Hard Times on Kairiru Island

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ISBN: 9780824815813 | 0824815815
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 4/1/1994

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This book follows the difficult lives of peopleliving in the village of Kragur in Papua NewGuinea. They have been in poverty since European contact and now must find a way to becomeprosperous.

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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Hard Times, Goodness, and Visions of the Future	p. 1
The Setting: History and Geography, Kinship and Leadership, Food and Money	p. 20
Social Relations and Material Well-Being	p. 44
The Supernatural: Old and New	p. 70
The Case of the Konan	p. 101
Understanding Poverty: The Mundane, the Extraordinary, and the Moral Preoccupation	p. 134
Redefining Good Social Relations: Reciprocity vs the Commercial Spirit	p. 163
Redefining Good Social Relations: Organizing Time and Work	p. 190
The Future, Hard Times, and Visions of Goodness	p. 225
Appendix: Time-Allocation Data	p. 237
Notes	p. 241
Glossary	p. 257
References Cited	p. 259
Index	p. 273
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