War and Other Means
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War and Other Means

Violence and Power in HouaĂŻlou (New Caledonia)

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  2. English
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War and Other Means

Violence and Power in HouaĂŻlou (New Caledonia)

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War and Other Means describes and analyses the practices of war, the 'objects of war' and the conventions of the use of violence in HouaĂŻlou, New Caledonia. It focuses on the colonial repression conducted in 1856 and after, the anti-sorcerer hunt in 1955, the independence mobilisation in the 1980s and the village feuds in the 2000s. Through this

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Publisher
ANU Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9781760461546
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Australian & Oceanian History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. List of figures and tables
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Introduction
  4. 1. Lineage Rivalry and Colonial Control: The Dynamics of War in a Globalised Space
  5. 2. Objects of War
  6. 3. The Chiefdoms within the Colonial Order
  7. 4. Post-indigénat Mobilisations
  8. 5. The Subjectivity of Violent Action
  9. 6. The Construction and Fiction of Consensus
  10. Conclusion
  11. References