Book
The social economy of the Tlingit Indians
[s.n.] • [s.l.] • Published In 1937 • Pages:
By: Oberg, Kalervo.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This dissertation is a precise ethnographic description of Tlingit culture and society, with a focus on economics and social institutions. Specific attention is given to the potlatch. Oberg distinguishes sharply between the purely economic exchange of goods which takes place between distant groups of Tlingit as well as other tribes (Tshimshian, Haida, inland Athapaskans) and the ceremonial gift exchange in the form of the potlatch which takes place between different clan groups of a certain area. According to the author excessive amounts of goods used for exchange and destruction in potlatches were a phenomenon caused by the influx of wealth resulting from the fur trade.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Gift giving
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tlingit
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sigrid Khera ; Adolph Hoeling ; 1970-1971
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1931-1932
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southeastern Alaska, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Kalervo Oberg
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Chicago, 1937
- This dissertation was retyped at the Human Relations Area Files
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-153)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tlingit Indians