Book
Taim bilong mani: the evolution of agriculture in a Solomon Island society
Australian National University • (12) • Published In 1978 • Pages: xii, 271
By: Connell, John.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is primarily a study of the post-World War II economic development of Siwai society. Using archival data and his own ethnographic research, the author documents a period of trial and error as local Siwais attempted to establish cash crops, including rice, peanuts, copra, coffee and cocoa. Only cocoa was finally established sustainably. Various reasons are discussed for earlier failures, including poor infrastructure, fluctuating prices, competition from other areas of Papua New Guinea, damp climate, and traditional forms of social organization and land tenure. Siwais tended towards corporate forms of economic organization with moderate success, eventually giving way to a more individual entrepreneurial model. Cargo cults, trading stores, cattle ranching, and mission influence are also discussed.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Economic planning and development
- Domesticated animals
- Cereal agriculture
- Vegetable production
- Arboriculture
- Special crops
- Production and supply
- Price and value
- Retail marketing
- Individual enterprise
- Cooperative organization
- Status, role, and prestige
- Deliberative councils
- External relations
- Congregations
- Missions
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Siwai
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2016
- 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
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2014
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1974-1976, 1981
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1850-1975
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- south Bougainville, North Solomons Province, Papua New Guinea
- NotesAdditional notes
- [John Connell]
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-271)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79315281
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Agriculture--Papua New Guinea--Bougainville Island
- Siuai (Papuan people)--Economic conditions