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Twelve Orokaiva traders

Papuan entrepreneurs (16)Published In 1967 • Pages: 23-39

By: Oostermeyer, W. J., Gray, Joanne.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a study of twelve Orokaiva entrepreneurs engaged in retail trading with varying degrees of success. The authors examine a number of social and economic variables with respect to each trader, such as education, travel experience, and loans received, in an attempt to explain the varying entrepreneurial success of the individuals in their sample.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Individual enterprise
Occupational specialization
Retail businesses
Cooperative organization
Real property
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Orokaiva
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2004
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Oceania
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Melanesia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Unknown
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
David Sherwood ; 1984
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1965-1966
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1965-1966
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Popondetta Sub-District, Northern District, Papua New Guinea
NotesAdditional notes
by W. J. Oostermeyer and J. Gray
Includes bibliographical references (p. 39)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
68115518
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Orokaiva (Papua New Guinea people)