Book
Population, agriculture and urbanization in the Kingdom of Tonga
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1978 • Pages:
By: Clark, William Fenton.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is concerned with the interaction among population, agricultural, and economic variables leading to declining nutritional status in urban Tongan populations. The author argues that population increase and the land tenure system have resulted in pressure on agricultural lands and rural income opportunities. The push of rural problems has coupled with the pull of urban centers to create high rates of rural-urban migration, too rapid growth of urban centers, and pressure on urban opportunities and services. In particular the author is interested in the effects of urbanization on the Tongan diet. Urban Tongans, he states, depend heavily on imported foodstuffs and a diet of poorer nutritional quality than the traditional diet. Fenton's research included formal and informal interviews; a survey of preschool children that included measures to test for nutritional status; and use of secondary sources.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Sociocultural trends
- Cultural participation
- Demography
- Tillage
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Eleanor C. Swanson; 1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1974
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1921-1973
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- William Fenton Clark
- UM 76-05534
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-196)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans