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Tahitian transformation : gender and capitalist development in a rural society

Title
Tahitian transformation : gender and capitalist development in a rural society / Victoria S. Lockwood.
Author
Lockwood, Victoria S., 1953-
Publication
Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1993.

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Description
xii, 180 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Women and change in the developing world
Uniform Title
Women and change in the developing world.
Subject
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-173) and index.
Contents
1. Introduction: The Architecture of the World System. France's Overseas Territory of French Polynesia. Goals and Organization of the Study -- Pt. 1. The Structural-Historical Context of Contemporary Tahitian Society. 2. The Forces of Transformation. Precontact Tahitian Society. Contact, Colonial Incorporation, and Missionary Influence. Life in Rural Areas. Into the Twentieth Century. 3. The Domestication of Tahitian Women. Women in Ancient Tahitian Society. Women in Neo-Tahitian Peasant Society. Market Integration and Commodity Production. Westernization, Capitalism, and Women. 4. French Agendas: Nuclear Colony and Welfare State Colonialism. The "Modernization" of French Colonialism. Nuclear Colony. Regional Development Planning and Economic Growth. Welfare State Colonialism. Autonomie Interne: Local Self-Government. The MIRAB Nations of the South Pacific. France in the Pacific -- Pt. 2. Rural Tahitian Society and Capitalism. 5. Tubuai Modernization: Linkages and Dependency.
ISBN
  • 1555873170
  • 9781555873172
  • 155587391X
  • 9781555873912
LCCN
92024045
OCLC
  • ocm26160443
  • 26160443
  • SCSB-8978203
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library