Book

Samoan planters: tradition and economic development in Polynesia

Holt, Rinehart and WinstonFort Worth • Published In 1990 • Pages: xvii, 242

By: O'Meara, J. Tim.

Abstract
This book describes economic life of Samoan planters in the Western Samoan village of Vaega and Neiafu. It shows Samoan villagers traditionally lived on planting coconuts and taro, and breeding pigs. Over the last several decades, however, they have responded strongly and quickly to a wide variety of market-led economic incentives. This has brought important changes including the mergence of two different land tenure systems, one traditional and communal and the other modern and individual. In discussing these changes, the author argues against policy views which wrongly viewed Samoan planters as lazy and blind-followers of unchanging tradition.
Subjects
Tillage
Vegetable production
Arboriculture
Special crops
Community structure
Community heads
Kin relationships
Kinship terminology
Real property
External relations
Research and development
Buying and selling
Labor and leisure
Labor supply and employment
Functional and adaptational interpretations
Sociocultural trends
culture
Samoans
HRAF PubDate
2009
Region
Oceania
Sub Region
Polynesia
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Anthropologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Teferi Abate Adem; 2007
Field Date
1981-1984
Coverage Date
1920-1990
Coverage Place
Samoa
Notes
J. Tim O'Meara
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-233)
LCCN
89027894
LCSH
Samoans-Social conditions/Samoans-Economic conditions/Rural development-Samoa/Developing countries-Economic conditions