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The new shape of old island cultures : a half century of social change in Micronesia
- Title
- The new shape of old island cultures : a half century of social change in Micronesia / Francis X. Hezel.
- Author
- Hezel, Francis X.
- Publication
- Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2001.
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- Description
- xi, 198 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm
- Summary
- The years since World War II have brought unprecedented social change to Micronesia. Now, drawing on over four decades of experience living and working in the region, the author assess the most striking changes to have swept over the islands since the 1950s.
- Subject
- Social change > Micronesia
- Manners and customs
- Social change
- Social conditions
- Alltagskultur
- Sozialer Wandel
- Sociale verandering
- Changement social > Micronésie
- Micronesia > Social conditions
- Micronesia > Social life and customs
- Micronesia
- Mikronesien
- Micronésie > Conditions sociales
- Micronésie > Moeurs et coutumes
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-192) and index.
- Contents
- Family -- Land -- Gender roles -- Birth -- Marriage -- Death -- Sexuality -- Political authority -- Population and migration -- Summing up.
- ISBN
- 082482380X
- 9780824823801
- 0824823931
- 9780824823931
- LCCN
- 00064898
- OCLC
- ocm44932178
- 44932178
- SCSB-1218527
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library