The Melanesian world. (2019)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- The Melanesian world. (2019)
- Main Title:
- The Melanesian world
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by Eric Hirsch and Will Rollason.
- Editors:
- Hirsch, Eric
Rollason, Will - Contents:
- Cover; Half title; Series information; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; Maps of the region and its language groups; Chapter one Introduction: The Challenge of Melanesia; Part I Historical context; Chapter two The archaeology of melanesia; First people of oceania; Routes into sahul; Sites and dates; A rapid expansion; Coastal adaptations; Interior adaptation; Changes in late pleistocene adaptations; The holocene -- the earth warms up; Beginning of agriculture; Holocene interactions Austronesian dispersals: remote oceania colonised for the first timeThe end of lapita: differences between remote and new oceania; Last 2, 000 years: island melanesia; Last 2, 000 years: mainland new guinea; The future of archaeology in the western pacific; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter three Melanesia: a region and a history; Colonial rule; Formal colonialism; Colonial commerce; The impact of colonialism; The pacific war; Decolonisation; Melanesia in history; Notes; References; Chapter four Missionaries in the melanesian world; Missionary organisation; The missionary encounter ConclusionNotes; References; Part II Geo-political, linguistic and regional overviews; Chapter five Geo-political overview of melanesia; Melanesian political systems; Independence movements in melanesia; West papua; New caledonia; Bougainville; Torres strait islands; Melanesia in the international community; Australia; France; Usa; ChinaCover; Half title; Series information; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; Maps of the region and its language groups; Chapter one Introduction: The Challenge of Melanesia; Part I Historical context; Chapter two The archaeology of melanesia; First people of oceania; Routes into sahul; Sites and dates; A rapid expansion; Coastal adaptations; Interior adaptation; Changes in late pleistocene adaptations; The holocene -- the earth warms up; Beginning of agriculture; Holocene interactions Austronesian dispersals: remote oceania colonised for the first timeThe end of lapita: differences between remote and new oceania; Last 2, 000 years: island melanesia; Last 2, 000 years: mainland new guinea; The future of archaeology in the western pacific; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter three Melanesia: a region and a history; Colonial rule; Formal colonialism; Colonial commerce; The impact of colonialism; The pacific war; Decolonisation; Melanesia in history; Notes; References; Chapter four Missionaries in the melanesian world; Missionary organisation; The missionary encounter ConclusionNotes; References; Part II Geo-political, linguistic and regional overviews; Chapter five Geo-political overview of melanesia; Melanesian political systems; Independence movements in melanesia; West papua; New caledonia; Bougainville; Torres strait islands; Melanesia in the international community; Australia; France; Usa; China and taiwan; Conclusion; References; Chapter six Melanesia as a zone of language diversity; The languages; Language prehistory; Contact languages; English-based pidgins; Ways of speaking Multilingualism, code switching and social identity in contemporary melanesiaWhat lies ahead?; Notes; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter seven Regional overview: from diversity to multiple singularities; Social order and exchange; Diverse cosmologies of exchange; Exchange and the politics of difference; Open cultures; Forms of incorporation; Emerging singularities; New jerusalem in png; Conclusion; Acknowledgement; Note; References; Part III Economy and livelihood; Chapter eight Subsistence food production in melanesia; Introduction; A regional overview of food production; Papua new guinea Data sourcesMain sources of food; Import dependency; Population eating each major staple food and domestically traded food; Food availability; Stability of food supply; Changes in food consumption over time; West papua; Vanuatu; New caledonia; Torres strait islands; Discussion; Notes; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter nine Class, labour and consumption in urban melanesia; Introduction; Caste and class in colonial melanesia; Materialising difference; Education and social class; Conclusion; Note; References; Chapter ten Money schemes in contemporary melanesia; Melanesian popular economies … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- London : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 993
HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
Civilization
Manners and customs
Melanesia -- Civilization
Melanesia -- Social life and customs
Melanesia
Electronic books
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781315529677
9781315529691
1315529696
9781315529660
1315529661
9781315529684
1315529688 - Related ISBNs:
- 131552967X
9781138693715 - Notes:
- Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 3, 2019)
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