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This study explores the dramatic change in the world of the Gebusi, a tribe from Papua New Guinea who, for many years had one of the highest homicide rates in the world. With the introduction of modernity; schools, shops and Christianity these rates had plummeted.

Exchanging the Past A Rainforest World of Before

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      Publisher: University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 8/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226446356, 978-0226446356
      ISBN10: 0226446352
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      Book Synopsis
      This study explores the dramatic change in the world of the Gebusi, a tribe from Papua New Guinea who, for many years had one of the highest homicide rates in the world. With the introduction of modernity; schools, shops and Christianity these rates had plummeted.

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