Cultures of the Pacific offers a selection of 28 readings representing anthropological research interests & cultural variation in the Pacific. The selections emphasize anthropological significance and relevance rather than substantive and geographical coverage.
The articles are divided into 6 topical areas of major importance:
Culture History
Technology & Economics
Social Life
Politics & Social Control
Religion
Culture Change
Among the selections included are "The Kon-Tiki Myth" by Robert C. Suggs, "The Primitive Economics of the Trobriand Islanders" by Bronislaw...
Cultures of the Pacific offers a selection of 28 readings representing anthropological research interests & cultural variation in the Pacific. The ...
"The Changing Village Environment in Southeast Asia "follows the work of the Good Roots Project based on the island of Luzon in the Northern Philippines. The Good Roots Project is a multi-year forestry and agriculture research project and an attempt on the part of industry, government and science to better understand the processes of deforestation and initiate a strategy by which stressed upland ecosystems can be returned to productive stability. The project examines the methods and results of five years of environmental research and development among the Ilocano and Yapayao speakers of...
"The Changing Village Environment in Southeast Asia "follows the work of the Good Roots Project based on the island of Luzon in the Northern Philippin...
