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Based on field study and archival research
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Price: |
36.00 |
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Title: |
Two Tahitian Villages, A Study in Comparisons |
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Author: |
Douglas Oliver |
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ISBN: |
0939154226 |
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Description: |
Hardcover, The Institute for Polynesian Studies, 1981. 557 pages. B/W photos, tables, charts. Map endpapers. |
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Condition: |
Clean and tight with minimal age discoloration, mild edge and corner wear, some discoloration on spine cover, dustjacket edge wear and chipping, a few small holes, age discoloration, flaps intact. |
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Summary: |
"Detailed description of the activities and social relations of rural Tahitians in the mid-twentieth century,
in two villages: Atea on Huahine Island and Fatata on Mo'orea Island." "Based on two years of field study supplemented by the archival research that went into the writing of the author's three volume Ancient Tahitian Society. It has three objectives: to describe in detail the activities and social relations of rural Tahitians in the mid-20th century.... to do so by the method of 'controlled comparison; and in doing so.... to focus on the economies of the villagers studied. The ways of life portrayed in these pages were products of nearly two centuries of contact between Polynesians and Europeans, but still contained many features of the aboriginal culture described in Ancient Tahitian Society. Subsequent to the field study, however, these islands were subjected to new and much more massive kinds of outside influences (mainly those resulting from expanded tourism and from France's nuclear experiments nearby), so that much of what is described in this book has disappeared, which lends extra value to the description--another relic to be placed in the Museum of Humanity's Past...." CLICK THE "MORE IMAGES" LINK ABOVE TO SEE MORE OF THIS TITLE |
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