Book

Resource exploitation and the tenure of land and sea in Palau

University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1989 • Pages: 2, 14, 263

By: McCutcheon, Mary S. (Mary Shaw).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

This dissertation investigates the relationship between land tenure and the incentive to invest in the profit from land as a means of both refining cultural ecological theory, and, from a more practical standpoint, evaluation of various land reform policies. The author discusses the various ways in which the natural resources of land and sea are utilized by the Belauans, involving different patterns of production and distribution. This exploitation process engenders a necessary discussion of the basic tenets of land and sea tenure concerned with public, corporate, non-corporate and individual ownership. McCutcheon then tests some traditional theories relating to tenure and resource exploitation. These relate to the clearly defined rights and obligations of tenure in relationship to investment in land and sea utilization processes over long and short periods of time and in commercial production. The source also provides much information on various subsistence activities, especially in reference to agriculture and fishing, and on the effects of German, Japanese and American administrations on land tenure policies and the economy

cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Belau

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

2019

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

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

John Beierle; 1990

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

1977-1978

NotesAdditional notes

by Mary Shaw McCutcheon

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Arizona, 1981

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Ethnology--Palau