Custom, law and ideology in papua New Guinea

Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-84

  Filer, Colin ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colonialism; Cults; Custom; Ideology; Landownership; Law; Nationalism; Papua New guinea

Indexed keywords

EID: 65849137169     PISSN: 14442213     EISSN: 17409314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14442210600554499     Document Type: Article

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