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Mike Evans

Persistence of the Gift: Tongan Tradition in Transnational Context

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Tonga, the South Pacific island kingdom located east of Fiji and south of Samoa, is one of the world's few remaining constitutional monarchies. Although Tonga has long been linked to the world system through markets and political relationships, in the last few decades emerging regional and global structures have had particularly intense and transformative effects. Today, because of greatly increased labour migration, people, money, and resources are in constant circulation among Tonga, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States. In Persistence of the Gift, Evans provides a detailed ethnographic and historical analysis of how, in spite o… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-55458-214-3
  • EAN: 9781554582143
  • Produktnummer: 6559680
  • Verlag: Wilfrid Laurier Univ Pr
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
  • Seitenangabe: 208 S.
  • Masse: H22.1 cm x B15.0 cm x D1.3 cm 295 g
  • Gewicht: 295

Über den Autor


Mike Evans is associate professor of anthropology and Canada Research Chair at Okanagan University College in Kelowna, British Columbia. He is co-editor and contributor to Sustainability in the Small Island States of the Pacific, special issue of Pacific Studies.

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