Bougainville: A Personal History by Douglas L Oliver

Just ten years ago this obscure western Pacific island was classed by New Guinea standards as "undeveloped". Now unimagined wealth is being released by a vast copper mining project which has brought about profound changes in the islanders' traditional ways of life. What will be the future for the proud, intelligent Bougainville people? As Papua New Guinea races towards political independence, what will become of the island on which the full weight of the pressure for change is focused? An eminent anthropologist who has known Bougainville for thirty-five years, Professor Oliver is uniquely qualified to foreshadow the future. Sensitively, and with the ease and simplicity of familiarity, he evokes an ancient society, its two centuries of contact with alien European influences, and its current dilemme. Events are moving apace; hence the epilogue, written only weeks before publication. Here, liberally illustrated, is the story for all readers of a microcosm of global social change.

Publisher:	Melbourne University Press
Year:	1973
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9780522840476
Condition:	Good
Description:	Owner's Name inside. Pages a little tanned, cover a little worn.

This image is of the actual book.

SKU: 1595354
Location: Pacific