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| TITLE: |
Hard times on Kairiru Island : poverty, development, and morality in a Papua New Guinea village / Michael French Smith. |
| AUTHOR: |
Smith, Michael French. |
| PUBLISHED: |
Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 1994. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
viii, 278 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-271) and index. |
| NOTES: |
1. Introduction: Hard Times, Goodness, and Visions of the Future -- 2. The Setting: History and Geography, Kinship and Leadership, Food and Money -- 3. Social Relations and Material Well-Being -- 4. The Supernatural: Old and New --5. The Case of the Konan -- 6. Understanding Poverty: The Mundane, the Extraordinary, and the Moral Preoccupation --7. Redefining Good Social Relations: Reciprocity vs the Commercial Spirit -- 8. Redefining Good Social Relations: Organizing Time and Work -- 9. The Future, Hard Times, and Visions of Goodness -- Appendix: Time-Allocation Data. |
| SUBJECT: |
Kairiru (Papua New Guinea people)--Economic conditions. |
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Kairiru (Papua New Guinea people)--Social conditions. |
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Subsistence economy--Papua New Guinea--Kragur. |
| SUBJECT: |
Kragur (Papua New Guinea)--Economic conditions. |
| SUBJECT: |
Kragur (Papua New Guinea)--Social conditions. |
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