Social Change in Melanesia: Development and History

by Paul Sillitoe

Overview

This book offers a clear and absorbing account of social change in Melanesia since the arrival of Europeans, covering the colonial period and the history of the new postcolonial states. It discusses economic and technological change, urbanization, the development of the modern state—and the often violent reactions to these dramatic transformations. The book also considers the dilemmas of development that threaten the environment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521771412
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/20/2000
Pages:	286
Product dimensions:	6.18(w) x 9.29(h) x 0.94(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Change and development; 2. The arrival of Europeans; 3. Another history; 4. Technological change and economic growth; 5. Land rights and community; 6. Business big men as entrepreneurs; 7. From tribespeople to peasants; 8. Mining, misunderstanding, and insurrection; 9. Forestry and local knowledge; 10. Migration and urbanisation; 11. Cargo cults and millennial politics; 12. Missionaries and social change; 13. From tribal to state politics; 14. Custom and identity.