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Land tenure and social organisation in Tonga
Journal of the Polynesian Society • 68 • Published In 1959 • Pages: 93-114
By: Nayacakalou, R. R. (Rusiate Raibosa).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article was written as the 'first of several papers examining the relationship between land tenure and social organisation in three Pacific Island communities - Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa' (p. 93). The author discusses the historical background and current statutory framework of Tongan land tenure, a sample village, acquiring 'api' - a plot of land, distribution of village land, land use and labor, kinship and land use, and land tenure and village structure. The source provides a useful discussion of how Tonga's feudal class system affects both kinship patterns and land use.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Tillage
- Property system
- Real property
- Acquisition and relinquishment of property
- Renting and leasing
- Income and demand
- Mutual aid
- Classes
- Household
- Kin relationships
- Lineages
- Community structure
- Community heads
- Legal norms
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tongans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2006
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- 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.
- 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
- Martin J. Malone; 1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- Dec. 1957 - Jan. 1958
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1957-1958
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Town of Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu Island, Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- By R. R. Nayacakalou
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 114)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 08012644
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans