ISBN: 9780691001661

Perhaps the most famous modern-day millenarian movements are the "cargo cults" of Melanesia, active especially during the 1930s and 1950s. Melanesians had long believed that the sign of t… Plus…

Perhaps the most famous modern-day millenarian movements are the "cargo cults" of Melanesia, active especially during the 1930s and 1950s. Melanesians had long believed that the sign of the millennium would be the arrival of their ancestors in ships bearing lavish material goods, and they interpreted the advent of European vessels as the fulfillment of these expectations. As it became apparent that the Europeans meant to keep the goods and to colonize the people, scores of small-scale revolts known as cargo cults emerged as attempts to secure the cargo and thereby preserve the people's most cherished religious beliefs: native aspirations for individual and cultural redemption fastened on local charismatic leaders, of whom Mambu was the greatest. Media > Book, [PU: Princeton University Press]<

1995, ISBN: 9780691001661

Trade paperback, An anthropological study of the cargo cults of Melanesia, active during the 1930s to 1950s. It explains how Melanesians mistook the advent of European vessels as a sign t… Plus…

Trade paperback, An anthropological study of the cargo cults of Melanesia, active during the 1930s to 1950s. It explains how Melanesians mistook the advent of European vessels as a sign that their ancestors had returned from heaven, bearing lavish goods., Very Good., Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 296 p. Mythos (Paperback)., Princeton, NJ, [PU: Princeton University Press]<

1995, ISBN: 9780691001661

Princeton University Press. Used - Very Good. 1995. Paperback. Very Good., Princeton University Press