Mambu: A Melanesian Millenium

by Kenelm Burridge and BURRIDGE (Kenelm)

Book Overview

Perhaps the most famous modern-day millenarian movements are the "cargo cults" of Melanesia, active especially during the 1930s and 1950s. Melanesians had long believed that the sign of the millennium... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0416635601
• ISBN13: 9780416635607
• Release Date: January 1960
• Publisher: Methuen
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.