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Land tenure in the Marshall Islands
Atoll research bulletin • (11) • Published In 1952 • Pages: 1-36
By: Tobin, J. E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This report is the result of field research undertaken by the author who was employed as Anthropological Field Consultant for the Marshall District by the Government of the Trust Territory. It describes how the land tenure system functions within the framework of the Marshallese kinship and political structure and the changes that occurred under the influence of foreign administration. A detail discussion of different categories of landholdings and inheritance rights is a major contribution of this essay.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Real property
- Inheritance
- Disasters
- Medical care
- Executive household
- Gender status
- Rule of descent
- Lineages
- Magicians and diviners
- Avoidance and taboo
- Collecting
- Pharmaceuticals
- Spirits and gods
- Acquisition and relinquishment of property
- Shipbuilding
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Marshallese
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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
- article
- 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
- Robert Lee ; 1961
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1950
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950-1952
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Marshall Islands
- NotesAdditional notes
- J. E. Tobin
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 35)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 53039059
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Marshallese