War in Ecological Perspective
Andrew Vayda
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Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 209.
This book deals with war in three Oceanian societies. More specifi cally, it analyzes the following: the process of war in relation to population pressure among New Guinea's Maring people; exten sion and contraction in the headhunting activities of the Iban people of Sarawak during the nineteenth century; and the disrup tion resulting from the introduction of muskets in the warfare of the Maoris of New Zealand. In all of the analyses, I have viewed war as a process rather than simply as something that either does or does not occur and I have tried to see how the process ... Read more
This book deals with war in three Oceanian societies. More specifi cally, it analyzes the following: the process of war in relation to population pressure among New Guinea's Maring people; exten sion and contraction in the headhunting activities of the Iban people of Sarawak during the nineteenth century; and the disrup tion resulting from the introduction of muskets in the warfare of the Maoris of New Zealand. In all of the analyses, I have viewed war as a process rather than simply as something that either does or does not occur and I have tried to see how the process ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
130
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468421958
SKU
V9781468421958
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Ref
99-15
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