Diplomas and Thatch Houses

Praise / Awards

• ". . . one of the few published examples we have from Micronesia that closely examines the relations between an outer-island community and its urban migrants."
  --Journal of the Polynesian Society
  
• ". . . a welcome addition to the available literature on modern Micronesian communities. It will make an excellent case study for area courses on Oceania and is essential reading for any serious scholar of the contemporary Pacific."
  --Journal of the Polynesian Society
  
• ". . . Flinn's case study is the best one to date detailing the effects of Western education on the social organisation and cultural constructs of a Micronesian community."
  --Journal of the Polynesian Society
  
• "Diplomas and Thatch Houses will be a relatively rare and important Micronesian conurbation to the growing literature in the fields of ethnicity, cultural identity, politics of culture, and anthropology and education."
  --Contemporary Pacific