On the edge of the global : modern anxieties in a Pacific island nation /
Life in twenty-first century Tonga is rife with uncertainties. Though the postcolonial island kingdom may give the appearance of stability and order, there is a malaise that pervades everyday life, a disquiet rooted in the feeling that the twin forces of "progress" and "development&qu...
| Основен автор: | Besnier, Niko, 1958- (Author) |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Stanford, Calif. :
Stanford University Press,
℗♭2011.
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| Серия: |
Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=380193 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
On the edge of the global. |
| Резюме: |
Life in twenty-first century Tonga is rife with uncertainties. Though the postcolonial island kingdom may give the appearance of stability and order, there is a malaise that pervades everyday life, a disquiet rooted in the feeling that the twin forces of "progress" and "development"--And the seemingly inevitable wealth distribution that follows from them-have bypassed the society. Niko Besnier's illuminating ethnography analyzes the ways in which segments of this small-scale society grapple with their growing anxiety and hold on to different understandings of what modernity means. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xxiv, 297 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780804777643 0804777640 |