Road belong cargo: a study of the cargo movement in the Southern Madang District, New Guinea / by Peter Lawrence
by Lawrence, Peter (1921-1987)
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Manchester: Manchester University Press , 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xvi, 291 pages: illustrations, maps, portraits; 23 cm. Contents: The native cosmic order -- The colonial order, 1871-1950 -- From paganism to Christianity: the first three cargo beliefs, 1871-1933 -- The fourth cargo belief, 1933-45 -- The new phase: Yali's rise to power, 1945-6 -- The Rai coast rehabilitation scheme, 1945-7 -- Yali in Port Moresby: the point of no return, August-December 1947 -- The fifth cargo belief, 1948-50 -- The cargo movement: motivation, means, and effects. Subjects: Cargo movement.Cargo cults Papua New Guinea. Ethnology Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea Social conditions.
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- Title
- Road belong cargo: a study of the cargo movement in the Southern Madang District, New Guinea / by Peter Lawrence
- Author
- Lawrence, Peter (1921-1987)
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- Hardcover
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- Used
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- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Manchester: Manchester University Press
- Date Published
- 1964
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