| Hard Times on Kairiru Island Contributor(s): Smith, Michael French (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0824815815 ISBN-13: 9780824815813 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press OUR PRICE: $22.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1994 Annotation: This book follows the difficult lives of peopleliving in the village of Kragur in Papua NewGuinea. They have been in poverty since European contact and now must find a way to becomeprosperous. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | Oceania - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness |
| Dewey: 305.899 |
| LCCN: 93-41300 |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.96" W x 9.14" (0.98 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Oceania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Life in Kragur, a village in Papua New Guinea's Sepik area, has been profoundly affected by capitalism. Since European contact the people of this remote corner of the the Pacific have come to fear that their poverty is the result of their own moral failings. Hard Times on Kairiru Island evokes in vivid detail the difficulties of entering a cash economy for the first time, as well as the personal conflicts and public debates stirred by Kragur people's pursuit of economic change and moral certainty. |
Contributor Bio(s): Smith, Michael French: - Michael French Smith is a senior research associate with LTG Associates, Inc., a consulting firm that applies the methods of cultural anthropology to health and human services policy and management issues. He is the author of Hard Times on Kairiru Island |