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Hard Times on Kairiru Island
Poverty, Development, and Morality in a Papua New Guinea Village
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English
Published/Copyright:
1994
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This book follows the difficult lives of people living in the village of Kragur in Papua New Guinea. They have been in poverty since European contact and now must find a way to become prosperous.
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Contributor: 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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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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ONE Introduction: Hard Times, Goodness, and Visions of the Future
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TWO The Setting: History and Geography, Kinship and Leadership, Food and Money
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THREE Social Relations and Material Well-Being
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FOUR The Supernatural: Old and New
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FIVE The Case of the Konan
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SIX Understanding Poverty: The Mundane, the Extraordinary, and the Moral Preoccupation
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SEVEN Redefining Good Social Relations: Reciprocity vs the Commercial Spirit
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EIGHT Redefining Good Social Relations: Organizing Time and Work
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NINE The Future, Hard Times, and Visions of Goodness
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Appendix: Time-Allocation Data
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Notes
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Glossary
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References Cited
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Index
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9780824843267
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