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Hard Times on Kairiru Island : Poverty, Development, and Morality in a Papua New Guinea Village / Michael French Smith.

De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press eBook Package Archive pre 2000 Available online

De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press eBook Package Archive pre 2000
Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Smith, Michael French, Author.
Language:
English
Physical Description:
1 online resource (288 p.)
Place of Publication:
Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2021]
Language Note:
In English.
Summary:
This book follows the difficult lives of people living in the village of Kragur in Papua New Guinea. They have been in poverty since European contact and now must find a way to become prosperous.
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
Notes:
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mai 2021)
ISBN:
0-8248-4326-6
OCLC:
1253314009

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