Primitive Polynesian Economy.

Primitive Polynesian Economy.

A great classic of British anthropology, Primitive Polynesian Economy is structured as follows: · Problems of Primitive Economics · Food and Population in Tikopia · Knowledge, Technique and Economic Lore · The Labour Situation · Ritual in Productive Activity · Economic Functions of the Chiefs · Prop...

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Main Author: Firth, Raymond
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Subjects:
Tikopia (Solomon Islands people)
Economic anthropology.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
Economic anthropology
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Plates; Diagram; Preface; Chapter I. Problems of Primitive Economics; Modern Studies in Primitive Economics; Methods and Theory of Modern Social Anthropology; Lack of Co-ordination between Anthropology and Economics; Major Problems of Tikopia Economics; Chapter II. Food and Population in Tikopia; Wants and their Satisfaction; The Social Context of Food; The Population Problem; Crude Factors of Population Pressure; Possible Changes in Agricultural Production.
  • Population and Land of Chiefly GroupsCommand of Food Resources by Individuals; Cultivation of the Major Food Plants; Variations in Food Supply, 1928-9; Chapter III. Knowledge, Technique, and Economic Lore; The Level of Technical Achievement; Invention as a Cultural Process; Reason and Rule in Technical Procedure; The Distribution and Transmission of Economic Lore; Chapter IV. The Labour Situation; Division of Labour; Occupational Specialists; Types of Co-operation in Work; Study of a Working Party at the Repair of a Canoe; The Role of Language in Work; Case Material on Specific Undertakings.
  • Labour SupplyLeadership in Work; Ideology of Production; Attitudes to Work; Efficiency of the Tikopia Labour Organization; Chapter V. Ritual in Productive Activity; The General Problem of Ritual and Economics; Some General Propositions for Tikopia; Different Forms of Ritual of Production; Ritual of Net-making; Effects of Ritual on Production; Chapter VI. Economic Functions of the Chiefs; Economic Position of a Potential Chief; The Role of the Chief in Production; The Imposition of Tapu; Classification of Taboos; The Chief as Consumer; A Chief gives a Feast; Social Effects of Feasts.
  • The Chief's contribution in the Tikopia EconomyChapter VII. Property and Capital in Production; Accumulation of Some Major Types of Goods; Canoes; Pandanus Mats; Sinnet; Bark-cloth; Concept of Ownership; Ownership of Land; Ownership of Manufactured Goods; Theft and the Conservation of Property; Entry of Goods into Production; Summary; Chapter VIII. Principles of Distribution and Payment; Apportionment of the Product of Co-operative Work; Food as Payment for Labour; Goods as Payment for Specialized Labour; Payment to Other Factors of Production; Payment for Non-labour Services; Covert Exchange.
  • The Concept of ReciprocityChapter IX. Exchange and Value; Exchange of Goods; Forced Exchange; Borrowing, Theft, and Compensation; Ceremonial Exchange; Marriage Exchanges; Exchange in Mortuary Ceremonies; The Economic Value of Goods; The Relative Worth of Goods in Tikopia; Spheres of Exchange; Ceremonial Destruction; Exchange in a Personalized Economy; Chapter X. Characteristics of a Primitive Economy; Appendix I: Synoptic Record of a Tikopia Year (1928-29); Variations in Daily Production; Appendix II: Some Linguistic Categories in Tikopia Distribution and Exchange.

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