Reviews and Critiques

Regulation of Marriage

Mode of Marriage

Nuptials

Residence

Household

Community Structure

Police

Social Control

Crime

Bibliographies in Sources

Territorial Hierarchy

Districts

Real Property

Inheritance

Fishing

Domesticated Animals

Poultry Raising

Tillage

Special Crops

Diet

Land Use

Production and Supply

Burial Practices and Funerals

Mourning

Spirits and Gods

External Trade

Vegetable Production

Canning Industry

Confectionery Industries

Other Food Processing Industries

Petroleum and Coal Products Industries

Internal Trade

Retail Marketing

Population

Settlement Patterns

Glossary

Grandparents and Grandchildren

Child Care

Education System

Liberal Arts Education

Adolescent Activities

Organization and Analysis of Results

Material Not Relevant

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Acculturation and Culture Contact

Chief Executive

External Relations

Mythology

Occupational Specialization

Mutual Aid

Status, Role, and Prestige

Classes

Inter-Community Relations

Location

Linguistic Identification

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Musical Instruments

Dance

Rest Days and Holidays

Cult of the Dead

Eschatology

Ordering of Time

Speech

Telephone and Telegraph

Hospitals and Clinics

Theory of Disease

Animism

Personal Names

Kinship Terminology

Rules of Descent

Prehistory

Historical Reconstruction

Identification

Climate

Topography and Geology

Provinces

Shamans and Psychotherapists

Magicians and Diviners

Priesthood

Division of Labor by Gender

Ethnic Stratification

Warfare

General Character of Religion

Prayers and Sacrifices

Normal Garb

Woodworking

Utensils

CULTURE SUMMARY: OKINAWANS

ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS AND DESCENT

KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY

MARRIAGE

DOMESTIC UNIT

INHERITANCE

SOCIALIZATION

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The Okinawans inhabit the Ryukyu Archipelago, a chain of 146 islands, stretching in a 1200-kilometer arc from Kyushu, Japan to Taiwan. The islands to the south of make up Okinawa Prefecture and those to the north are part of Kagoshima Prefecture.  The Ryukyuan languages and Japanese diverged about 1300 years ago. Young people speak only Japanese. Before 1960 about half of Okinawan families were farm families, but today it is a minority occupation. Fishing is a major occupation of coastal villages. The major commercial activities on Okinawa are food processing (sugar and pineapples), oil refining, and tourism.

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