essay
A Tongan urban peasantry: conjecture or reality?
Pacific peasantry; case studies of rural societies • Palmerson North, Manawatu Branch, New Zealand • Published In 1969 • Pages: 87-107
By: Walsh, Allen Crosbie.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a brief study of some aspects of modern day life in the Tongan capital, Nuku'alofa. It is the author's contention that Nuku'alofa retains an especially rural character both physically and culturally. The article contains some data on housing, employment, property, and social behaviors gathered in interviews of residents and resident migrants. The author reaches far beyond his data to conclude that Nuku'alofa will continue to undergo a process of '... 'ruralisation'... because rural and traditional attitudes and forms of activity are a real and very necessary means of tackling urban problems.'
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Settlement patterns
- Urban and rural life
- Real property
- Labor supply and employment
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Geographer
- 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
- Eleanor C. Swanson; 1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1963-1964
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1956-1964
- 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
- Allen Crosbie Walsh
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74532153
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans