Book
Islanders of the south: production, kinship and ideology in the Polynesian kingdom of Tonga
KITLV Press • Leiden • Published In 1993 • Pages: x, 264
By: Grijp, Paul van der, Mason, Peter.
Abstract
This is a solid ethnography of Tonga village culture and household-based economy, which is a mix of subsistence and commodity production, although leaning more and more toward the latter. The author did fieldwork in villages in all three regions of Tonga. He discusses agriculture, fishing, and manufacture. He also discusses the kinship system and its relation to migration, land tenure, status, and exchanges among households.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2006
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Polynesia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2004
- Field Date
- 1982-1991
- Coverage Date
- 1960-1991
- Coverage Place
- Tonga
- Notes
- Paul van der Grijp ; translated by Peter Mason
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-258) and index
- LCCN
- 93158053
- LCSH
- Tongans