Women, the State, and Welfare

By Linda Gordon

Book Overview

This volume offers information on how, for 50 years, the bush Kaliai in Melanesia have worked the deserted cargo left by US Marines during World War II into their indigenous culture. The author seeks to show how cargo cults in general bring together past, present and future.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299126641
• ISBN13: 9780299126643
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"