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Village on the Edge
Michael French Smith
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Description for Village on the Edge
Paperback. Kragur village lies on a steep volcanic island just off the north coast of Papua New Guinea. Here, the author weaves together the story of the Kragur villagers' struggle to find their own path towards the future with the story of Papua New Guinea's travails in the post-independence era. Num Pages: 234 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; GTB; HBJM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 319.
Kragur village lies on the rugged north shore of Kairiru, a steep volcanic island just off the north coast of Papua New Guinea. In 1998 the village looked much as it had some twenty-two years earlier when author Michael French Smith first visited. But he soon found that changing circumstances were shaking things up. Village on the Edge weaves together the story of Kragur villagers' struggle to find their own path toward the future with the story of Papua New Guinea's travails in the post-independence era. Smith writes of his own experiences as well, living and working in Papua New ... Read more
Kragur village lies on the rugged north shore of Kairiru, a steep volcanic island just off the north coast of Papua New Guinea. In 1998 the village looked much as it had some twenty-two years earlier when author Michael French Smith first visited. But he soon found that changing circumstances were shaking things up. Village on the Edge weaves together the story of Kragur villagers' struggle to find their own path toward the future with the story of Papua New Guinea's travails in the post-independence era. Smith writes of his own experiences as well, living and working in Papua New ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Hawai'i Press United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824826093
SKU
V9780824826093
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About Michael French Smith
Michael French Smith is a senior research associate with LTG Associates, Inc., a consulting firm that applies the methods of cultural anthropology to health and human services policy and management issues. He is the author of Hard Times on Kairiru Island.
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