Pathways of change : Socio-cultural change among the highlanders of western New Guinea

This monograph is a comparative study of eight ways of life of highlanders in West Papua. It consists of ten sections: an introduction, a conclusion and eight ethnographic chapters, each dealing with a separate way of life. I chose this presentation since I wanted to make clear the individuality of...

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Main Author: Anton Ploeg (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: pacific-credo Publications 2020
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