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Mambu: A Melanesian Millennium - Princeton Legacy Library Kenelm Burridge Revised edition
Mambu: A Melanesian Millennium - Princeton Legacy Library
Kenelm Burridge
Perhaps the most famous modern-day millenarian movements are the "cargo cults" of Melanesia, active especially during the 1930s and 1950s. Melanesians had long believed that the sign of the millennium would be the arrival of their ancestors in ships bearing lavish material goods, and they interpreted the advent of European vessels as the fulfillmen
346 pages, 29 illus. 5 maps and diagrams
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | July 14, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9780691602196 |
| Publishers | Princeton University Press |
| Pages | 346 |
| Dimensions | 127 × 203 × 18 mm · 482 g |
| Language | English |
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