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Mambu: A Melanesian Millennium - Bollingen Series Revised edition
Kenelm Burridge
Mambu: A Melanesian Millennium - Bollingen Series Revised edition
Kenelm Burridge
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 would be the arrival of their ancestors in ships bearing lavish material goods, and they interpreted the advent of European vessels as the fulfillmen
346 pages, 29 illus. 5 maps and diagrams
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | April 19, 2016 |
ISBN13 | 9780691631738 |
Publishers | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 346 |
Dimensions | 242 × 214 × 24 mm · 690 g |
Language | English |
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