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Author Hviding, Edvard.

Title Guardians of Marovo Lagoon : practice, place, and politics in maritime Melanesia / Edvard Hviding
Published Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, 1996

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 W'PONDS  306.0995931 Hvi/Gom  AVAILABLE
Description xxix, 473 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Series Pacific islands monograph series ; no. 14
Pacific islands monograph series ; no. 14
Contents 1. Approaches to Maritime Melanesia -- 2. Between Reef and Rainforest: Journeys in Marovo Lagoon -- 3. History of a "Traditional System": Transformations, Relations, and Encounters across the Sea -- 4. Organizing Flow: Social Relations and Cultural Categories -- 5. On Seas and Reefs: Maritime Knowledge and Practice -- 6. Signs in the Seascape: Encounters with Maritime Histories -- 7. Laws of the Lagoon: Customary Marine Tenure on the Fishing Grounds -- 8. The Work of the Guardians: Confronting Global Systems -- 9. Foundations of Guardianship: The Sea as Cultural and Relational Focus -- Appendix 1: Demography --Appendix 2: Flora and Fauna
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Coral reef ecology -- Solomon Islands -- New Georgia.
Economic development -- Solomon Islands -- New Georgia.
Maritime anthropology -- Solomon Islands -- New Georgia.
Marovo (Solomon Islands people) -- Fishing.
Marovo (Solomon Islands people) -- Land tenure.
Marovo (Solomon Islands people) -- Social conditions.
SUBJECT New Georgia (Solomon Islands) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88002330 -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005736
New Georgia (Solomon Islands) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88002330 -- Economic policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005752
New Georgia (Solomon Islands) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88002330 -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011436
New Georgia (Solomon Islands) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88002330 -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850
Author University of Hawaii at Manoa. Center for Pacific Islands Studies.
LC no. 95038976
ISBN 0824816641