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Culture summaryessay 1999 • Goodenough, Ward Hunt
Chuuk • Oceania > Micronesia
This is a culture summary of the Chuuk....Property, kin, and community on TrukBook 1951 • Goodenough, Ward Hunt
Chuuk • Oceania > Micronesia
This monograph resulted from Goodenough's field work on Chuuk as a part of Yale University's participation in the Coordinated Investigation of Micronesian Anthropology (CIMA), sponsored by the Pacific Science Board of the National Research Council, d...Native astronomy in the Central CarolinesBook 1953 • Goodenough, Ward Hunt
Chuuk • Oceania > Micronesia
This monograph on native astronomy is one of the classics in the field of ethnology. Although Goodenough did field work in Chuuk, nearly all the data for this article have come from published sources. The mongraph presents general data on the astrono...Premarital freedom on Trukarticle 1949 • Goodenough, Ward Hunt
Chuuk • Oceania > Micronesia
Goodenough discusses the socio-psychological aspect of premarital freedom among the Chuukese in this document. Goodenough points out that the permissive attitude towards premarital sex, and the frank approach to sexual intercourse in general, do not ...Changing social organization on Romónum, Truk, 1947-1965book chapter 1974 • Goodenough, Ward Hunt
Chuuk • Oceania > Micronesia
In this study, Goodenough examines changes in the Chuuk system of property, settlement pattern and kinship terminology, on the island of Romonum. Property was held by lineage groups and managed by a lineage elder (SOWUPPWUN) who allocated plots to ju...Sky world and this worldarticle 1986 • Goodenough, Ward Hunt
Chuuk • Oceania > Micronesia
In this article, Goodenough examines the place of origin of the Chuuk islanders. Oral history refers to a place called KACHAW, which some scholars have identified with the island of Kosrae, about 800 km to the east of Chuuk. However, other scholars d...The tribal teachings of the Chaggabook chapter 1932 • Gutmann, Bruno et al.
Chagga • Africa > Eastern Africa
This source, written by a missionary living in the Chagga country, consists primarily of lectures delivered to the young people by their elders. These lectures stress the expected behavior for various situations. Most of them deal with behavior towar...