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- catalog abstract ""This text is an highly accessible ethnography which explains the history and evolution of Ilahita, an Arapesh-speaking village in New Guinea. This village, unlike others in the region, expanded at an uncharacteristically fast rate more than a century ago and has maintained its large size and importance until the present day. Donald Tuzin, drawing on more than two years of fieldwork in the village, studies the reasons behind this unusual population growth. He discovers the behaviour and policies of the Tambaran, the all-male society which was the back bone of Ilahitan society, and examines the effect of outside influences such as World War II on the village."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12203400.
- catalog coverage "Ilahita (Papua New Guinea) Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""This text is an highly accessible ethnography which explains the history and evolution of Ilahita, an Arapesh-speaking village in New Guinea. This village, unlike others in the region, expanded at an uncharacteristically fast rate more than a century ago and has maintained its large size and importance until the present day. Donald Tuzin, drawing on more than two years of fieldwork in the village, studies the reasons behind this unusual population growth. He discovers the behaviour and policies of the Tambaran, the all-male society which was the back bone of Ilahitan society, and examines the effect of outside influences such as World War II on the village."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-151) and index.".
- catalog extent "xii, 159 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0415228980 (hbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0415228999 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Routledge,".
- catalog spatial "Ilahita (Papua New Guinea) Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "Papua New Guinea Ilahita.".
- catalog subject "306/.089/9912 21".
- catalog subject "Arapesh (Papua New Guinean people) Population.".
- catalog subject "Arapesh (Papua New Guinean people) Rites and ceremonies.".
- catalog subject "Arapesh (Papua New Guinean people) Social conditions.".
- catalog subject "Arapesh (Papua New Guinean people) Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "DU740.42 .T893 2000".
- catalog subject "Social change Papua New Guinea Ilahita.".
- catalog subject "Social evolution Papua New Guinea Ilahita.".
- catalog subject "Social evolution.".
- catalog title "Social complexity in the making : a case study among the Arapesh of New Guinea / Donald Tuzin.".
- catalog type "text".