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.
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2016
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Melanesia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2014
- Field Date
- 1974-1976, 1981
- Coverage Date
- 1850-1975
- Coverage Place
- south Bougainville, North Solomons Province, Papua New Guinea
- Notes
- [John Connell]
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-271)
- LCCN
- 79315281
- LCSH
- Agriculture--Papua New Guinea--Bougainville Island
- Siuai (Papuan people)--Economic conditions