Fighting with Food: Leadership, Values and Social Control in a Massim Society by Michael W. Young

Fighting with Food: Leadership, Values and Social Control in a Massim Society

Michael W. Young

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nonfiction sociology
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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 ...

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