The peoples of Oceania are struggling to be economically independent and autonomous while maintaining their distinctive cultural traditions. Each chapter in "Endangered Peoples of Oceania: Struggles to Survive and Thrive" is devoted to a specific people, including a cultural overview of their history, subsistence strategies, social and political organization, and religion and world view; threats to their survival; and their response to these threats. A section entitled Food for Thought poses questions that encourage a personal engagement with the experience of these peoples, and a resource...
The peoples of Oceania are struggling to be economically independent and autonomous while maintaining their distinctive cultural traditions. Each c...