Problem of choice: Land in Papua New Guinea's future Unknown - 1974

Australian National University Press, 1974-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. ***please read*** stamp seal on inside front cover page- no marks on text - DJ is very good - my shelf location 11-B-3*

Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian National University Press, 1974 220 pages. The book is a little worn, foxed and tanned. There is a name inscribed in pen on the first page. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm).

Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. foreword by Michael Somare, Chief Minister of Papua New Guinea, preface by editor, notes on contributors, references and index. Green coloured cloth boards with gilt coloured titles. Illustrated dustwrapper, against a white coloured background with a brown and green coloured titles to the front panel and two shades of green titles to the backstrip. " For the peoples of Papua New Guinea land is overwhelmingly important, not only as the sole means of life but also for what it means in their culture. It is inalienable; it came from them from all their forebears, and it will belong to all their descendants. It's emotional and spiritual significance evokes from them a religio-mystical response completely alien to the Western attitude that land is just another commodity. Yet, to a developing nation, land is also a commodity -- to be bought and sold for large-scale… Leer más

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