Sillitoe, Paul, 1949-

From land to mouth : the agricultural "economy" of the Wola of th e New Guinea highlands / Agricultural "economy" of the Wola of the New Guinea highlands Paul Sillitoe. - New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010. - xx, 575 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - Yale agrarian studies series .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [529]-559) and index.

The agricultural economy -- Economics and the self-interested indivi dual -- Community and the other-interested individual -- Land tenure an d the collective-interests individual -- Selection of cultivation sites and individual choice -- The land issue : scarce resource? -- The popu lation issue : too many people? -- Pioneering gardens : men's labor -- Cultivating gardens : women's labor -- The labor question : scarcity of time? -- Exchange : taro gardens -- The exchange economy? -- No econom y, no development?

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Agriculture--Economic aspects--Papua New Guinea.
Wola (Papua New Guinean people)--Economic conditions.

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