Mini-set I: South Pacific and Australasia

Spanning forty years of publishing the authors represented in this mini-set include Cyril Belshaw, Paula Brown, Kenelm Burridge, R. F. Fortune, Bronislaw Malinowski and Joan Metge. Together their volumes span both urban and rural communities in Papua New Guinea, Fiji, the Gilbert Islands, the Dobu Islands, Australia and New Zealand and cover social customs, including rites and ceremonies, economics, language and art.