<p>Grant McCall has spent more than two decades studying Rapanui and in this revised second edition of his 1980 monograph, he presents to a new audience the details of how Easter Island came to be what it is today. "Rapanui" is principally an academic book, but should appeal to the general reader interested in knowing a story of survival of an ingenious population of scarcely 3000 persons who, with relatives spread across the planet, cling mainly to the rocky home they love. The first part of the book offers the reader a concise outline of the latest discoveries in the prehistory and history of Rapanui. The later chapters on contemporary life flow around the familiar concepts of family and group, belief, earning a living, relations with one's kin and with strangers. The final chapter describes the most recent changes on Rapanui and concludes with ideas about what the next millennium might bring to the people of the world's most remote island.</p>

Rapanui: Tradition and survival on Easter Island

History

McCall, Grant

Australia & Oceania

University Press of Hawaii

<p>McCall (anthropology, U. of New South Wales) offers a history of the development and conditions of Rapanui (both the people and the place) which is fundamentally optimistic, focusing on the Islanders' resilience and adaptability to external forces. He explores the family and its structure, spiritual beliefs, material life, emigration, attitudes toward outsiders, and conditions since 1992, when he left. No index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.</p>

Rapanui: Tradition and Survival on Easter Island

Univ of Hawaii Pr

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