Book
Samoan planters: tradition and economic development in Polynesia
Holt, Rinehart and Winston • Fort Worth • Published In 1990 • Pages: xvii, 242
By: O'Meara, J. Tim.
Abstract
This book describes economic life of Samoan planters in the Western Samoan village of Vaega and Neiafu. It shows Samoan villagers traditionally lived on planting coconuts and taro, and breeding pigs. Over the last several decades, however, they have responded strongly and quickly to a wide variety of market-led economic incentives. This has brought important changes including the mergence of two different land tenure systems, one traditional and communal and the other modern and individual. In discussing these changes, the author argues against policy views which wrongly viewed Samoan planters as lazy and blind-followers of unchanging tradition.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2009
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Polynesia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2007
- Field Date
- 1981-1984
- Coverage Date
- 1920-1990
- Coverage Place
- Samoa
- Notes
- J. Tim O'Meara
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-233)
- LCCN
- 89027894
- LCSH
- Samoans-Social conditions/Samoans-Economic conditions/Rural development-Samoa/Developing countries-Economic conditions