Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 219 1958
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Price: |
38.00 |
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Title: |
Subsistence Agriculture in Melanesia
Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Bulletin 219
1958
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Author: |
Jacques Barrau |
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ISBN: |
None |
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Description: |
Softcover 7x10, Bishop Museum Press, 1958. 111 B/W photos, illustrations, maps, diagrams. |
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Condition: |
Former owner name (J. Linsley Gressitt--one time Senior Entomologist at Bishop Museum);
Clean interior otherwise with only a few instances of age discoloration; spine straight and tight, some fade, mild edge and corner wear. |
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Summary: |
Topics covered: Climate - vegetation - traditional implements - barter in the primitive economy - subsistence economies and agricultural systems - vegetable food pattern and foods of animal origin - supplementary subsistence plants - food resources of animal origin - utilization and preservation of foodstuffs - problems of subsistence agriculture - improvement of agricultural techniques and of protein food supply - mixed farming - introducing necessary improvements CLICK THE "MORE IMAGES" LINK ABOVE TO SEE MORE OF THIS TITLE |