"This is a book not just about cargo cults or even about millenarianism generally but about the ways humans strive to make sense of the most wrenching kinds of upheavals in their lives. What sets Mambu apart from the array of other works on these cults is Burridge's philosophical—one might almost say existentialist—perspective. No less fully than others does he describe in detail the political and especially the social conditions that undeniably spurred the emergence of the cults. But he is distinctive in focusing on the consequences of those political and social upheavals for the world view of the Melanesians."—Robert Segal, Lancaster University

• PREFACE TO THE 1995 EDITION xv PREFACE xix PROLOGUE 1 I THE NEW GUINEA SCENE 14 II THE PEOPLE 45 III THE PEOPLE 72 IV THE PEOPLE 112 V THE MYTH-DREAM 147 VI THE MYTH-DREAM 177 VII THE MYTH-DREAM 208 VIII CARGO 246 APPENDIX A 285 APPENDIX B 289 INDEX 291

"This is a book not just about cargo cults or even about millenarianism generally but about the ways humans strive to make sense of the most wrenching kinds of upheavals in their lives. What sets Mambu apart from the array of other works on these cults is Burridge's philosophical—one might almost say existentialist—perspective. No less fully than others does he describe in detail the political and especially the social conditions that undeniably spurred the emergence of the cults. But he is distinctive in focusing on the consequences of those political and social upheavals for the world view of the Melanesians."—Robert Segal, Lancaster University

• PREFACE TO THE 1995 EDITION xv PREFACE xix PROLOGUE 1 I THE NEW GUINEA SCENE 14 II THE PEOPLE 45 III THE PEOPLE 72 IV THE PEOPLE 112 V THE MYTH-DREAM 147 VI THE MYTH-DREAM 177 VII THE MYTH-DREAM 208 VIII CARGO 246 APPENDIX A 285 APPENDIX B 289 INDEX 291

"This is a book not just about cargo cults or even about millenarianism generally but about the ways humans strive to make sense of the most wrenching kinds of upheavals in their lives. What sets Mambu apart from the array of other works on these cults is Burridge's philosophical—one might almost say existentialist—perspective. No less fully than others does he describe in detail the political and especially the social conditions that undeniably spurred the emergence of the cults. But he is distinctive in focusing on the consequences of those political and social upheavals for the world view of the Melanesians."—Robert Segal, Lancaster University

• PREFACE TO THE 1995 EDITION xv PREFACE xix PROLOGUE 1 I THE NEW GUINEA SCENE 14 II THE PEOPLE 45 III THE PEOPLE 72 IV THE PEOPLE 112 V THE MYTH-DREAM 147 VI THE MYTH-DREAM 177 VII THE MYTH-DREAM 208 VIII CARGO 246 APPENDIX A 285 APPENDIX B 289 INDEX 291