Custom and Confrontation (Paperback, 2nd ed.)

"Anthropologists and students of anthropology may read this book because it is a superior ethnography, detailed and enriched by theoretical insights. But at the heart of this book is a moral take, a simple but powerful story about an indigenous people who were wronged, who resisted for more than 100 years, and who may yet prevail. This message, ultimately, lends the book its true meaning and value."--William Rodman, "Anthropologica"
"A major contribution to the ethnography and history of Malaita and Melanesia, and to the growing literature on cultural resistance. But above all, his humane and painful analysis of the meeting of peoples living in different worlds and constructing their agendas and moralities on incommensurate--and apparently equally arbitrary--principles, represents a major contribution and challenge to anthropological thought, addressing the basic issue of what it is to be human."--Fredrik Barth

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 1992
First published:	December 1992
Authors:	Roger M. Keesing
Dimensions:	237 x 158 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	280
Edition:	2nd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-42920-5
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Biological anthropology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-226-42920-2
Barcode:	9780226429205

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