Book
The Maori: a study in acculturation
American Anthropological Association • (64) • Published In 1944 • Pages: 130
By: Hawthorn, Harry Bertram.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document describes the social organization and economy of an isolated Maori village in northern New Zealand which is part of the Ngatikahu tribe or sub-tribe. The author's main interest is in the changes that have occurred and in the problems of assimilation into the European-New Zealand culture. He discusses the breakdown of larger social units (e.g., the whanau) and the increasing emphasis on the individual family unit which has coincided with the introduction of dairying. Also discussed are the changes in gardening and fishing techniques and organization. Examples from individual case histories are quoted throughout.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Family relationships
- Fishing
- Vegetable production
- Dairying
- Diet
- Basis of marriage
- Food preparation
- Education system
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Maori
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- 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
- Joan Steffens ; 1963: John Beierle; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1936-1938
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1939
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kahukkura Village, New Zealand
- NotesAdditional notes
- H.B. Hawthorn
- Issued as v. 46, no. 2, pt. 2 (supplement) of the American anthropologist
- Part of this study was presented as a doctoral dissertation at Yale University. cf. Foreword
- 'Annotated bibliography on Maori acculturation': p. 129-130
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 44047267
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Maori (New Zealand people)