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Natural disaster and political crisis in a Polynesian societyessay 1957 • Spillius, James
Tikopia • Oceania > Polynesia
In this paper Spillius discusses the social and psychological reactions of the Tikopians to a famine which came as a result of a devastating typhoon. Much of the paper is a discussion of Spillius' experience with 'operational research' when he was fo...The population of Tikopia, 1929 and 1952article 1957 • Borrie, W. D. et al.
Tikopia • Oceania > Polynesia
In this article the authors attempted to establish the demographic trends and patterns on Tikopia for the population in general, birth rates, infant mortality, fertility and, the death rate. This study is based upon data collected during Firth's two ...