[viii], 326 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
regular print
Contents
Ch. 1. The historical origins of the people -- Ch. 2. The Bel Group -- Ch. 3. Magic and myth of the Bel people -- Ch. 4. Austronesian canoes of Astrolabe Bay -- Ch. 5. Trading in Astrolabe Bay -- Ch. 6. Pots for products -- Ch. 7. The material culture of Astrolabe Bay -- Ch. 8. The people observed -- Ch. 9. Political, social and technical changes -- Ch. 10. The Australian administration, 1914 to 1941 -- Ch. 11. World War II -- Ch. 12. Post war Madang -- Ch. 13. Cargo cults -- Ch. 14. Bel villages in the 1970s -- Ch. 15. Building the canoe, 1978 -- Ch. 16. Madong Town and Province in the 1990s -- Ch. 17. Pots, potters and posterity -- Ch. 18. 1990s and beyond -- Timeline for Madang and Papua New Guinea
Summary
This potted history sees Madang from the people's point of view. Presented in readable form, it studies the myths and oral traditions handed down through the generations and the changes that occurred during the German Colony, The Australian administration, the War and the time of independence