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Author Harding, Thomas G., author

Title Voyagers of the Vitiaz Strait : a study of a New Guinea trade system / by Thomas G. Harding
Published Seattle : University of Washington Press, [1967]
Seattle ; London : University of Washington Press, [1967]
©1967

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 W'PONDS  381.0995 Har/Vot  AVAILABLE
Description x, 282 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, graphs, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
Series American Ethnological Society ; Monograph 44
American Ethnological Society. Monograph ; 44
Monographs of the American Ethnological Society ; 44
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Boundaries and spheres of trade -- 3. Canoes and the maritime adaptation -- 4. The economic flow : products of trade -- 5. The mainland : Sio and its hinterland -- 6. The archipelago : the Siassi traders -- 7. The economics of status and group relations in Siassi and Kovai society -- 8. The social basis of trade -- 9. Change : expansion and declines -- 10. Conclusion
Notes Bibliography: p. 266-373
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-273) and index
Subject Ethnology -- Papua New Guinea -- Vitiaz Strait.
Commerce -- Papua New Guinea.
Ethnology -- Papua New Guinea -- Vitiaz Strait.
SUBJECT New Guinea http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091290 -- Commerce. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001412
Papua New Guinea -- Commerce. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85028908
LC no. 67013115