Fighting with Food: Leadership, Values and Social Control in a Massim Society

by Michael W. Young

Book Overview

The Melanesians of Goodenough Island, off the eastern coast of New Guinea, have developed the principle of gift-giving to an extraordinary degree. Instead of resorting to arms in their quarrels or... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521107660
• ISBN13: 9780521107662
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"