Primitive Polynesian Economy

ISBN-13: 9780415330176 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 424 str.

Raymond Firth

Opis

A great classic of British anthropology, Primitive Polynesian Economy is structured as follows:
· Problems of Primitive Economics
· Food and Population in Tikopia
· Knowledge, Technique and Economic Lore
· The Labour Situation
· Ritual in Productive Activity
· Economic Functions of the Chiefs
· Property and Capital in Production
· Principles of Distribution and Payment
· Exchange and Value
· Characteristics of a Primitive Economy
First published in 1939.

Spis treści

1. Problems of Primitive Economics2. Food and Population in Tikopia3. Knowledge, Technique, and Economic Lore4. The Labour Situation5. Ritual in Productive Activity6. Economic Functions of the Chiefs7. Property and Capital in Production8. Principles of Distribution and Payment9. Exchange and Value10. Characteristics of a Primitive EconomyAppendix1. Synoptic Record of a Tikopia Year (1928-9)2. Some Linguistic Categories in Tikopia Distribution and Exchange3. Exchange Rates in a Culture Contact Situation

O autorze

Raymond Firth