Guardians of Marovo Lagoon : practice, place, and politics in maritime Melanesia / Edvard Hviding.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hviding, Edvard.

Series:

Pacific islands monograph series ; no. 14.

Pacific islands monograph series ; no. 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marovo (Solomon Islands people)--Land tenure.

Marovo (Solomon Islands people).

Marovo (Solomon Islands people)--Fishing.

Marovo (Solomon Islands people)--Social conditions.

Maritime anthropology--Solomon Islands--New Georgia.

Maritime anthropology.

Coral reef ecology--Solomon Islands--New Georgia.

Coral reef ecology.

Economic development--Solomon Islands--New Georgia.

Economic development.

Social conditions.

Fishing.

Land tenure.

New Georgia Group (Solomon Islands)--Social conditions.

New Georgia Group (Solomon Islands).

New Georgia Group (Solomon Islands)--Politics and government.

Solomon Islands--New Georgia.

Physical Description:

xxix, 473 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : Center for Pacific Islands Studies, School of Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Studies, University of Hawai'i : University of Hawai'i Press, 1996.

Summary:

In Hviding's case, the gap between the social and natural sciences is bridged as he deftly draws on conceptual frameworks from social and cultural anthropology, cultural ecology, history, and marine biology. As he tells the story of the people of Marovo Lagoon in New Georgia in the western Solomon Islands, his focus is on customary marine tenure, a topic that has been surprisingly neglected by most anthropologists working in the Pacific.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-450) and index.

ISBN:

0824816641

OCLC:

33206762