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Becoming Landowners: Entanglements Of Custom And Modernity In Papua New Guinea And Timor-leste (topics In The Contemporary Pacific)

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Full title: Becoming Landowners: Entanglements Of Custom And Modernity In Papua New Guinea And Timor-leste (topics In The Contemporary Pacific)
ISBN: 9780824856663
ISBN 10: 082485666X
Authors: Victoria C. Stead
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Num. pages: 236
Binding: Hardcover
Language: en
Published on: 2016

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Synopsis

Introduction -- Customary Connection To Land And Practices Of Resilience -- Greeting The State -- Landowner Groups And The Codification Of Custom In Papua New Guinea -- Making Land Work? -- Land Titling And State Building In Postconflict Timor-leste -- Contesting Land, City, State, And Nation -- Conclusion. Victoria C. Stead. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web.