Fighting With Food: Leadership, Values and Social Control in a Massim Society - Michael W. Young - Books - Cambridge University Press - 9780521107662 - February 19, 2009
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Fighting With Food: Leadership, Values and Social Control in a Massim Society

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The Melanesians of Goodenough Island, off the eastern coast of New Guinea, have developed the principle of gift-giving to an extraordinary degree. Instead of resorting to arms in their quarrels or demanding compensation for offences, they present enemies and offenders with pigs and yams in order to shame them.


312 pages, black & white illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released February 19, 2009
ISBN13 9780521107662
Publishers Cambridge University Press
Pages 312
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 19 mm   ·   496 g   (Weight (estimated))
Language English  

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