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by Linda Gordon (Editor)
This volume offers information on how, for 50 years, the bush Kaliai in Melanesia have worked the deserted cargo left by US Marines during World War II into their indigenous culture. The author seeks to show how cargo cults in general bring together past, present and future.
Author Biography
Linda Gordon is the Florence Kelley Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Among her many publications are Woman's Body, Woman's Right: A Social History of Birth Control in America and Heroes of Their Own Lives: The Politics and History of Family Violence, Boston 1880-1960.
Number of Pages: 320
Dimensions: 0.72 x 9 x 5.9 IN
Publication Date: July 29, 1998
