The Politics of Evolving Cultures in the Pacific Islands
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 380
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Victoria S. Lockwood
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 512
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKOffering insight into the major changes that are taking place in the context of increasing globalization in Pacific Island societies, the authors seek to "ground" globalization in concrete real life cases of communities that are dealing with specific processes of globalization and formulating their own responses in their own cultural terms. The case studies presented reflect the many different cultural contexts of island societies as they deal with: global politics, nation states, and ethnic conflict; global economic integration and transnationalism; evolving identities and cultural representations; changes in patterns of social and community relations; and increasing integration into global religions. For anyone interested in the effects of globalization on the peoples and cultures of the Pacific.
Author: Patrick Vinton Kirch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1989-07-13
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780521273169
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA first study from an archaeological perspective of the elaborate systems of Polynesian chiefdoms presents an original account of the processes of cultural change and evolution over three millennia.
Author: Alin Barbantan
Publisher: Springer Nature
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Total Pages: 311
ISBN-13: 3031645618
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Richard J. Parmentier
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1987-11-05
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780226646954
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt one level this book is a compilation of political traditions of Belau in Micronesia-from the divine foundation of political systems to the present day. It offers an analysis of the structures and dynamics of Belauan history, identifying several forms of order and some of their potentials for change. Also the author develops a critique of standard approaches to history in small-scale societies. He argues for a semiotic approach that recognizes the historical consciousness of actors in the society under study.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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Published: 1984
Total Pages: 1460
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jocelyn Linnekin
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 1990-01-01
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780824818913
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Terence A. Wesley-Smith
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Published: 1984
Total Pages: 102
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert Aldrich
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 1993-09-01
Total Pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9780824815585
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor some, Tahiti, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna are idyllic tropical islands with a French flavour, while for others they represent continuing French colonialism, thwarted independence movements and nuclear-testing. This book looks at the realities of the French territories in Oceania, and the former Franco-British condominium of the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu), as well as changing French policy in the region. This study is based on published sources as well as archival material and interviews, and is a sequel to the highly praised The French Presence in the South Pacific, 1842-1940.
Author: William F. S. Miles
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 1998-09-01
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780824820480
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe South Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu simultaneously experienced the two major types of colonialism of the modern era (British and French), the only instance in which these colonial powers jointly ruled the same people in the same territory over an extended period of time. This, in addition to its small size and recent independence (1980), makes Vanuatu an ideal case study of the clash of contemporary colonialism and its enduring legacies. At the same time, the uniqueness of Melanesian society highlights the singular role of indigenous culture in shaping both colonial and postcolonial political reality. With its close attention to global processes, Bridging Mental Boundaries in a Postcolonial Microcosm provides a fresh comparative approach to an island state that has most frequently been examined from an ethnographic or area studies perspective. William F. S. Miles looks at the long-term effects of the joint Franco-British administration in public policy, political disputes, and social cleavages in post-independence Vanuatu. He emphasizes the strong imprint left by "condocolonialism" in dividing ni-Vanuatu into "Anglophones" and "Francophones," but also suggest how this basic division is being replaced (or overlaid) by divisions based on urban or rural residence, "traditional" or "modern" employment, and disparities between the status and activities of men and women. As such, this volume is more than an analysis of a unique case of colonialism and its effects; it is an interpretation of the evolution of an insular society beset by particularly convoluted precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial fractures. Based principally on research conducted in 1991 and, following a key change in Vanuatu's government, a subsequent visit in 1992, the analysis is enriched by regular comparisons between Vanuatu and other colonized societies where the author has carried out original research, including Niger, Nigeria, Martinique, and Pondicherry. Extensive interviews with ni-Vanuatu are integrated throughout the text, presenting islanders' views of their own experience.