War and Other Means: Violence and Power in Houaïlou (New Caledonia)
Author:   Mr Michel Naepels
Publisher:   ANU Press
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9781760461539


Pages:   334
Publication Date:   17 October 2017
Format:   Paperback
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War and Other Means: Violence and Power in Houaïlou (New Caledonia)


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War and Other Means describes and analyses the practices of war, the ‘objects of war’ and the conventions of the use of violence in Houaïlou, New Caledonia. It focuses on the colonial repression conducted in 1856 and after, the anti-sorcerer hunt in 1955, the independence mobilisation in the 1980s and the village feuds in the 2000s. Through this

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Author:   Mr Michel Naepels
Publisher:   ANU Press
Imprint:   ANU Press
Weight:   0.090kg
ISBN:  

9781760461539


ISBN 10:   1760461539
Pages:   334
Publication Date:   17 October 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Lineage Rivalry and Colonial Control: The Dynamics of War in a Globalised Space Objects of War The Chiefdoms within the Colonial Order Post-indigenat Mobilisations The Subjectivity of Violent Action The Construction and Fiction of Consensus

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