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We, the Tikopia : a sociological study of kinship in primitive Polynesia
- Title
- We, the Tikopia : a sociological study of kinship in primitive Polynesia / by Raymond Firth ; abridged by the author with a new introduction ; preface by Bronislaw Malinowski.
- Author
- Firth, Raymond, 1901-2002
- Publication
- Boston : Beacon Press, 1963, ©1957.
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Details
- Description
- 488 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.
- Summary
- This comprehensive treatment of a tribal society was written after a year of field work on the small Pacific island of Tikopia in the 1920s, at a time when these Polynesian people were almost untouched by Western civilization. The religious, familial, political, economic, and cultural features of Tikopian tribal organization are covered in detail.--Publisher's description.
- Series Statement
- Beacon paperback, BP 164
- Uniform Title
- Beacon paperbacks ; BP 164.
- Subject
- Note
- Originally published: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., ©1957.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- In primitive Polynesia -- Adjustment to civilization -- Village life -- Household and family -- Personal relations in the family circle -- The kin of father and mother -- Language of kinship -- Cooperation and constraint in marriage relationships -- "House" and clan -- Principles of land tenure -- A modern population problem -- Firing the ovens of youth -- Marriage by capture -- Kinship and social stability.
- OCLC
- ocm00717416
- 717416
- SCSB-168008
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library