essay
Makin and the outside world
Pacific atoll populations • (3) • Published In 1975 • Pages: 212-285
By: Lambert, Bernd.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document integrates data from archival sources, census data, and oral histories to reconstruct demographic changes in Makin and Butaritari. It shows that on the eve of World War II the population of both communities was more than double what it was in the early 1900s. Population declined substantially in the wake of the war, mainly due to migration to other parts of the Gilbert Islands and beyond, so that by the 1970s about one-fifth of the people lived outside the two communities. The author notes the effects of these dynamics on family life, marriage choice, and the traditional authority of elders.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Population
- Composition of population
- Birth statistics
- Mortality
- Population policy
- External relations
- Labor supply and employment
- Family relationships
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kiribati
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2018
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Micronesia
- 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.
- Anthropologist
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2016
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1959-1961, 1970-1972
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1840-1972
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Makin and Butaritari, Northern Kiribati Islands, Republic of Kiribati
- NotesAdditional notes
- Bernd Lambert
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-285)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75001264
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kiribati