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Social Change in Melanesia Development and History

by Paul Sillitoe
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Overview

This book is a companion volume to An Introduction to the Anthropology of Melanesia (1998). It gives a clear and absorbing account of social change in Melanesia since the arrival of Europeans, covering the history of the colonial period and the new post-colonial states. This account of social change in the Pacific is addressed to students with little or no background in the region's history and development.

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Book Details

Published
April 20, 2000
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pages
286
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780521771412

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