| Description |
xxvii, 296 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Mythos |
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Mythos (Princeton, N.J.)
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for Mambu : a Melanesian millennium / Kenelm Burridge. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- PREFACE TO THE 1995 EDITION xv -- PREFACE xix -- Prologue 1 -- I The New Guinea Scene 14 -- Ii The People 45 -- Iii The People 72 -- Iv The People 112 -- V The Myth-Dream 147 -- Vi The Myth-Dream 177 -- Vii The Myth-Dream 208 -- Viii Cargo 246 -- Appendix A 285 -- Appendix B 289 -- Index 291 -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Cargo cults Papua New Guinea, Acculturation Papua New Guinea |
| Summary |
Examines the ̀Cargo cults' of Melanesia, active especially during the 1930s and the 1950s, from a political, social and philosophical point of view |
| Notes |
Originally published: London : Methuen, 1960. With new pref |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-288) and index |
| Notes |
Originally published: London : Methuen, 1960. With new pref |
| Subject |
Cargo cults -- Papua New Guinea.
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Acculturation -- Papua New Guinea.
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| LC no. |
94042499 |
| ISBN |
0691043884 alkaline paper |
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0691001669 paperback alkaline paper |
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