Sweet Potato Cultures of Asia and South Pacific
Author: Robert Edward Rhoades
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 490
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Author: Robert Edward Rhoades
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 490
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 508
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Cabanilla, L.S.
Publisher: International Potato Center
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 101
ISBN-13: 9290601787
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Publisher: International Potato Center
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Total Pages: 104
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Colin Mackerras
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-07-28
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 1134691289
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis important new text examines the crucial social and cultural factors associated with the rise of the Asia- Pacific region at the end of the Twentieth Century. It takes a close look at those areas which have affected the everyday life of the people most directly. These include: * the family * gender relations and the position of women * religion * the arts, with specific reference to film * ethnic relations and population migration * education, and the images of the Asia-Pacific. The authors discuss real tensions between tradition and modernity in different nations of the Asia-Pacific, exploring the effects that economic growth has on powerful traditional cultures.
Author: Virginia D. Nazarea
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2006-01-26
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780816525478
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSeed and gene banks have made great strides in preserving the biological diversity of traditional agricultural plant species, but they have tended to ignore a serious component: the knowledge about those crops and methods of farming held by the people who have long raised them. Virginia Nazarea now makes a case for preserving cultural memory along with biodiversity. By exploring how indigenous people farm sweet potatoes in Bukidnon, Philippines, she discovers specific ways in which the conservation of genetic resources and the conservation of culture can support each other. Interweaving a wealth of ecological and cognitive data with oral history, Nazarea details a "memory banking" protocol for collecting and conserving cultural information to complement the genetic, agronomic, and biochemical characterization of important crops. She shows that memory banking offers significant benefits for local populationsÑnot only the preservation of traditional knowledge but also the maintenance of alternatives to large-scale agricultural development and commercialization. She also compares alternative forms of germplasm conservation conducted by a male-dominated hierarchy with those of an informal network of migrant women. Cultural Memory and Biodiversity establishes valuable guidelines for people who aspire to support community-based in situ conservation of local varieties. Perhaps more important, it shows that the traditional methods of local farmers are often as important as the "advanced" methods encouraged by advocates of modernization.
Author: Jillian M. Lenné
Publisher: Nri
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 132
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKImportance of sweet potato; Cultivation and agronomy; Diseases and pests of sweet potato ; Research resources; Recommendations.
Author: Chris Ballard
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 248
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The goals, stated or implicit, included: a review of the status of knowledge about sweet potato in Oceania, covering advances in agronomic, botanical, archaelogical and ethnographic understanding; a regional overview, integrating advances in both Polynesia and Melanesia; an assessment of the significance of sweet potato in the region, relative to other crops, other introductions or innovations; and the identification of areas for future research. This volume is not intended as a comprehensive statement on the topic - one obvious deficiency in our coverage is the limited discussion of recent genetic work - but it should provide a useful statement of developments since 1974 in our understanding of sweet potato's history in Oceania and serve as a spur to further, more focused research."--P. v.
Author: Thomas G. Harding
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1970-04
Total Pages: 516
ISBN-13: 0029138000
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCultures of the Pacific offers a selection of 28 readings representing anthropological research interests & cultural variation in the Pacific. The selections emphasize anthropological significance and relevance rather than substantive and geographical coverage. The articles are divided into 6 topical areas of major importance: Culture History Technology & Economics Social Life Politics & Social Control Religion Culture Change Among the selections included are "The Kon-Tiki Myth" by Robert C. Suggs, "The Primitive Economics of the Trobriand Islanders" by Bronislaw Malinowski, and "The Rights of Primitive Peoples" by Margaret Mead. Many of the selections, including 4 previously unpublished papers, have not been readily available to the reader. Editors' introductions to each section indicate the place of the individual contributions in Pacific studies in particular and in anthropology in general. Illustrations & tables complement the text. Cultures of the Pacific is designed primarily for undergraduate & graduate courses in the anthropology of Pacific peoples & cultures. It will also find application in courses dealing with the cultural geography & history of the Pacific, as well as those concerned with the political science & economic development of the area.