Brookfield, H. C.

Pacific market-places : a collection of essays / edited by H.C. Brookfield. - Canberra : Australian National University Press, 1969. - xvii, 161 pages : maps, tables ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-158).

Preface / H. C. Brookfield -- 1. Introduction: The market-place / H. C. Brookfield -- 2. The small market at Popondetta, northern Papua / R. P. Dakoyne -- 3. Supplies and prices in the market at Kerema, Gulf District, Papua / G. R. Hogbin -- 4. Honiara Market and the suppliers from Tasimboko West / I. Q. Lasaqa -- 5. Produce marketing in a Polynesian society: Apia, Western Samoa / B.A. Lockwood -- 6. Melanesia mélange: the market at Vila, New Hebrides [now Vanuatu] / Doreen Hart -- 7. Conclusion: The market area / H. C. Brookfield.

Collection of surveys of urban area marketing of agricultural products in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Western Samoa - covers prices, consumption, the supply and demand for plantation products, etc., and includes geographical aspects of the marketplace, economic implications and social implications.

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