| Wage, Trade, and Exchange in Melanesia |
| Preface |
| • | A Note on the Ethnographic Past Tense |
| • | A Note on Usage |
| • | A Note on Illustrative Material |
| • | A Note on Money |
| Acknowledgments |
| Introduction The Problem of Persistence—Precolonial Forms in Postcolonial Life |
| 1 Ponam Island, Manus Province |
| 2 History of Ponam Island |
| 3 Local Production: Ponam Fishing |
| 4 Local Circulation: Ponam Trade |
| 5 Migration and Remittance |
| 6 Internal Exchange |
| 7 Conclusions: Colonization, Articulation, and the Evolution of Ponam Society |
| Notes |
| References |
| Index |