Raymond Firth

Social Change in Tikopia

Re-study of a Polynesian community after a generation

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Produktbeschreibung

Re-visiting Tikopia a decade after his first visit, Raymond Firth here examines what impact the forces of modernization had on Tikopia society with regard to economics, law, politics and social affairs. Suffering a famine whilst there, the author also examined the issues of responsibility for the famine; problems of distribution in ceremonial and ritual; institutional developments from the famine. Originally published in 1959.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 465g
• ISBN-13: 9780415850711
• ISBN-10: 0415850711
• Artikelnr.: 37085761

Autorenporträt

Raymond Firth

Inhaltsangabe

1. Tikopia Re-Studied 2. On the Threshold of Modernity 3. Critical
Pressures on Food Supply and their Economic Effects 4. Tikopia Society in
Famine 5. Economic Resources and Influence of the External Market 6.
Changes in Rights Over Land 7. Indices of Social Movement: Patterns of
Residence and of Marriage 8. Changes in Descent Groups 9. Changes in the
Political System 10. Modifications in Social Control 11. Processes in
Social Change