Modern Papua New Guinea.(Review)

The Contemporary Pacific | March 22, 2000| | Copyright

Modern Papua New Guinea, edited by Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi. Kirksville, MO: Thomas Jefferson University Press, 1998. ISBN cloth, 0-943549-51-5; paper, 0-943549-57-4; vi + 424 pages, maps, tables, figures, photographs, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth, US$40; paper, US$25.

Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi has responded to a need experienced by many of those who teach about Papua New Guinea by compiling an excellent volume introducing students to Papua New Guinea as a contemporary nation-state. The book will be useful for upper division and graduate students, specialists in ...

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