Vunamami: Economic Transformation in a Traditional Society

by Richard F. Salisbury

Vunamami attempts to isolate the dynamic that produces economic development by analyzing the interplay of forces over a ninety-year period in a village in the Tolai area of New Guinea. Theories that stress the importance of external forces in producing economic development, or contrast "traditional conservatism" with "innovative modernization," view history through the eyes of outsiders and misconstrue the nature of traditional society. This...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520302982
• ISBN13: 9780520302983
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"