A Papuan plutocracy : ranked exchange on Rossel Island /

A Papuan plutocracy : ranked exchange on Rossel Island /

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Author / Creator:	Liep, John.
Imprint:	Arhus : Aarhus University Press ; Lancaster : Gazelle [distributor] ; Oakville, CT : David Brown [distributor], 2009.
Description:	xxxviii, 376 p. ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Massim (Papua New Guinean people) -- Rites and ceremonies. Massim (Papua New Guinean people) -- Social life and customs. Kula exchange -- Papua New Guinea -- Rossel Island. Ceremonial exchange -- Papua New Guinea -- Rossel Island. Shell money -- Papua New Guinea -- Rossel Island. Social classes -- Papua New Guinea -- Rossel Island. Ceremonial exchange. Kula exchange. Manners and customs. Massim (Papua New Guinean people) -- Rites and ceremonies. Massim (Papua New Guinean people) -- Social life and customs. Shell money. Social classes. Papua New Guinea -- Social life and customs. Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea -- Rossel Island.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7905973

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ISBN:	9788779344464 8779344461
Notes:	Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Københavns Universitet, 2007). Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-363) and index.
Summary:	"This book is an ethnography of a Melanesian island, an exploration of ranked exchange and a critique of anthropologoical exchange theory. John Liep unravels the complex society and exchange system on Rossl Island east of New Guinea."--BOOK JACKET.

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