -- FIVE The Case of the Konan -- SIX Understanding Poverty: The Mundane, the Extraordinary, and the Moral Preoccupation -- SEVEN Redefining Good Social Relations: Reciprocity vs the Commercial Spirit -- EIGHT Redefining Good Social Relations: Organizing Time and Work -- NINE The Future, Hard Times, and Visions of Goodness -- Appendix: Time-Allocation Data -- Notes -- Glossary -- References Cited -- Index. Subjects: Anthropology; Kairiru (Papua New Guinean people) Economic conditions; Social conditions; Subsistence economy Papua New Guinea Kragur; Economic development Papua New Guinea Kragur.
Price: €25.00