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EFFECTS OF THE PACIFIC WAR IN THE MARKHAM VALLEY, NEW GUINEA

EFFECTS OF THE PACIFIC WAR IN THE MARKHAM VALLEY, NEW GUINEA EFFECTS OF THE PACIFIC WAR IN THE MARKHAM VALLEY, NEW GUINEA By K. E. READ PREVIOUS paper dealt with system of A of the Ngarawapum, a people the social organization and the Upper leadership inhabiting five villages in Markham Valley approximately one hundred and twenty miles by road from Lae.! The material presented there forms a background to the present study of the bearing of the war on the life and thought of the villagers. I do not postulate a universal application for my conclusions. Ngarawapum is a small and relatively isolated community, and its people were spared many of the hardships suffered.by those less fortunately placed, Their dwellings and gardens were not subjected to prolonged bombardment, and though they witnessed the destructive power of European weapons, they were not faced with the necessity of rebuilding their villages when hostilities ceased. At the same time, granting dissimilar experience, I suggest that the over-all effects of the war in other places differ in degree rather than in kind. In analysing a situation whose causes lie outside the social experience of the people concerned, I shall be dealing with a particular and intense phase of culture change. This process has http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Oceania Wiley

EFFECTS OF THE PACIFIC WAR IN THE MARKHAM VALLEY, NEW GUINEA

Read, K. E.
Oceania , Volume 18 (2) – Dec 1, 1947
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Wiley
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© 1947 The University of Sydney
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0029-8077
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1834-4461
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10.1002/j.1834-4461.1947.tb00467.x
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EFFECTS OF THE PACIFIC WAR IN THE MARKHAM VALLEY, NEW GUINEA By K. E. READ PREVIOUS paper dealt with system of A of the Ngarawapum, a people the social organization and the Upper leadership inhabiting five villages in Markham Valley approximately one hundred and twenty miles by road from Lae.! The material presented there forms a background to the present study of the bearing of the war on the life and thought of the villagers. I do not postulate a universal application for my conclusions. Ngarawapum is a small and relatively isolated community, and its people were spared many of the hardships suffered.by those less fortunately placed, Their dwellings and gardens were not subjected to prolonged bombardment, and though they witnessed the destructive power of European weapons, they were not faced with the necessity of rebuilding their villages when hostilities ceased. At the same time, granting dissimilar experience, I suggest that the over-all effects of the war in other places differ in degree rather than in kind. In analysing a situation whose causes lie outside the social experience of the people concerned, I shall be dealing with a particular and intense phase of culture change. This process has

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Oceania – Wiley

Published: Dec 1, 1947

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