This compelling ethnography offers a nuanced case study of the ways in which the Maisin of Papua New Guinea navigate pressing economic and environmental issues. Beautifully written and accessible to most readers, Ancestral Lines is designed with introductory cultural anthropology courses in mind. Barker has organized the book into chapters that mirror many of the major topics covered in introductory cultural anthropology, such as kinship, economic pursuit, social arrangements, gender relations, religion, politics, and the environment. The second edition has been revised throughout, with a new timeline of events and a final chapter that brings readers up to date on important events since 2002, including a devastating cyclone and a major court victory against the forestry industry.

Kings, Pilgrims, United States Presidents - you'd never guess that the ancestry of a humble couple from Norfolk, Massachusetts includes such notables. The Ernest and Sadie Dunton family can boast founding fathers, a famous bear tamer, war heroes, and even a ghost! Although Ernest and Sadie lived traditional lives for their time period, and accomplished nothing that would be considered remarkable or extraordinary, hidden in their respective family trees are gems worth investigating and keeping alive for us, their living descendants, as well as for future generations. This book tells the stories that our parents/grandparents/great-grandparents probably didn't.

Captain William Toogood was born in Somerset, England ca. 1748. He may originally have come to America as a British soldier, but, during the Revolution, he served in the American army. He married a widow, Mary Oakes Bras, sometime after 1770. She had five children from her previous marriage. She and William Toogood had one child, William Oakes Toogood, born in 1780 in Westfield, Mass. The family lived in Chester, Mass. Captian Toogood died in January 1818 at age 70.

Thomas Browne (ca. 1628-1693) was probably born in England and emigrated to New England. He and his wife, Mary Newhall lived in Lynn and Groton, Massachusetts. His son, Thomas (1654-1723), married Hannah Collins in 1677 in Lynn. Hannah and Thomas later moved to Stonington, Connecticut. Their descendants lived in Connecticut, New York, Minnesota, and elsewhere.

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