ABSTRACT

A study of nation-building processes in the young state of Papua New Guinea, and of opposition to these in one of the country's peripheral provinces, Manus. Intense resistance to Lucifer (the state) is offered there by Wind Nation, the old Paliau Movement made famous by Mead and Schwartz.

part 1|26 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|7 pages

The Study, Its Aim and Method

chapter 2|17 pages

The Conceptual Framework

part 2|62 pages

Old Masters, New Leaders

chapter 3|18 pages

The Colonial Period

chapter 4|6 pages

Preparing for Independence

chapter 5|4 pages

The Independent State of Papua New Guinea

chapter 6|13 pages

The National Capital

chapter 7|7 pages

Decentralisation

chapter 8|12 pages

The Manus Province

part 3|45 pages

Building a Nation

chapter 9|5 pages

Shared Languages

chapter 10|7 pages

The Media

chapter 11|8 pages

Formal Education

chapter 12|23 pages

Culture as Political Tool

Kastam

part 4|18 pages

The Wealth in the ground

chapter 13|12 pages

Development or Devil-upment? Mining in PNG

chapter 14|4 pages

Coffee, Cacao and Copra

The Plantation Economy

part 5|20 pages

Facing the Citizens

chapter 15|18 pages

National Elections

part 6|46 pages

The Rebels

chapter 16|14 pages

The Angry Young Men

chapter 17|9 pages

To Toe the Line

The Paliau Movement

chapter 18|17 pages

The Old Prophet and His Teachings

chapter 19|4 pages

Dangerous Knowledge

part 7|86 pages

A Tropical Island-Paradise

chapter 20|12 pages

Nauna Island

chapter 21|17 pages

PNG on Nauna

chapter 22|7 pages

Local Images of Progress

chapter 23|14 pages

The Spiritual Realm

chapter 24|6 pages

Patterns of Leadership

chapter 25|10 pages

Hatwok versus Malolo

chapter 26|18 pages

Reconstructing Traditions