Book
To please oneself: local organization in the Tongan Islands
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor • Published In 1978 • Pages:
By: Dector Korn, Shulamit Rose.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
'This study attempts to make intelligible the variability of local organization in Tonga' (p. 1). Dector Korn maintains that this variability is due to the lack of overarching organization at the local level. This absence allows people a wide range of choices in adapting to their particular circumstances. The source includes information on the history, demography, and geography of the Tonga in general. It is a community study of one particular village on Tongatapu, and for this village provides information on household structure, economics, and dynamics of household information; kin groups; religious congregations; voluntary associations; status; articulation of the village with higher levels of authority; and aspects of national integration.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Observation in research
- Population
- Composition of population
- Internal migration
- Ethos
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Tillage
- Settlement patterns
- Real property
- Standard of living
- Gender status
- Classes
- Sodalities
- Residence
- Household
- Extended families
- Kindreds and ramages
- Community structure
- Community heads
- Congregations
- Religious denominations
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- July 1969- May 1970 (10 months)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1969-1970
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Village of Motulahi (pseudonym), Tongatapu Island, Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- Shulamit Rose Dector Korn
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
- UM77-20,999
- Subject terms ETHOS (181) and FUNCTIONAL AND ADAPTATIONAL INTERPRETATIONS (182) have been used for discussions of the 'loose structure' of Tongan society and the processes of national integration.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. )
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans