On the Edge of the Global: Modern Anxieties in a Pacific Island Nation

by Niko Besnier

Book Overview

Life in twenty-first century Tonga is rife with uncertainties. Though the postcolonial island kingdom may give the appearance of stability and order, there is a malaise that pervades everyday life, a disquiet rooted in the feeling that the twin forces of "progress" and "development"--and the seemingly inevitable wealth distribution that follows from them--have bypassed the society.

Niko Besnier's illuminating ethnography analyzes the ways...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804774064
• ISBN13: 9780804774062
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"