{"product_id":"the-evolution-of-highland-papua-new-guinea-societies-paperback-9780521131759","title":"The Evolution of Highland Papua New Guinea Societies (Paperback) 9780521131759","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Evolution of Highland Papua New Guinea Societies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eD. K. Feil's study focuses on the divergent regions of the eastern and western highland of Papua New Guinea.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eD. K. Feil (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521131759, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 18 February 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.42 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is an explicitly comparative, anthropological analysis of the societies of the eastern and western highlands of Papua New Guinea. Particular societies have been documented by anthropologists since the 1950s yet until this book's publication in 1987, there had been relatively few attempts at rigourous comparison of the findings. This book argues that the highlands cannot be treated as a homogeneous region, socially, culturally, historically or environmentally. Rather, societies of the eastern highlands have followed markedly different paths of development in the past to those of the western highlands, and it is upon this divergence that a comparative treatment of the twentieth century should be mounted.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of plates\u003cbr\u003e List of maps and tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Prologue: anthropology in the Papua New Guinea highlands\u003cbr\u003e 2. Papua New Guinea highlands prehistory: a social anthropologist's view\u003cbr\u003e 3. Configurations of intensity\u003cbr\u003e 4. Warfare\u003cbr\u003e 5. Leadership and politics\u003cbr\u003e 6. Social structure\u003cbr\u003e 7. Male-female relations\u003cbr\u003e 8. Ceremonial exchange\u003cbr\u003e 9. the legacy of the past\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Biography: historical, political \u0026amp; military [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Biography: historical, political \u0026amp; military\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Biography:%20historical,%20political%20\u0026amp;%20military%20%5BBGH%5D%22\"\u003eBGH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006584770840,"sku":"9780521131759","price":26.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521131759i_57c864ec-4b34-4054-851f-a767b87c0251.jpg?v=1691372117","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-evolution-of-highland-papua-new-guinea-societies-paperback-9780521131759","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}