Lae: Village And City
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In the steaming lowlands of Papua New Guinea's Morobe Province, the city of Lae stands as one of the most compelling testaments to the collision between indigenous village life and the forces of colonial modernity. Ian Willis's Lae: Village and City chronicles the dramatic transformation of this coastal settlement from a small Melanesian community into Papua New Guinea's second-largest urban centre, tracing the social, economic, and political currents that reshaped the lives of its inhabitants throughout the twentieth century. Willis presents a meticulous account of the pressures and upheavals wrought by colonial administration, wartime destruction during the Second World War, and the subsequent surge of post-war development, painting a vivid portrait of a place caught between two worlds. Published by Melbourne University Press in 1974, on the eve of Papua New Guinea's independence, this work carries the urgency of a society in transition. Willis writes with the measured authority of a careful historian, drawing on primary sources and first-hand accounts to illustrate how Lae's people navigated the competing demands of tradition and progress. The book stands as an invaluable document of Australasian and Pacific history, raising enduring questions about urbanisation, identity, and the human cost of rapid change — questions that resonate far beyond the shores of Papua New Guinea.
Author: Ian Willis
Format: Hardback
Published: 1974, Melbourne University Press
Genre: Australasion & Pacific history
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In the steaming lowlands of Papua New Guinea's Morobe Province, the city of Lae stands as one of the most compelling testaments to the collision between indigenous village life and the forces of colonial modernity. Ian Willis's Lae: Village and City chronicles the dramatic transformation of this coastal settlement from a small Melanesian community into Papua New Guinea's second-largest urban centre, tracing the social, economic, and political currents that reshaped the lives of its inhabitants throughout the twentieth century. Willis presents a meticulous account of the pressures and upheavals wrought by colonial administration, wartime destruction during the Second World War, and the subsequent surge of post-war development, painting a vivid portrait of a place caught between two worlds. Published by Melbourne University Press in 1974, on the eve of Papua New Guinea's independence, this work carries the urgency of a society in transition. Willis writes with the measured authority of a careful historian, drawing on primary sources and first-hand accounts to illustrate how Lae's people navigated the competing demands of tradition and progress. The book stands as an invaluable document of Australasian and Pacific history, raising enduring questions about urbanisation, identity, and the human cost of rapid change — questions that resonate far beyond the shores of Papua New Guinea.