Examining a variety of intriguing issues, this sociological study analyzes the impact global culture has had on the flora and fauna, people, economies, languages, and cultures of the Pacific for many centuries. The survey draws on findings from a 40-year research partnership, illustrating the effects of globalization from the perspective of a typical Samoan village and documenting the country's shift from baskets to buckets, from religious authority to a questioning democracy, and from in-kind work to a cash economy. Delving into questions such as When do Pacific emigrants stop sending money to their home village? Do villagers stop giving away fish when they get a refrigerator? and How do cell phones change villages? this argument contends that contemporary changes are presenting a more profound challenge to Samoan social institutions and society than at any other time in the past. Comprehensive and accessible, this guide is essential for those interested in the way global forces are shaping change in small Pacific nations.

Are we better prepared than our ancestors were to deal with climate change? Explaining fast-changing science, Linden suggests that man must learn from the past to avoid a coming catastrophe. Illustrations throughout.

The Windof change There is a Prophetic Wind blowing in this hour all over the world. God is restoring theBody of Christ to Her original design through the Wind of Change. Many people assosiate change as something difficult, uncomfortable, and negative.I will assure you that this is a good change. This book will provide you with the tools necessary to confront the lines of demarcation, and defeat those giants that stand between you and your destiny. God is stirring the very core of your being.This is an inner awakening.This change will cause you to trust God andstep out ofthe boundaries of familiar places within yourself. A Clarion Call is ringing in the Spiritof those who are called as a Remnant unto God. This call will only hit the ears of those who can hear the sound of the Wind in the Spirit.Can you hear the sound? I beckon you to comeand journey in the Wings of the Wind for Change has come and a Revolution has just begun.

Neither an argument for nor against globalization, this book is a careful and thorough analysis of the issues of globalization and an imaginative, wide-ranging picture of the globalizing world. It aims to both inform and enable readers to improve their own decisions about how to harness globalization, the economic theory behind it, the political and social consequences, and the various options for nations in a globalized world. Case studies aid in the exploration of this largely unstoppable but governable force in the world today.