03522nam 2200757Ia 450 991096692460332120200520144314.09780889208438088920843310.51644/9780889208438(CKB)1000000000714128(EBL)685581(OCoLC)180704484(SSID)ssj0000277452(PQKBManifestationID)11215146(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277452(PQKBWorkID)10234765(PQKB)10919144(CaPaEBR)402610(CaBNvSL)jme00326923(MdBmJHUP)muse48031(Au-PeEL)EBL685581(CaPaEBR)ebr10147179(PPN)25053875X(DE-B1597)667599(DE-B1597)9780889208438(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/q8r6df(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/402610(MiAaPQ)EBC685581(FR-PaCSA)88899380(FRCYB88899380)88899380(Perlego)1706312(EXLCZ)99100000000071412819931220d1994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBountiful island a study of land tenure on a Micronesian atoll /David Damas1st ed.Waterloo, Ont. Wilfrid Laurier University Pressc19941 online resource (289 pages) illustrations9781554584604 1554584604 9780889202399 0889202397 Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-263) and index.CONTENTS; Illustrations; Tables; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1; First Impressions of Pingelap and Conceptual Background; CHAPTER 2; History and Culture of Pingelap; CHAPTER 3; Habitat and Economy; CHAPTER 4; Boundaries, Norms, and Laws in Pingelapese Land Tenure; CHAPTER 5; Patterns of Pingelapese Land Inheritance; CHAPTER 6; Confirming the Division of Estates: The Derak Ceremony; CHAPTER 7; Land Tenure in the Pingelapese Colonies; CHAPTER 8; Pingelapese Land Tenure and External Relations; CHAPTER 9; The Pinelap Study in Comparative Perspective; Appendix: Catalogue of the Flora of Pingelap; Glossary of Micronesian Terms; Notes; Bibliography; IndexIn Bountiful Island a major Arctic scholar turns his eye on Micronesia: the small and isolated atoll of Pingelap in Micronesia lies in a moist climatic belt which encourages abundant plant life, including such food plants as coconuts, breadfruit and taro. In this detailed examination of land-tenure practices in the atoll, David Damas argues that the resulting high level of subsistence has brought an expansion of the population which has put great pressures on land. Under these pressures, land tenure has moved from communal usage to lineage control, to individual ownership and transmLand tenureMicronesia (Federated States)Pingelap IslandEthnologyMicronesia (Federated States)Pingelap IslandPingelap (Micronesia)Social life and customsLand tenureEthnology306.3306.3/2306.3/2/09966Damas David1798567MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910966924603321Bountiful island4341405UNINA