Vunamami : Economic Transformation in a Traditional Society / Richard F. Salisbury.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salisbury, Richard Frank, 1926-1989, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (403 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1970]

Summary:

Vunamami attempts to isolate the dynamic that produces economic development by analyzing the interplay of forces over a ninety-year period in a village in the Tolai area of New Guinea. Theories that stress the importance of external forces in producing economic development, or contrast "traditional conservatism" with "innovative modernization," view history through the eyes of outsiders and misconstrue the nature of traditional society. This "outside view" sees change as a result of external pressures; the "local view" regards outsiders only as triggers for processes of internal development, political initiatives, and the adaptation of technical innovations to local conditions, spurred by political entrepreneurs and technological innovators in the community . Richard F. Salisbury argues that without internal changes, technical innovations are uneconomical and destined to fail. Vunamami is optimistic about the potentialities of internal social change for producing economic development without foreign aid. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1970.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Acknowledgements

Contents

List of Tables

Introduction

Part One: The Outside View of Development

1. A European View of Vunamami History

Part Two: The Inside View of Development

2. Land

3. Agriculture

4. Wage Labour

5. Market Place Trade

6. Co-operatives

7. Businesses

8. Shell Money Finance

Part Three: Politics and Development

9. Vunamami Leaders

10. Political Consolidation and Economic Development

Appendices:

A. Land Use and Productivity

B. Time Budgets

C. Household Incomes

D. Expenditures

E. Investment

F. Population

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-520-37882-2

OCLC:

1443484180